REDS APRIL GAMES THREAD

[*bengalfan74*]

(04-17-2022, 10:38 AM)samhain Wrote: Guys, I'm going to tell you something that may get me in trouble.
 
Last summer, I went to the crossroads of Vine and 3rd with a few beers in me after a Reds game.  I made a deal with some shady looking bastard who asked what I'd give for the Bengals to become dominant for a long period of time.  I told him anything other than with wife, kid or my mom.  He then brought up the Reds.  

Deal was, the Reds switch places and become what the Pirates are indefinitely.  Shitty, money grubbing owners rubbing greed in the fans faces and laughing about it.  Endless strings of 50-60 win seasons.  Selling off MLB talent for magic beans.  Zero hope for sustainable winning.  The Pirates still suck, but the Reds suck worse.

Here's my return: The Bengals never finish behind the Steelers in the North.  They never get swept in the divisional matchups, and the Steelers wander in darkness for at minimum 3 decades.  The Bengals go to a Super Bowl in 2021.  They get the greatest qb/wr duo in NFL history for the duration of their careers.  Ja'marr Chase breaks every single NFL receiving record.  Joe Burrow wins at least 7 titles, retires at 47, and is immediately installed at governor of Ohio.  He then wins the presidency in an electoral college sweep (minus Pennsylvania) and serves 5 terms along with VP Ja'marr Chase when the people demand that the Constitution be amended to allow the greatness to continue.  Chase succeeds him and serves 3 consecutive terms.  Mike Brown goes from boogey man to city savior and is mourned for 7 days at his passing.  
The Bengals save not only the city of Cincinnati, but the world via Burrow's unimpeachably brilliant policies and strategic genius.  The sun shines on Cincinnati as the new unofficial birthplace of the modern era of American greatness.  

Just wait guys, it's all taking shape.  All it cost us was the Reds.  The Reds weren't winning much before this deal, so the sacrifice wasn't great.  

Sorry, not sorry.

The Reds have been thru like 8 three year rebuilds in a row now and have gotten exactly nowhere with it besides a couple early exits from the postseason.

I appreciate the effort but I'm not sure you really hurt anything ?