Reds defeat the Sausages

Dave "We miss you more than ever, Sean" Williams likes baserunners. Lots of baserunners. So many baserunners that he gifts batters with free passes. Queen's We Will Walk You was playing at Miller Park in the second inning after Williams walked the bases loaded. Before he walked in a run. Soon after, he was out of the game, mercifully. Belisle did a good job holding the Sausages scoreless for the next four innings, giving up two runs in the eighth.

Paul Wilson, when are you coming back?

Fortunately for us Reds fans, we have an offense. We have a monstrous offense, a run producing factory of an offense. Some people are saying the hated Yankees might score 1000 runs this year. Well, the Reds were averaging six runs a game before this one, and if my computer calculator is correct, to score 1000 runs, a team needs to score 6.17 runs a game. (Of course, the pitching could give up 1000 runs this season, too, especially with Dave "Come back now, Sean!" Williams giving up six runs in three innings.) So, can we score 1000 this year? Can we outscore the billion dollar payroll of the hated pinstripes?

It seems Brandon "Goodbye, Tony Womack" Phillips fits in nicely with our powerful offense. Phillips hit two out, including a grand slam that Bob Uecker called out, rather monotonously, as if you could hear his eyes rolling when the ball left Phillips' bat.

Around the horn

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In case you didn't see the bit about Los Rojos playing Los Cerveceros at Miller Park later on in the season, here's the link. (I wonder if the Reds will wear uniforms that say Rojos.)

Check out this article in Slate, "Baseball's war on the cheap seats." It is the sad but true tale of what corporate baseball is doing to us fans. It's religious persecution, I tell you!

Cubbies fans, we sympathize with your plight. Derrek Lee was injured in Wednesday's game and will be out 8-10 weeks. The goat really hates the Cubbies, doesn't it?