Time to go for the goat

As soon as the ball left the park for a three run home run, I turned to my son and said well that’s it we’ve lost. All it took was a weak single, a hit batter (who dived in front of the ball) and a GABP home run (a ball that flies out of the park that would have been a warning track out almost anywhere else). One simple fact remains, the opposition hits them and the Reds don’t.

Right now the local talking heads have started the ultimate insult question, “Will they lose 100 games?” I am sure the Vegas odds makers are working on this one right now. Right now the Reds are in a struggle to remain out of the bottom with Pittsburg who has frankly gutted their team so much so they are referred to as triple A Pittsburg. Yet still the sad Pirates have as many wins as the Reds. The pathetic Pirates ownership did not promise to bring back “championship baseball.” Frankly, the only team that is clearly worse is made up of former Reds, the pathetic Nationals who will lose a hundred games.

The only reason the reds rallied last night was a GABP home run, and the ineptitude of the Cubs bullpen. What would Lou Pinella give to have the Reds bull pen? Note to Cubby fans, after watching these guys, you have no, zero, none, shot at winning in the post season. The Cubbies bull pen lengthens the game. Teams that are in contention are playing 7 inning games, and when you get into the realm of Specialists, Set up men, and Closers, your chances of rallying to win a game are almost nil. This is what the Mets did, and went hog wild with spending money to do it. The Dodgers are trying to do the same thing, shorten the game. The Reds have in their own limited way gone the same route, play a 6 inning game, and let the bull pen shut them down at the end. Their problem, the Reds can’t score any runs to get ahead. The Reds can’t score runs period.
This is why they lose. Frankly, we need to call old Red Jose Rijo, Jose have you got a goat on hand?

Big D