What A GAME!!!!!

Well I might have to pause writing this when the cops show up from the scream I let out as the Cardinals were thrown out at the plate trying to tie the game in the top of the 9th. What a game! And what a game to represent the civil rights game. Absolutely humongous come back game for the Reds. The guys should be congratulated, all but Coco Cordero who should be strapped to the wall by his jock strap while Jonny Gomes hits off a tee towards him.

(As a side note to how much Jim Day sucks, during the postgame he just said "there are tons of fans still here cheering and they are going crazy!!" Little did he realize that the camara had a good portion of the stands in his background and there was not a fan to be seen.)

Ramon Hernandez had an absolutely huge night with 2 hits, a walk, an RBI and the fabulous play at the plate to make the final out. Drew Stubbs also had a timely hit with a 2 run triple to put the Reds up 4-2. Arthur Rhodes came in and went 1,2,3 in the 7th. Nick Massett came on in the 8th and got the heart of the order 1, 2, 3 making Pujols look like a school girl on a strike 3 looking.

The win goes to Mike "10 year veteran rookie" Leake who improves to 4-0 and allowed 2 earned runs over 6 innings tonight. The game was a mirror image of last nights game. With the stellar rookie holding the opposing team to 2 runs. Luckily, this night belonged to the Reds.

This win has to be a huge confidence builder to the Reds who came into this game 2-5 on the year vs the Cardinals. They know the division runs straight through the Cardinals and at some point they will have to get over the mental hurdle of beating the Cards. Tonight was a big step in the right direction.

A big "u suck" goes out to ESPN for not covering this game on TV and for making no mention of it on espn.com the entire day or even after the game. I would think this would be the most recognized game of the year for MLB and for espn to make no mention of it is a shame.

One of the highlights of the night for me was saxophone player BK Jackson playing America the Beautiful. It had to bring a chill to everyone in the stadium. I will keep an eye out for it on youtube and post it if it appears.

Great night for the Reds and great night for the country. Rubber match tomorrow!!


Greg "I love the Reds" R.