Last night, the Cincinnati Reds became NL Central Champions and clinched a spot in the
MLB Playoffs!
One of my favorite things about living in Ohio the past few years has been getting to know the sport of baseball and cheering on the Reds. Baseball season has eliminated the "drought and depression" of sports that tends to occur after the NFL season is over for my husband and I. We truly have grown to love the Reds, and I honestly believe that no matter where his professorly job search takes us, I will have a little soft spot in my heart for that big red "C" and the Queen City.
Since the Reds have been working to clinch the NL Central title for a few days, I thought it best to avoid the games on TV. For some odd reason, we're very super (or should i say "stuper")-stitious, and feel that when we pay careful attention to the game, the team doesn't perform as well. They LOSE.
It's after 10 p.m., I've just finished Glee and watching my love, Michael Bolton (who was a horrendous dancer and kind of a cranky a*hole) say his good-byes to Dancing with the Stars, and I decide to check the Reds score - they're tied with the Houston Astros at the bottom of the 9th inning! WHOA! Jay Bruce stepped up to the plate as Cincinnati fans hoped and prayed for a home run to seal the deal, and what do you know... it happened! My husband and I weren't bad luck! We actually watched them win the game and celebrate their spot in the playoffs!!! I wish I could've been there as the fireworks were set off... how cool!
As I sat in the Great American Ballpark this past April and watched them get pummeled by Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals on opening day, I had no hopes or expectations that the Reds would eventually become champions of their division and return to the playoffs for the first time in 15 years! Regardless of what happens in the playoffs next month, I will be excited to cheer on the Reds!
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| The home crowd, April 5, 2010 |
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| Reds Opening Day 2010 Go Redlegs!  |
6 comments:
Exciting!
Wasn't glee awesome! I loved every second of it! EEK!
Don't you just love baseball? I've been a Rays fan for a long while (back when they were the Devil Rays!), and it's so nice to FINALLY see them doing good ... we clinched a spot in the playoffs last night, and hopefully they'll end up besting the Yankees for the AL East Champs!
I love, love, LOVE this post and your love for the Reds! I kinda sorta talked about this in my post today. Seriously, watching Bruuuuuuce hit that homerun gave me goosebumps. And I don't even like/enjoy/understand sports! :)
YAY!! How exciting . Isant it fun to see your teams do well? Cant say the same about any of my teams right now. When is Basketball season? Thats the only time I can count on my team to win lol. But anyway thats great congrats!!
?I know what you mean about superstisions I am the same way. I am not allowed to watch certain games because they lose. I wont wear my Chargers jersey on anyday they are not playng. I wash my jerseys whenever my team loses and can go quite a while not washing it if they are on a winning streak. So I hear you. Well good luck to your Reds during playoffs. Ill be rooting for them because really I don't have a team to root for this year (Screw the Dodgers and more so the McCourts for just sucking at life)
Sooooooooo excited about the REDS!!!!! Wooohooo!
sounds like your going to have a lot of fun :)
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