Ready for Thursday!

I saw this coming a mile away.

Maddux vs. Claussen?

Heck, it wasn't even all that bad until after the rain delay. The Reds even scored first. Did that matter in the end? Nope. The Reds incredible ********* of late danced its way into the spotlight in the form of shoddy defense and horrible relief pitching, and there went another game down the drain.

Jesus.

HOW MANY TIMES AM I GOING TO HAVE TO LAMENT THE FACT THAT THIS TEAM CAN'T PLAY DEFENSE? HOW MANY TIMES AM I GOING TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS OR THAT RELIEF PITCHER'S AWFUL PERFORMANCE?

Where is the offense? Where is the life? - this team dies if they get down by a couple of runs. And when they do score some runs to come back, the 'pen gives them RIGHT BACK.

What happened to the team I saw in April? It's like that team has been kidnapped by aliens and replaced by robots that can't field or pitch the ball. And for whatever reason, the robot version of Eric Milton is the one that pitches well, but that's for another day. (Tomorrow.)

Yeah, so, am I making horrible pronouncements about the season being over? Absolutely not. Do I see this string of incredibly horrid play continuing? God, I ******* hope not. But something needs to happen, and soon.

I still believe, but I'm not sure if the players do anymore.