Phil Castellini surprised that Opening Day tickets still unsold

[RedTeamGo!]

You just admitted a few posts before this one that you've never lived in the Cincinnati area. WTF? You live in Cleveland and somehow know that Charlotte and Raleigh are wayyyyyyy nicer than Cinci?

I’ve lived in Charlotte. Visited Cinci and Raleigh quite a few times. Went to U of Dayton as well. Charlotte is a lot nicer. So is Raleigh.

[MoneyInTheBank]

It sounds like he thinks they built a winner and fans should come cheer for them.

If your captors are threatening you harm, start a new thread about Reds Legend Jeff Keppinger and we will send help

[RedTeamGo!]

I mean... is it that unbelievable that dude has spent time in Charlotte and Raleigh? We aren't talking about Paris or Munich here.

Lol, I’ve also been to Munich and Paris. Also nicer than Cinci

[REDREAD]

Also glossed over in that interview is Castellini saying the plan for now on is to “stick to developing our own guys” or ruling out on spending on free agents ever again. Which was already clear to everyone I think, except old school.


There was something also ominous sounding about even that as he said something like developing our own guys, and keeping them around “for as long as their affordable.” Count me out of that too. If they’re gonna do some incompetent version of the """"Rays model"""" and trade guys like Greene or India or whoever as soon as they hit arbitration or shortly after, I’m not interested in that either lol

Yep. "Try our best to develop homegrown players, then dump them when they get expensive" is not a legitimate plan.
Winker, Suarez and Gray used to be considered "the core" (among other players).
Since Walt left, there has not really been a core, other than Votto.

[Boston Red]

I lived in Charlotte, Cincinnati and Chapel Hill. Charlotte is the best of the three major cities. I loved Chapel Hill, but I thought Raleigh was just fine. I wouldn't necessarily rank Raleigh ahead of Cincinnati.

Well, other than the fact that it was 30 minutes from Chapel Hill and 2 hours from the ocean, and Cincinnati is obviously neither of those.

[LeatherPants]

Lol, I’ve also been to Munich and Paris. Also nicer than Cinci

New York, London, Paris, Munich
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[NebraskaRed]

[Wonderful Monds]

I’ve lived in Charlotte. Visited Cinci and Raleigh quite a few times. Went to U of Dayton as well. Charlotte is a lot nicer. So is Raleigh.

I could see that like 10 years ago, but Cincinnati is pretty legit now. As a city, I’d take us over most other mid sized cities in the midwest/south.

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It sounds like he thinks they built a winner and fans should come cheer for them.

I don’t think even he believes that lol

[BCubb2003]

He was clearly a little rattled by it.

You know, there’s actually a reasonable point under it all: Grow your own, be ready to say goodbye to them before you really want to, go out and win with an exciting young core, look at what happened in Atlanta.

It’s the saltiness that ruins that message. They should know they haven’t earned the benefit of the doubt. Every answer should be about “The fans have a right to expect big things. We haven’t earned it. We’re going to go out and do that. Watch us do that.”

[Wonderful Monds]

This guy literally stood on the actual field on opening day and said “what’re you gonna do, stop being a Reds fan?”


Yeah buddy I’m way ahead of you!!!!!

[NebraskaRed]

What are the chances that he comes on air during the game to "clarify"?

[Wonderful Monds]

What are the chances that he comes on air during the game to "clarify"?

Oh god please yes

[Strikes Out Looking]

Me thinks they don't know the difference between being a Reds fan and a Castellini fan. I've never seen anyone wearing that name on the back of a jersey.

[Strikes Out Looking]

Oh god please yes

I hope he says "I made a comment earlier tonight that I guess went out over the air that I am deeply ashamed of. If I have hurt anyone out there, I can't tell you how much I say from the bottom of my heart I'm so very, very sorry. I pride myself and think of myself as a man of faith - as there's a drive into deep left field by Castellanos that will be a home run."

[REDREAD]

You know, there’s actually a reasonable point under it all: Grow your own, be ready to say goodbye to them before you really want to, go out and win with an exciting young core, look at what happened in Atlanta.

It’s the saltiness that ruins that message. They should know they haven’t earned the benefit of the doubt. Every answer should be about “The fans have a right to expect big things. We haven’t earned it. We’re going to go out and do that. Watch us do that.”

It's a hard message to sell that to the fans after they just sat through 4-5 years of tanking, when the fans were promised the tanking would set up the Reds to be competitive again.
The rebuild after Cueto and Leake left was a disaster. Sure, we got a few good young players out of it, and some guys still on the farm.
Yet, the Reds had to go on a big free agent spending spree to just be able to field a team a few games over 500.
Then they promptly burnt it down.
They owed it to the fans to at least try to compete this year. Or at least field the best team that you can.
But instead, they got greedy and went to the "boo hoo, we are a small market team, nothing we can do" sob story.
And on top of that Krall is completely incompetent.
I mean seriously, does anyone think the 2023 or 2024 Reds are going to be better than the 2022 Reds?
Most people are just assuming that Castillo and Mahle will be dealt relatively soon (within 1-2 years)... I mean, the cheap skate Reds can't afford to keep good pitching around.
The Reds are on a downward spiral, have an imcompetent GM and ownership that doesn't care about winning.
Nothing to be optimistic about. Maybe if Krall is fired, there will be some new hope, but that's about the only hope there is.
Castalleni Jr is probably going to own the team when his dad dies, and I am not sure I am going to outlive CAstallani Jr.