06-01-2024, 02:30 PM
The Reds did climb from an awful first half of May, to 25 wins on the season in May. That is not 30. The first half of month eliminated reaching 30. I was hoping a bounce back of 25 or more. On the last day of May, they reached 25. The Reds rebounded to have a very good and long homestand over Memorial Days part of schedule for fans at GABP in Cincinnati.
So May ends better than it was looking. I think the Reds surprised everybody with a sweep of the Dodgers.
Besides injuries, Steer and De La Cruz did not have good offensive production in May. However you can't keep a good man down, and both look to be heating up again. If they heat up and other players, and injured players come back, Reds will have much better months ahead this season.
May was looking awful, but ended up not all that bad thanks to the end of month push.
National TV announcers during Dodgers game said Reds have players hardest part of their schedule, and still have most of their division games to make up ground.
OK, now for whoever starts a June thread. The good thing about June is I will not be keeping track of Reds Memorial Day attendance in Cincy, that thankfully is history. However my view of Moneyball is different from the Brad Pitt Oakland GM in the movie. He felt if you don't win the World Series it's a bad season. I don't think 29 teams have bad seasons. Also only 2 teams can play on Halloween, which is not Summer. So in opposition I say if a GM can give the fans something to root for Memorial Day and 4th of July, that is pretty good. That should bring in fans and make money. Even with the financial unbalance created in the 1994 baseball strike, I think small market teams have a chance to also have a good Memorial Day and 4th of July. Even if it is the richer teams who will probably be the 2 left on Halloween. By Halloween, I'm into Bengals anyway. So my view of Moneyball is Reds having a good Memorial homestand for Cincy fans was a good thing, and don't get too hung up on Halloween. Yes it would be nice to win a World Series, but Reds in their long history have won a total of 5, so there must be more to the game than that. Cubs and Red Sox fans went about 100 years without winning one, but fans of those teams loved their Red Sox and Cubbies.
So May ends better than it was looking. I think the Reds surprised everybody with a sweep of the Dodgers.
Besides injuries, Steer and De La Cruz did not have good offensive production in May. However you can't keep a good man down, and both look to be heating up again. If they heat up and other players, and injured players come back, Reds will have much better months ahead this season.
May was looking awful, but ended up not all that bad thanks to the end of month push.
National TV announcers during Dodgers game said Reds have players hardest part of their schedule, and still have most of their division games to make up ground.
OK, now for whoever starts a June thread. The good thing about June is I will not be keeping track of Reds Memorial Day attendance in Cincy, that thankfully is history. However my view of Moneyball is different from the Brad Pitt Oakland GM in the movie. He felt if you don't win the World Series it's a bad season. I don't think 29 teams have bad seasons. Also only 2 teams can play on Halloween, which is not Summer. So in opposition I say if a GM can give the fans something to root for Memorial Day and 4th of July, that is pretty good. That should bring in fans and make money. Even with the financial unbalance created in the 1994 baseball strike, I think small market teams have a chance to also have a good Memorial Day and 4th of July. Even if it is the richer teams who will probably be the 2 left on Halloween. By Halloween, I'm into Bengals anyway. So my view of Moneyball is Reds having a good Memorial homestand for Cincy fans was a good thing, and don't get too hung up on Halloween. Yes it would be nice to win a World Series, but Reds in their long history have won a total of 5, so there must be more to the game than that. Cubs and Red Sox fans went about 100 years without winning one, but fans of those teams loved their Red Sox and Cubbies.
1968 Bengal Fan
