10-03-2017, 01:17 PM
(10-03-2017, 01:06 PM)Wyche Wrote: I know what you mean. My grandmother was a die hard Reds/Bengals fan. I have many a fond memory sitting in her carport listening to games while I played around outside. So, of course, I wound up a fan of both. I barely remember the Super Bowl in '81, but I was all in in '88. I attended my first Bengals game that season, an OT thriller against the 'skins to seal homefield advantage for the playoffs. Been hooked ever since.....lol.
Interesting side note, my first live MLB game was in '85 against your Dodgers and Fernando Valenzuela. Eric Davis had a break out game that day as well. We had great seats behind the Dodgers dugout, and my pop snapped some great photos of some of that crew, Fernando, Steve Sax, Mike Sciosscia, Mariano Duncan (a key element in the Reds '90 WS win), Franklin Stubbs, Pedro Guerrero, Kenny Landreaux, Mike Marshall, etc. Lots of shots of the Reds of that time too.
I have pictures of me as a baby wearing Steelers gear. My family is huge Steelers fans. I remember those Dodgers.
I used to be like the other Homers on this board through the 90's and maybe early 2000's. I'd be on message boards talking about how the Bengals drafts were bad luck. Injuries, etc. How they had talent and were underperforming. How they'd turn it around. I was an endless optimist.
Now I just see them as woefully mismanaged. It lowered my stress. Over the years people turned on Pickens, Dillon, Spikes, Palmer. Now they're turning on Marvin Lewis. While I don't think he is a great coach...ultimately ownership allowed him to go 0-7 in the playoffs and stay. Not spending in free agency. Letting guys walk and stating we do it for comp picks. Teams that want to win a championship just aren't managed this way.
