And the futility rolls on
Reds fan are justifiably disappointed to have lost 5 or 6 to last place teams. So much so, that John Allen made an odd trip to Denver (the team is home today already) to discuss next steps with....someone. He was interviewed on FSN Ohio, and talked extensively about how its "not acceptable", "Mr. Lindner is a winner," etc.
I know this, they can't be happy about spending $15M more and being this bad. We could have been this bad at our former payroll.
Want to understand the futility...the normally shillish and compliant John Fay said this in the Enqurier.
The Trip
The Reds lost the final five games of the six-game road trip to Houston and Colorado, both last-place teams.
The Reds won the first game, which was started by Roger Clemens, 9-0 before the Astros won the second two.
Then, the Reds were swept by the Rockies, who entered the series 16-36.
The Reds are 6-21 on the road.
What a difference
After 56 games last season, the Reds were 34-22, in first place by two games.
Since the last time they were over .500 last season - 50-49 - the Reds have gone 47-72.
Won't get easier
After three games with last-place Tampa Bay, the Reds will face Baltimore, Boston, Atlanta and St. Louis, which have a combined winning percentage of .585.
The Rockies were 16-36 coming in. Did you see that?
Maybe we should stop saying we're really not this bad. Maybe we are. Is it time to start talking 100 losses again?
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Will Miley be sacrificed here? It would seem that they might benefit from a bit of a change in personnel for chemistry purposes-the two most tradable commodities that they have are Wily Mo and Kearns, right. Kind of surprised that Jiminez wasn't dealt.
See above. Miley definitely has to go down. I'm not sure who could have done better, but he just has to be moved, or people will quit coming to the ballpark.
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