07-15-2019, 06:18 AM
So Reds bats woke up, but they lost the series 1-2. The hard loss was the game Gray pitched great in and after All-Star Break they wanted to see if Hernandez could bounce back to form. That may have been more of a Lorenzen 8th and Iglesias 9th game. Still, I'm not calling for Bell to be fired. I see the improvement of this team over last years team, manager and coaches. This Bell of Gus Bell and Buddy Bell Family is well worth giving him some seasons to develop this team and I like his coaching staff. Reds have THE BEST pitching coach they have had in decades.
So now the Cubs who Reds have owned in 2019. Reds have All-Star Castillo on the mound today.
Reds are still very much in this thing as they were before All-Star Break. In the last 4 or 5 years, no Reds teams has been close to 1st place or .500 ball going into July 15th. This is the best Reds ball team since back when they had Cueto, Leake, Chapman, Dusty. The Reds really went into the toilet the last 3 or 4 years, and I don't know how some of you continued to watch them. I'm back to watching them because it is a better ball team, far better than the garbage they were running out there. People made a big deal of Votto's big year in 2017, not me because the TEAM was awful. This TEAM is better.
GO REDS, keep beating Cubs.
Oh yeah, I see some on this Bengals site want to fire the Bengals head coach and he hasn't even coached his first game. This shows the word Fan is from the word Fanatic. There is no reason to fire Reds manager at mid season after only here a half a year, especially since team is better than before he came in. There is also no reason to talk of firing Bengals head coach who hasn't even coached a game yet. Fan is indeed short for Fanatic.
I'll add the Reds have not had a healthy Gennett yet, or Wood and they miss injured Garrett. Still, the Reds have enough in Castillo, Gray and others to be a good solid ball team from July 15th to end of season. I'm not saying play-offs, which would be great. I'm saying a good solid ball team, which is something Cincy baseball hasn't had in many years. If some of the injured return and play well, the Reds will be even better. I'm still against Reds selling off good healthy players at deadline as they have last 5 or 6 years, especially since these injured players you can't really count on this year. Plus Reds seldom get much in these deadline sell offs, the other teams benefit but not the Reds. Trading good major league players for guys struggling in the minors has not worked out that hot for Reds last 5 or 6 years.
So now the Cubs who Reds have owned in 2019. Reds have All-Star Castillo on the mound today.
Reds are still very much in this thing as they were before All-Star Break. In the last 4 or 5 years, no Reds teams has been close to 1st place or .500 ball going into July 15th. This is the best Reds ball team since back when they had Cueto, Leake, Chapman, Dusty. The Reds really went into the toilet the last 3 or 4 years, and I don't know how some of you continued to watch them. I'm back to watching them because it is a better ball team, far better than the garbage they were running out there. People made a big deal of Votto's big year in 2017, not me because the TEAM was awful. This TEAM is better.
GO REDS, keep beating Cubs.
Oh yeah, I see some on this Bengals site want to fire the Bengals head coach and he hasn't even coached his first game. This shows the word Fan is from the word Fanatic. There is no reason to fire Reds manager at mid season after only here a half a year, especially since team is better than before he came in. There is also no reason to talk of firing Bengals head coach who hasn't even coached a game yet. Fan is indeed short for Fanatic.
I'll add the Reds have not had a healthy Gennett yet, or Wood and they miss injured Garrett. Still, the Reds have enough in Castillo, Gray and others to be a good solid ball team from July 15th to end of season. I'm not saying play-offs, which would be great. I'm saying a good solid ball team, which is something Cincy baseball hasn't had in many years. If some of the injured return and play well, the Reds will be even better. I'm still against Reds selling off good healthy players at deadline as they have last 5 or 6 years, especially since these injured players you can't really count on this year. Plus Reds seldom get much in these deadline sell offs, the other teams benefit but not the Reds. Trading good major league players for guys struggling in the minors has not worked out that hot for Reds last 5 or 6 years.
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