02-11-2024, 05:12 AM
Last year Reds were having fun and winning. Fraley and the whole Viking Helmet thing started. All Reds were having fun with it, and when Elly De La Cruz brought up he really joined in the fun. Then old veteran Votto came off injury at mid season, and took some of the fun out of it. Some players had to go to the bench more to get Votto in the line-up. The Old Veteran didn't seem to be into the whole Viking Helmet thing like the younger players. So now Votto is gone and I say bring back The Viking Helmet. They have 162 games, and I like that these young players have Fun and enjoy coming to the ballpark. That is better than some teams I've seen that just show up, sit in the dugout, lose and go home, and don't seem to care. Plus Reds have Diaz as The Closer and some good young pitchers and good young hitters.
I'm looking forward to the young Reds team in 2024, I think they are going to be very Fun to watch. I think they have good chemistry in the dugout as a Team. Reds were around 1st place Memorial Day and 4th of July and I think Reds will put up Wins and be right up there again. I'm glad I have Reds games on cable TV. Some years they were too boring to watch, but not last year. The Reds young players may not be the biggest names in baseball yet, but they can pitch, play defense and hit and run the bases as good as most teams. By all means, bring back The Viking Helmet, and let these young players have some Fun and Win some games.
This young Reds team gives me a reason to turn to the Reds Cable Station again. 2021 and 2022, just couldn't watch that station, but Reds were Fun again in 2023. A Fun, Young Team. Looking forward to 2024. I read Fraley's daughter is doing better on her cancer, and that is good news for The Fraley Family. Now Fraley, Stephenson will get more at bats with Votto gone, and those guys can hit, plus Reds added a free agent hitter and Reds still have a lot of depth seeking playing time.
I also loved that baseball put in the pitch clock and took away the slow player defensive shifts, it really speeded up the game. Baseball had been turning into watching a never ending chess match. I grew up when games went 2 hours, not 4 or 5 hours, so I loved the faster paced games in 2023. Plus, I like seeing players at their positions, I would not have wanted to see Brooks Robinson shifted over by 2nd base in his era, or Joe Morgan moved near shortstop. To me that wasn't baseball. Getting rid of The Shift Card Time Outs and putting in The Pitch Time Clock was a great move by MLB.
Votto had a great career here. They will need Joey Votto Day and put him in Reds HOF and retire his number and put up his statue. I do like that as he leaves, the Reds have a good, young, exciting team returning, and they look good to me. It will indeed help Reds Ownership that the Votto and The Moose highest paid Reds ever contracts are now gone as of 2024., that will help out Reds financially going forward.
I'm looking forward to the young Reds team in 2024, I think they are going to be very Fun to watch. I think they have good chemistry in the dugout as a Team. Reds were around 1st place Memorial Day and 4th of July and I think Reds will put up Wins and be right up there again. I'm glad I have Reds games on cable TV. Some years they were too boring to watch, but not last year. The Reds young players may not be the biggest names in baseball yet, but they can pitch, play defense and hit and run the bases as good as most teams. By all means, bring back The Viking Helmet, and let these young players have some Fun and Win some games.
This young Reds team gives me a reason to turn to the Reds Cable Station again. 2021 and 2022, just couldn't watch that station, but Reds were Fun again in 2023. A Fun, Young Team. Looking forward to 2024. I read Fraley's daughter is doing better on her cancer, and that is good news for The Fraley Family. Now Fraley, Stephenson will get more at bats with Votto gone, and those guys can hit, plus Reds added a free agent hitter and Reds still have a lot of depth seeking playing time.
I also loved that baseball put in the pitch clock and took away the slow player defensive shifts, it really speeded up the game. Baseball had been turning into watching a never ending chess match. I grew up when games went 2 hours, not 4 or 5 hours, so I loved the faster paced games in 2023. Plus, I like seeing players at their positions, I would not have wanted to see Brooks Robinson shifted over by 2nd base in his era, or Joe Morgan moved near shortstop. To me that wasn't baseball. Getting rid of The Shift Card Time Outs and putting in The Pitch Time Clock was a great move by MLB.
Votto had a great career here. They will need Joey Votto Day and put him in Reds HOF and retire his number and put up his statue. I do like that as he leaves, the Reds have a good, young, exciting team returning, and they look good to me. It will indeed help Reds Ownership that the Votto and The Moose highest paid Reds ever contracts are now gone as of 2024., that will help out Reds financially going forward.
1968 Bengal Fan