Monday, October 11, 2010

Bad Idea

I parked behind this car today. Scary to think that this thing might be traveling at a high rate of speed on a highway near me... or you. I almost feel compelled to leave a note. That's a bad accident waiting to happen.

On a side note:

2.52

In the regular season, if a pitching staff averaged that ERA for every series you played, you'd be the most dominant pitching team in baseball. Only three NL starters had a lower ERA in 2010. Now, if you took that team ERA into the postseason, you'd think to fare just as well. Ahh, not so. That's was the Reds' ERA for the NLDS against the Phillies. They got swept. Why? Because their own batting average was .124. That and they committed seven errors.

Yeah, I know I said a while ago that I'd be content with just making it to the postseason... but those three games hurt. Some blame it on a lack of experience. I blame it on a lack of heart... or, dare I say, tread, grit, balls, fight, etc etc.

p.s. – This is a perfect example of why The Thirty Year Mistake GABP's placement and ownership doomed this city. I have no qualms with criticism like this. In fact, I agree with it. But Cincinnati will rally and tell that reporter what's up... all the while, turning a blind eye to the obvious symptoms of mediocre leadership.

2 comments:

bshawise said...

http://cincinnati.com/blogs/opinionati/2010/10/11/phillies-fans-defend-cincinnatians/

tyler said...

Read it. All it's saying is... "wow, you're mean." i missed the comments suggesting the view was beautiful, the city felt alive or that the fans were electric. the author of the original article did take some low blows at the usher. unprofessional and uncalled for. and the reds are young and will most certainly be there next year, hopefully with a little more fight, because if it was really about the lack of experience, how do you explain rolen's performance?

maybe cincinnati is proud that everything surrounding GABP is so utterly, life-suckingly lame. without the knock on the usher, he could've asked why GABP got put in its own little world so far away from entertainment venues.