The Syndicate

Where are all the baseball fans?

FUCK THE YANKEES!!!

That is all

The KC Royals are a bunch of punkass bitches. Fuck those guys.

And go Blue Jays!

Those are the current NL East standings. This is a clever trick from the Mets. They do this ALOT, but the fans still fall for it. It's kinda like the "Lucy Pulling the Ball Away Before Charlie Brown Can Kick It" trick. They get the fans all worked up and excited, and sometime around the All Star Break, they will collapse and turn into a pile of goo that could be beaten by the Peoria Little League.

But I love them anyhow.

I don't even care if the Reds don't make the playoffs this season. I just want to see Johnny Cueto win the Cy Young.

It's also nice to see Joey Votto back and pretty darn healthy. Already 12 RBI's and 5 HR's, and swinging a pretty sweet bat.

Whoa, the Reds dropped 16 runs on the Brewers. They haven't scored that many runs since 2007.

And the Mets forgot how to lose this past off-season.

The losing streak is over!

Cards are sliding, I don't like it. Still ahead in the NL, but they were leading the league two weeks ago.

The Reds are only 10 games back from the Cardinals.

The Sox, Red, are a constant source of disappointment. I occasionally root for Kansas City instead.

though i admit they've been getting it together a bit of late.

Clay Buchholz plunked Mauer as I was typing that.

Sloonei wrote:Clay Buchholz plunked Mauer as I was typing that.

Was that plunk in an "oops" kind of way or in a "fuck you" kind of way?

Buchholz only knows the Oops variety.

Metalmarsh89 wrote:The Reds are only 10 games back from the Cardinals.

Eh, I still live in denial that I live in a world where the Pirates are contenders.

Missing Person wrote:

Metalmarsh89 wrote:The Reds are only 10 games back from the Cardinals.

Eh, I still live in denial that I live in a world where the Pirates are contenders.

The Reds can beat them anytime that is not the postseason.

Still, the Reds can't beat the Cardinals at all. It's almost embarrassing watching those series.

this year belongs to the cubs!!

I'm going for the Dolphins.

i hate Jay Bruce

Sloonei wrote:this year belongs to the cubs!!

More denial than my denial of Pirates prominence.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:i hate Jay Bruce

I like Jay Bruce.

In fact, I would say that I am a fan of almost every Red's regular. My least favorite player on the team is Aroldis Chapman. He is incredibly gifted, but I don't like his body language, and his attitude.

JaggedJimmyJay wrote:i hate Jay Bruce

And don't look now, but Jay Bruce is batting .441 over is last ten games,

And yes, I realize he was batting a paltry .162 before those ten games.

Fun facts about the Cincinnati Reds.

Joey Votto's walk-up song is Goodbye Stranger by Supertramp.

Their backup catcher, Tucker Barnhart's walk-up song is Working Man by Rush.

Whoa, the Reds swept the Nationals, and in pretty convincing fashion.

I didn't see that one coming, but that was a fun series.

Brandon Philips is just phenomenal.

Oh my, the Mets lost in somewhat embarrassing fashion today.

This thread should be renamed the "Apparently only Metalmarsh cares about Baseball so here's a bunch of posts where he talks to himself" thread.

What are you doing in here? This is the baseball thread.

On a more exciting note, Joey Votto mashed 3 home runs today and the Reds pounded the Phillies.

Brock Holt finally did something yesterday to make the Red Sox worth watching this year. Kinda reminds me of last year, when Brock Holt was the only thing that made the Red Sox worth watching.

All right, we,re approaching the all star break, and the Mets, already precariously hovering around .500 are poised to do their yearly implosion.

Still it could be worse; I could have been born into a Yankee family

RIP Darryl Hamilton

Looks like more stories have been uncovered with regards to Pete Rose.

Just in time for the All-Star Game in Cincinnati in a couple weeks.

As exciting as this suspended extra inning game between the Reds and Mets is, I think they've forgotten that they've got another game to play later today.

Still, I can't complain about free baseball.

So the Blue Jays...

Sloonei wrote:So the Blue Jays...

... are geniuses?

The Reds won a series in St. Louis.

No!!!!!!!!!! The Reds trade away Mike Leake.

I really loved having that guy around and watching him pitch.

Speaking of moves we're sad to see happen, the Red Sox DFA'd Daniel Nava yesterday because their pitching staff sucks and they needed bullpen help.

Watching the Reds/Mets game tonight. The Mets' announcers are funny to listen to.

No they are exactly how announcers should sound.

That's the funny I meant. I consider us Cincinnatians to be spoiled with how knowledgeable and interesting our broadcasters are. They are fantastic, and will praise and scorn each team equally, and give a fair shot to either side.

But the Mets' announcers were even more interesting. For example, Jumbo Diaz came on to pitch the top of the 9th for the Reds. One of the broadcasters stated when the inning opened up "Now this is a guy you wouldn't want to charge the mound on. But if you did, you'd punch him in the gut first, 'cause he's got a big one." Just hilarious stuff.

They take the "color" in "color commentators" seriously

Especially Keith Hernandez, he's a character. I grew up with Ralph Kiner and Lindsay Nelson. They were a bit more sedate but only marginally so. I might be biased but I think we have the most entertaining announcers in baseball.

Most of the NL teams I have watched have had at least decent announcers, and some other noteworthy clubs are the Cubs, the Pirates, and the Cardinals. The Marlins' announcers (and everything about their TV broadcast) were terrible. The Orioles broadcasters were quite boring, but they're the only AL team I remember seeing this season.

But I would agree, the Mets had the most colorful broadcasters I've heard this season.

The Cubs are now locked into a playoff spot, so Back to the Future Part 2 could still be half right!

G-Man wrote:The Cubs are now locked into a playoff spot, so Back to the Future Part 2 could still be half right!

Wouldn't that be something? I'm not even a Cubs fan and I hope it happens.

The red sox waited until the final two months to be entertaining this year, but i'm alright with this

Yay Postseason

Tell the Mets to stop making the Reds look bad.

Congrats though. That is awesome.

The only teams I do not feel inclined to root for in contention for this year's post season are the Yankees (obvious) and Dodgers (also obvious). I expect to be pleased by any result in October, but if I had to choose any two teams I'd root for the Blue Jays in the AL and the Cubs in the NL. But I'll be rooting for no individual player harder than Adrian Beltre.

I always root National League first (except Braves, I will root for Satans Minions first), the Mariners & Twins (the closest thing I had to local teams when I lived in Montana).

But yeah, Mets first, then Cubs.

Flying cars may have been far-fetched but it's 2015 and we've got hoverboards, so why not a Cubs World Series win?