#39

I'd love to see Aaron Harang go out tonight and pitch the way we all know he is capable of pitching. In his last outing against the Brewers he pitched a 5H CG SO, and, boy, could this team use another start like that right now.

I keep reading that this is the time two seasons ago that the Reds started to fade. So what? That was 2004. Welcome to 2006. Things are gonna be different...

Go Redlegs!

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Well, ***.
Someone please explain to me how you go out and win eight straight games and then lose the following four.
Oh, wait, I'm sorry, I think we already know the answer to that one: A lack of timely hitting, and the bullpen from HeII.
The Reds hit FOUR homers tonight, and still lose 6-5. How pathetic is that? Granted, Harang didn't have the outing I was looking for - at all - 5 IP, 4 ER, but that's still not a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad start. Joe Mays pitched two solid innings, and then in came Kent Mercker. 2/3 of an inning, 2 ER. Wonderful.

There's talk that Jason Standridge is coming up from AAA soon. I think everyone has conveniently forgotten that he was already up once this season, and although I don't have his exact stats in my brain - and I'm not looking them up - it really didn't go all that well. At this point, however, good Lord, I'm willing to see anything happen.

Last night, the Cardinals 'pen pitched 5 innings. They combined to give up one hit.

That must be nice.
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Slightly off topic, but still important:
Wear seatbelts in cars and helmets when riding motorcycles.