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(06-16-2023 09:35 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Six road wins in a row after taking the opener at Houston. Redlegs train keeps rollin'...baseball is fun again.

Back to .500! Half game back from first!

And I still can’t watch them in Columbus. How dumb is MLB?

Reds can't do any wrong. 7 in a row. 36-35. 1/2 game back. Dudes are seein' the ball and hittin' the ball. Picking each other up. This is fun.

Rinse, repeat. 37-35

The buzz is the Votto bus returns Monday. I really hope they stay hot for a lot of reasons, but one of them is so we don't have the nutjobs blaming him if we cool off (which is pretty much inevitable with the current starting pitching.)

listening to jeff brantley call that fifth inning was awesome. that's some special baseball. the team is eerily reminiscent of burrow's second year coupled with ownership possibly knowing what their doing despite the outcry for their heads. granted, the bengals peaked in squalor at the opportune time, but the formula is the same. a mix of elite young talent with a solid core of vets. granted, only stephenson and senzel, hell india's a vet with this roster, tejay... votto of course. hunter green(e?)'s practically a vet..... and i thought i'd miss kyle farmer!

This would probably get pushback in some places, but I also see some parallels between David Bell and Zac Taylor. I don't know that either is a master strategist necessarily, but they seem to do an excellent job managing personalities and creating a cohesive team. I suspect many players genuinely like playing for both of them while simultaneously having solid respect for each.

FYI:

Votto going yard in his 2nd AB back. What a month!

Add a single for 2 more RBIs to go back up one. Votto having a day!

My all time favorite reds player. Awesome stuff!

Tied for 1st! Should be lone 1st in NL Central with Brewers down 8-1 starting 8th inning.

Votto’s post game was class act all the way and he’s pumped to be apart of this team! Highly recommend checking it out. Go Reds!

Edit Note: The new rules this year have made baseball so much more enjoyable to watch as well

Edit Votto Post Game Vid:

moose finally helped us out

(06-19-2023 04:16 PM)Bearhawkeye Wrote:  This would probably get pushback in some places, but I also see some parallels between David Bell and Zac Taylor. I don't know that either is a master strategist necessarily, but they seem to do an excellent job managing personalities and creating a cohesive team. I suspect many players genuinely like playing for both of them while simultaneously having solid respect for each.

Just a little follow-up that I thought was interesting:

11 straight!

A lot of season left but these guys rip the ball and base run unlike any team in my lifetime! Pitching is still just ok to me.

Big series this weekend against the Braves.

Reds win again. 11 in a row. Can’t believe I’m saying this in the back half of June but huge series coming up this weekend against the Braves.

(06-21-2023 03:20 PM)natibeast2.0 Wrote:  11 straight!

A lot of season left but these guys rip the ball and base run unlike any team in my lifetime! Pitching is still just ok to me.

Big series this weekend against the Braves.

There's the makings of a very nice pitching staff and potentially an excellent one over the next few years. Coming into the season, there was a case to be made that the three best or most valuable players on the major league team were Hunter, Lodolo and Ashcraft.

Unfortunately, they are all 3 currently on the IL (and 11 pitchers on the IL in total.) The somewhat good news is none of the injuries to the big 3 are to their pitching arms and they should start returning soon. Abbott's development has been a godsend, but the rest of the current rotation is iffy.

So the question is can they patch the rotation together until the cavalry hopefully returns full-strength? If so the division is definitely there for the taking and quite possibly a lot more than that.

I don't care if the Reds end up losing this opener to the Braves. This is so damn fun! I've broke out my Reds stuff that's been hanging in the deep recesses of my closet for years. The stadium is full and electric. We. Are. A. Talented. Bunch. Of. Youngsters.