2012 NL Central Champions: Favorite Clinchmas pix

"I love this city. I feel like this is my city. " -- Brandon Phillips

"Some people say we're a good team that plays great, but I think we're a good team that is going to be a great team in the next few weeks." -- Bob Castellini

"We've got a couple weeks to, I suppose, sober up." -- Joey Votto

Clinch night always delivers on the wire. Or anyway, it did that other time too. Here are some of the best photos we have the rights to publish:

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Bronson, team historian, does the "Tour Guide Backpedal." ON BEER.

Clinch Nucleus.

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Alfredo slimin'.

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He has a drinking problem. In that he has a problem with the actual mechanics of drinking.

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Give me one drink of your Stubbin' cup. Also, who is pouring a beer out on the cup? There are drunks in our own downtown that could use that beer to get drunk.

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Each player is looking at a different camera.

Can you name all 33? I'm stuck on the guy on the far left whose forearm is over his face and who seems to be holding up a one of those 3D Vu-Finders.

Also, mystery of why Johnny Cueto has been struggling solved. He's been wearing running shoes.