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I think it's safe to safe this is the biggest series for the Reds [in May] in quite a long time. They find them selves 1/2 game out of first place having won 12 of their last 16 and play a slumping Cardinals team who has lost 7 of their last 9. I hope everyone remembers the series last year, in July I think, where the Reds were right in the thick of it. Pujols hits a grand slam off of Stormy Weathers and the Reds never recovered. It would be nice to return the favor this year.

The Cardinals have not hit a homerun in 7 games. I'm sure that will be something the Reds will take care of ending. Let's just hope for anything but a sweep here. A sweep at this point, when they've fought to get to a 1/2 game back, would devastate them. To end this series 3.5 back would be a huge blow to the Reds mentally, fan attendance, and fan expectations. 2 out of 3 would be nice.

The matchups for the weekend series are:

Friday: Harang (2-4, 6.02 era) vs Garcia (3-2, 1.18 era)
Saturday: Leake (3-0, 3.10 era) vs Wainwright (5-1, 2.08 era)
Sunday: Arroyo (2-2, 5.36 era) vs Penny (3-3, 1.70 era)

Good lord just looking at those Cardinals era's is a bit mystifying. How the hell do they have 3 guys with a max era of 2.08 and Carpenter is not even included? Oh that's right because they spend $100 million per year. All you Cardinals fans who claim to be "small market" can just shut the hell up. Morons.

Obviously the key matchup for the weekend is Saturday, which also is the MLB Civil Rights game, awarded to Cincinnati for the 2nd straight year.

Let's hope the bats keep hitting and the pitchers get hypnotized into thinking they are playing the Pirates. Oh and that they imagine this picture when facing Poo-holes:



Go Reds!

Greg "I'll be there Sunday" R.