Getting a look at how the other side lives
The Reds continued to feast on bad opposition today, with a 9-0 win over the Astros, leaving us with a 20-2 surplus over the last two games. Now, that's really going to throw off the Pythogorean projections. I know these are bad teams we are beating, but I'm not complaining. Three weeks ago, we couldn't have beaten a bad team, and couldn't have scored these runs against the worst of pitchers. So, I'll take what I can get. If we can end June about 6-7 games out, we could make the .500 season a reality.
There's a whole lot of real estate between here and there. But having Aaron Harang on board is helping. He's firecracker hot, and we must sign him to a long-term deal. MUST. Do you understand. Not guys like Paul Wilson. This guy. He's as close to the real deal as we are going to get.
Finally, I felt what it was like to be the team inflicting a humiliating ninth-inning collapse onto the bullpen of another club. So far, we only knew about the receiving end of that situation.
Hey, even when he plays for Houston, beating Clemens means something. He's an absolute marvel, and this season proves it. But, they don't score, and he made one mistake to Randa, and that was essentially all the runs we needed. The announcers kept talking about how Harang had no margin of error pitching against Clemens. Imagine how Clemens feels pitching against anybody?
Reds need to come back tomorrow and win the series. For now, dismal has morphed into "futile, but less embarassing."
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