Click the link from my last post. Also, highlights on reds.com.
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Ha ha. I love it. Sore losers and little bit**es :-)
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Not sure where you got the sore losers part, the article has very little 'whining' minus the questioning of why they would hit Pujols. Lots of commentary on the rivalry and admitting that the Reds are the apparent team to beat this year. Maybe its the Red glasses. Some guys to offense to Pujols getting hit, same as if they hit Votto. Everyone admitted that they wouldn't have hit him on purpose including Pujols, but in the heat of the moment a few people got fired up. The Reds gesturing toward their dugout certainly aren't going to help much. The Reds won the series, and still can't act like they've done it before. Act like you've been there. :-) :-)
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Minus the questioning of why they hit Pujols? That's the whole whiny part this time. I like Berkman's comments though. He's still a professional so far. It's guys like Larussa, Carpenter, Molina, Duncan, Laird, and Edmonds who give them a bad name.
Always something. I'll give them the Phillips comment from last year, but they complain about us every time they come here, whether it's the balls being rubbed down the wrong way, or Edmonds complaining about how the Cincy doctors ruined his career (which he ended on his own in a homerun trot) and how our club is naive, or Cueto ruining Larue's career (which he was already washed up and past time to retire). It gets old after a while. Glad to see Dusty giving it back this time when we went to St. Louis and he cried foul about the weather report.
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Speaking of class, did anyone see the article about Phillips attending a fan's little league game after being invited via Twitter? That was a class act and I hope we never let him leave this town.
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/2...old-s-ballgame
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Its back and forth, non-stop. Its like saying that Cueto, Coco, Dusty and Philips give Votto a bad name because of their exchanges. The Reds fans think the Cardinals are *****es and vice-versa. Trying to be objective is tough for homers, but its just sports exchange. You have to remember that this wasn't even remotely a rivalry until last season when Kung-fu Cueto and everyone else started mixing it up. The Cardinals were king-ding for about 6 seasons in a row, with the Reds holding up the bottom of the league. Its tough to be challenged for the Cardinals, but the Reds are acting like this is the first time they won a few series against a 'better' team. If the Reds think they are a better team, then there isn't much need for the jawing and gesturing at the opposing dugout. Its starting to get very heated, but it there is blame in both dugouts. :-)
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Well played by Brandon, the thing people forget is that they are just guys like everyone else. It seems slightly asinine that they have to write articles about it. He went because he wanted to, not for the notoriety of it. Guys spend time doing things they want to without the media having to glorify it or follow them arround and applaud them for it. It is nice to see something positive, but now its overblown by the media and people are going to expect him to show up for these kinds of things, let the man just go when he wants. Not a knock on Brandon or his decision to go at all, but the media glorifying it makes it seem expected. Well played good sir. :-)
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I don't remember all the BS when we used to fight the Braves for tops in the West back in the early 90s.
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I don't have a problem with them glorifying it. Much better than the media hounding athletes and trying to find something negative about them off the field. But I see your point. He didn't do it for the notoriety, but I do believe he did it b/c he's the ambassador for the Reds in Cincy (not to mention he said he didn't have anything else better to do and thought he'd go put some smiles on fan's faces).
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Maybe its because the Braves won almost all of those too. Plus there are a lot more egos in baseball now-a-days. Add to that, the Reds and Cardinals have arguably the two best players in the NL playing the exact same position. They are the two best teams in a weak sauce division that lacks any other real rivalries. The Cards used to be concerned with the Cubs and now they are worse than the Reds used to be. :-)
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Absolutely, he did it because he is a good person. The problem comes when he becomes expected to do these things by fans and media alike and it starts getting announced and he can no longer do it because he wants to. Its hard to go out in public and do those things when people know you are supposed to be there and hound you to get autographs/pictures whatever. I understand why big name athletes barely leave their homes because they can't do things they want to do without someone following them to the bathroom or interupting their dinner with their wife/girlfriend. :-)
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They still do.:-)
Agreed.
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"A poorly conditioned mound bothered Chris Carpenter in the first inning. Lingering smoke from fireworks celebrating Ramon Hernandez' home run irritated him in the third."

Another example of the Cardinals bit**ing. Hey Carpenter, if you don't like the smoke, don't give up HR's. :-)
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Gomes struck out on three pitches. Pathetic.
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I was in the car listening to the bottom of the 6th. The Cubs are pathetic.
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And this one belongs to the Reds! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
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Gomes with a HR! Maybe that haircut got him back on track.:-)
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