My desktop weather, customized with Washington Nationals logos, tells me it is 81 degrees. Last night's Reds - Cards game sure seemed like it was the appropriate time of year for eighty degree weather and a pennant race.Today I watched Dunn's 6th of the year sail over the new Busch fence from the comfort of my front porch, sitting in shorts, drinking a Corona, going barefoot, and listening to that glorious sound of roaring lawnmowers echoing down the street. What a lovely, lovely day.
Here's a fun fact, full of intentional implications and wishful forecasting, courtesy of Fox Sports Ohio: 8-3 would have been the best start since 9-2 start in 1990, and we all remember what happened in 1990! Alas, we are destined to 7-4. Still not too shabby. We'll get them tomorrow!
Williams pitched poorly. Stupid Flanders.
Pujols killed us today. I think he needs a day off tomorrow. Luna had a pretty stellar day, too, hitting 3-4 with a homer, three RBI, and two runs scored. Dude, who is this guy? I say he and Zeus can sit the bench tomorrow, rest up for their next series against the Caseyless Bucs.
Tomorrow we get our new slugger against nasty Mark Mulder, a much better pitcher than Ponson, whom we made look like Cy Young today. Can Bronson hit number 3 on the year? You laugh now. We laughed when we joked about him hitting number 2! Who knows, maybe when he closes his eyes to swing, the ball will hit his bat again. In case you hadn't seen the article about Bronson's hitting, here's the link again.A warning: I am learning Photoshop. Oh, it's going to be so much fun! Even with the loss today, I enjoyed the day.
Around the Reds' horn on last night's treasure:
- JP Mcintyre gives us ten things he thought he'd see before the Reds defeated the Deadbirds 1-0.
- JD gets excited about this team. He's not the only one.
- Shawn seems to be in disbelief.
- Big Red Mechanic raves about Coffey.
- Finally, Baseball Minutia takes us to the last time Harang beat Carpenter in a 1-0 game. (Yes, it really did happen before!)
Player of the day: Jackie RobinsonOther NL Central games
Cubbies vs Bucs - Pirates squeak it out 2-1
- Casey is out 6-8 weeks with fractures in his lower back. Get well, Sean!
Asstros vs D'Backs - Asstros win 10-0
| Cincinnati | 7 | 4 | .636 | - |
| Houston | 7 | 4 | .636 | - |
| Milwalkee | 7 | 4 | .636 | - |
| Chi Cubs | 6 | 4 | .600 | 0.5 |
| St. Louis | 6 | 5 | .545 | 1.0 |
| Pittsburgh | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.0 |
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