Who doesn't  love watching Jay Bruce .  Not last night.  Two AWFUL PLAYS.

Trying to make a basket catch.

And then, trying to go to third on a ground ball to short.  There are little leaguers who know you don't do that !

You hope the hustle of Dunn and Junior hasn't gotten to him.

The REDS don't have their heads in the game.  You would think since so many won't have jobs in Cincy next year they would be busting their you know what to show off their skills to other scouts.  THAT MAKES SENSE.

Dusty is too nice of a guy.

I don't care if he's tough behind the scenes.  It's not working.

What would Dusty tell a player to do when something doesn't work.  ADJUST !

Pull Bruce out of the game !  Put him on the bench.

Bobby Cox wasn't afraid to do it years ago with Andrew Jones.

Maddon, whose done a great job in Tampa Bay just sat Upton for not hustling.

Rollins, an MVP, great player, great clubhouse guy and leader didn't hustle earlier this year and Manuel sat him down.  Rollins said it was his fault.

It's not Dusty's fault that the talent isn't here.  IT IS DUSTY'S FAULT THAT THE REDS DON'T PLAY THE GAME THE RIGHT WAY.

Hal McCoy on his blog was off the charts when I read it about 4am.  I respect Hal.  I know he knows some scouts for a long time. It's part of covering the REDS now in his 4th decade.

This is part of his blog.

 A man I have known a long time, a scout for years and years who has watched the Cincinnati Reds, asked me a question before Thursday's game:

"Have you ever seen a Reds team so lifeless, so dead, so disinterested?"

I answered honestly: "Never. This team looks like nine mannequins, nine fire hydrants, nine pine trees at Christmas time, nine que-tips in a stand-up box.

It's the old which comes first, the chicken or the egg? In this case, which comes first, the losing or the lethargy? The lethargy or the losing? When you lose 11 of 13, you not only look bad, you ARE bad.

Actually, these days the Reds play like chickens with egg on their faces.

The long-time observer said, "I saw Homer Bailey three years ago and thought good things about him. Iee him now and there is no fire, no consistency and no sense of confidence. He used to have the hammer - a big, breaking curve. That's gone. The last time he pitched he threw it for one strike. One."

We had some fun this morning.  I'm so upset with the REDS, and I was planning on talking football this morning until their lousy play upset me so much, that I asked you guys to come up with some names for this years team.

Travis, my producer did a terrific job of writing down as many names as he could, that came from you.

The first one, I like the best !

Can'tellinis

Red Doozles

Pee Wee

Redlegged Redface

The Little Red Wagon

Couch Potatoes

Knucklehead Reds

Doughboys

Cincy Sloths

Bad News Reds

De-Cincy-Tized Red Snide

Batty in the Nati

Cincinnati Dreads

Baked Lazylegs

Sleepless in Cincinnati

Braindead

Can of Corn

Cory Bakerson

The White Flags Dollar Dogs

Cincinnati Checkstealers

Cincinnati Hangovers

Cincinnati Poops

Cincinnati Steamers-- One big steaming steamin pile of s*%#

Red-Galized Benglegs

Washington Nationals

The Red Plague The Dreadlocks     

 Cincinnati Deadlegs

 Cincinnati Hangovers- a night watching them gives you a headache and makes you want to throw up.

Allen, I got a name for you.  How about the weak, lazy, gutless, clueless, inept, no talent havin, stinking steaming pile of cow dung.  I was at the game last night (free tickets)  and I could not even sit through 6 innings.

Brett