My condolences.

Anything else is a bonus..
Higher Average – Bonus
More Sac Flies – Bonus
Lead in Walks – Bonus
High OBP – Bonus
Great teamate – Bonus

All I can say is that it is good that is Monday night bowling for Mads. I believe that I will tilt several Brews and a few Jack and Cokes to my newest least favorite sportswriter.

The 2nd half of the season could be pretty interesting. Remember Murker, old guy…pitches on the Reds – He clearly and unequivocally stated that as this team played together more it could not help but get better and better. (paraphrased) – Of course he PC enough to leave out one of the basic problems that ever encroaching malaise brought on by the my of VPness…and propagated by our manager Dusty Backwards.
Dunn VS Ryan Braun thru 2008

Games 91 92
Runs 46 52
HRS 26 23
RBIs 59 66
Average .228 .286
OBP .380
SlG .538

Dunn Braun

OBP .380 .324
SLG 538 .549
OPS .918 .873

Braun’s starting in the All Star game right? Dunn’s numbers are as good if not better..so how’s he having a less than mediocre season Mr. Fay

Don’t noby every look at the numbers shit…’ceptin’ that slyde fella

it reminds me of an early episode of Da Ali G show where Sacha Baron Cohen as Brüno gets some idiotic fashion designer, over the course of a conversation, to ascribe inconsistent and contradictory terms to his work—first it’s light, then it’s heavy, etc.

“Isn’t it great having four veterans performing so well and pushing the team to greatness, Dusty?”
“That’s what I always say, Fay. If we didn’t have Griffey’s superhuman production batting third, we would have lost a lot more. And without their veteran presence, our players would be as clueless as I am and there’s no way we could win close to half of our games.”

...two questions later…

“These four players are overpaid and having mediocre years. True or false?”
“That’s a fair assessment,” Baker said. “You pay attention to them because they’re big guys. They’re the highest-salary guys.”

that on cincinnati.com, you can actually rec yourself, no self-checking required.

I would likely not be a Reds fan. It’d be far too frustrating to have to defend myself and my favorite players from complete ignoramuses.

The fact that I am a Reds fan, despite all but tenuous attachments to the city, despite never, ever, meeting another Reds fan face-to-face, despite the fact that everyone (CTrent and Erardi besides) paid to be a “voice of the team” is an utter mouth-breathing fucktard, is something to say about the power of enforced nostalgia and family folklore and absolutely nothing about anything that the Reds have done in my cognizant years.

I also probably would’ve given up by now if not for RedReporter. So here’s to you guys…the Justice League of mediocre baseballing.

because I have a fresh sense of shock at the utter fucking insanity of everyone involved with this team in an official capacity.

Just like me on most of my Diaries…Esp. like tonight after bowling. This is a bastion of Bush Jr. Lovers and people who actually believe almost everything that ex-carny Rush Blimpbaugh says. However I’ve lived in much, much much, bleaker towns….

Yeah Dunn’s average is lower the usual but his output to me seems much better both defensively and offensively overall.

So it’s the players fault and not Dustbuckets. I gave up reading the comments over for Fay’s “blog” since there is always someone bragging about small ball and how Dusty is great.

and guess who he picks as the Reds first half MVP? you guessed it, Jerry Hairston Jr.

“Jerry Hairston Jr. emerged as a leadoff catalyst and a steady shortstop and versatile utility player after his callup. A fractured thumb in June shelved Hairston for two weeks and highlighted why he became indispensible from a top of the order that had lacked consistency.”

i like what Hairston has done so far this year, i really do, but come on. he hasnt even played enough to qualify, let alone been the best player in that limited amount of time. its this kind of asinine thinking that has kept this franchise in the doldrums for so long.

Voltron is Most Valuable Pitcher

I called Dusty and he replied that (quote)”This is a team effort, losing all these games, but for my money the team MVP is a toss up between Junior and Corey Patterson….Patterson will surprise everyone by season’s end. I hear how the ball is coming off his bat and it won’t be long before he starts hitting. Jr.also, plus Griffey’s earned the right to MVP”.(unquote)