Hitting, yes! Pitching, kinda.

You all lucked out. I worked out one helluva negative, nasty rant-like post in my brain as I was preparing to watch the Reds lose their fourth consecutive game.

And then Javier Valentin hit a walk-off home run.

Now, waves of euphoria are rolling around in my head, and it is currently impossible to recall 99% of what I was mad about as late as the top of the 9th inning of this glorious game.

Are the offensive troubles over? Probably not. But this'll help. All day long, the Reds had to fight an absolutely ginormous strike zone and some speedy, well-placed pitches, but somehow they scored five runs.

More later...

Go Redlegs!