Four more thru 6 innings as Cruz loads the bases in the 7th with nobody out.
I'm pointing out the obvious, you just don't want to hear it and have your head stuck in the sand. No postseason team should piss a 9 run lead away with the lineup Pittsburgh has thrown out there. This team is not playing their best baseball and it's downright frustrating to get so close, have the schedule in your favor and watching it slide away in the end. I'll say it again, Reds should be taking control of their own destiny and not having to rely on other teams to fail to get in. 2 games out with a week to go, they are not going to make it playing like dog shit.
Get what you pay for, been saying this and you are watching it bite them in the ass tonight as well as throughout the 2nd half. Too many times the Reds fold in the 2nd half, why should we have thought this year was going to be any different. It's a losing mindset that trickles down from the front office. I tried to be as optimistic as I could all year but I'm not delusional about this team's capabilities either. At this point, just hope they win 3 more games to clinch a winning record and break .500 for the entire season. Embarrassing to watch Moreta pitch 2 2/3 perfect innings after the Reds trade him for that superstar shortstop Kevin Newman.
No such thing as a big enough lead to declare a win prematurely with this team. 10-9 Pirates.
Doesn't matter when you have 2 on, no out and failed to get both in to at least tie. 13-12 loss. Maybe Bell can give them all a sticker after the game for their valiant effort to nearly comeback vs the mighty Pirates.
An All-Time Reds great career. Not his fault this organization failed to put a consistent winner and criminally wasted his prime years outside of 2010, 12-13. Fans want to blame Cincinnati for not paying players but complain about Votto are hypocrites. They did that with one of the greatest Reds to wear the uniform. Fans would have bitched if he went on to have the same career elsewhere like Toronto had the Reds moved on from him.
Sure got the impression from his first AB today the end is near.
It's easy from a business perspective to say it's time to move on, decline the option for $7 million with the youth movement taking place but it still does sting knowing that barring some unforeseen circumstance this is it for him in a Reds uniform at GABP. Highly doubt he restructures the deal or agrees to be the last man on the active roster for the $7 million or less when you are one of the greatest Reds ever, top 5 in most offensive categories. Wish he was going out on top and won a World Series during his career. He would make a great hitting coach someday so if it is something he is interested in, hope he will be back in the dugout someday. Have guys like Stephenson, McLain and Benson all raving about how his advice working with them has helped them this season. Votto deserves a better sendoff than he has gotten.
Need to take Fairchild & Martini with them. Call up Blake Dunn and sign an outfielder who will bring some power to this lineup.
