Daily Archives: July 23, 2009
Tripping and Falling, But Not Losing Any Ground
In baseball, the key to making a race at a crown is getting hot at the perfect time to make up games. Cooling off takes perfect timing also, I guess. The Reds (44-50) have hit a rough patch one week after the All-Star break, going 2-5 in the first seven back. However, they have lost NO games in the standings, still 5.5 games back of division leading St. Louis (51-46), who also has stumbled, losing 4 of their last 6 after the mid-point of the season. Cincinnati, a team that gave up an average of
