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The last time I made a post about how well the Reds were doing, they started stinking immediately, as you guys have pointed out time and again. So I won’t do that again. There are still reasons to be concerned about this club, if we are going to be honest with ourselves as fans. We should probably concede that point first.
Where’s the fun in that, though? I don’t care if the Reds beat the baseball team from the Poor Sisters of the Interstate school…winning four in a row is fun. Sweeping a division rival on the road — even the worst team in the division — is always a good time.
I’m resolving to enjoy this season. Sometimes this team makes it difficult, but I’m going to try. The last five days have been great. Keep it up, Redlegs.
Gawd…he’s doing it AGAIN!!! Calling the wraith of the Gods down on our team…Chad, you just can’t stop yourself, can you?
That is what this team needs more of unadulterated optimism.
I feel a lot better at .500 than 3 games under just the other day. I hate the time of year baseball becomes meaningless.
For a Red, Dusty Baker sure does act like a maroon.
Ahhhh! What have you done??!! Quick, let me attempt to appease the baseball gods and reverse Chad’s juju.
Dear Baseball gods, we beseech thee thy forgive for our friend, Chad Dotson, for his foolish musings and appeal to your mercy to lift from this team the certain curse he has called down by incuring your wrath. Forgive him, for he knows not what he does. For we know that not even you, almighty and great gods, can stop the Cardinals from beating our humble and gentle Reds. So we would never ask the impossible from you. Just simply ask that you not give cause for additional embarrasment. Amen.
There. I think I got in time.
Bad Chad.
Forty lashes!!
I look at it like this—*best Dennis Green voice* they are who we thought they are.
With 130+ games left, I don’t envision any scenario where we have less than 80 wins. The floor of this team is established, and they’re slightly above it. No one is outperforming their career averages. There’s still a fair amount of headroom for this club offensively and from the starting pitchers. Plus Frazier and Alonso will get it together, the pitching at AAA is holding up fine, so there are viable alternatives as well.
We’ve still got 3 months of baseball before teams start separating themselves from the pack in the wild card race. No reason to believe we can’t be one of those teams.
@Sultan of Swaff: I like the way you think!
Pitching stats so far in April
This has to get better, right?
Reds starters: 5.88era, 1.55whip
Starters not named Leake: 6.59era, 1.58whip
Reds relievers: 4.98era; 1.37 whip
LHP Rhodes & Herrera: 1.13era; 0.60 whip
RH relievers: 6.15era; 1.61 whip
This may be the best thing I’ve ever read on this blog…
Bad Chad, BAD…someone hit him on the nose with a rolled up newspaper.
I am having fun, Chad. Also, say whatever you like about the team. Quantum mechanical probability waves care nothing about what we say.
Tell that to the millions of college basketball players who have missed free-throws immediately following an announcer commenting that he is perfect from the line tonight.
@Greg Dafler: Not just the pitching and I agree the pitching will get better. But the Reds have played some terrible baseball and have been bad in every aspect of the game. I think their hitting and defense will also improve. The Reds are .500 and have played poorly. Good problem to have really
FWIW, they were 11-10 a year ago at this time.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/2009-schedule-scores.shtml
Just 1 problem. Albert Pujols is the Zeus of the baseball gods. He is the Albert and the Omega.
Ouch. You guys are killing me.
I get hammered for being too negative and I get criticized for being too positive. I can’t win!