at least there's a lot of room to improve!

a reliable right handed hitter (or two) would be nice (drew stubbs?).

let's hope Walt has a plan - and the cash to follow through.

Yes indeed, Reds fans, you can hear Don Meredith singing.

Losing 2 of 3 at home,  to a team with (now) the 2nd worst road record in the National League is a great-big-flashing-blazing-garish neon sign that the good guys are less than a mediocre team.

Walt, start your jockeying for next year!!

I like baseball.  I love the Reds, but after these two pathetic losses I must admit to being a little less interested in daily blogging than before.

How do the beat writers, day after day, put out?  Do even the players lose interest?

I think I'll just

Quick 5 AM Notes:

Good for Ken Griffey Jr., what a load off his mind, (and by the way mean people suck! http://www.daytondailynews.com/o/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2008/06/08/my_ears_are_still_ringing.html

Bad for Jerry Hairston, Jr. busted his thumb.  the Reds SS position is cursed this year. 

My prediction of a 3&5 roadtrip held true, for this team (and for me) that's pretty good.

.500 on 7/27 :http://www.thelotd.com/imaredsfan/blog/2008/06/01/sweep__sweep__a_500_record

Witness this email exchange between your ignorant author and the guru of LotD, just in case the same is happening to you:

RE: Blog/Post problem

Jun 6, 09:05AM

Hi, try going into the "manage blog posts" section and make sure your posts are set to "public" in the "Entry Status" tab.
For some reason they've been defaulting to Draft lately so they don't show up.

Hope that helps.

>

Hi.  I hope you can help. I've submitted a
> blog post (or three) this AM.  In the past, my
> posts appear immediately, but none have appeared this
> morning.

>

Do you know how I can fix this?