2 of these people I have no memory of. I also missed a couple others.

The family got our COVID and flu shots today. You should get yours if you can. And if you can’t because of the ridiculous place we’re in, I hope those around you who can, do. Vaccines are about community protection as much as personal protection.

This is a journey

Andujar - DH Stephenson - C Steer - 1B McLain - 2B Elly - SS Sal - 3B Lux - LF Friedl - CF Hays - RF That’s prob the best offensive lineup you can field right now. You could put Lux at 2B and Marte in the OF depending on you think looks more lost, McLain or Marte. And we’re ignoring platoon splits.

The Reds scored after I went to bed. Nice!

Do the Reds have a playoff roster yet? I haven’t seen it.

I hope the Reds win, like, 13 more games this year. That would be really cool.

I am very excited to see what happens in the postseason. But also, Geno, Schwarber, and Alonso are all free agents or about to be. And other guys can be had via trade, I’m sure. Let’s get a power hitter before 2026, please.

Wooooooooooooo

The playoffs. That’s fun.

I have lived and worked in and around Chicago for 27 years and I have been assaulted less often than Sen Paul has been in his own back yard.

FREEJAY TEEDL HOMER!!!!!!

I love hearing that Peralta is only gonna get 45 pitches.

Okay. Let’s win a ballgame today. I wonder if Peralta is gonna have a relatively short leash. Like, just get some work in and stay ready. I’d be fine with that.

This is every player who’s gotten a PA this season (tonight’s stats are not included). They are not here because of the offense, guys.

I end up defending McLain this year more than I mean, too. Like, it is not as though the Reds have Brandon Phillips sitting on the bench, guys.

National broadcaster research in the Reds: Seems like the pitching is good and offense is not. Well, that should do it.

Does the national broadcast always suck this much? My lord.

For a team in who really does play in a homer-friendly park, the Reds have not been a genuinely elite home run hitting teams very often since the stadium opened. Really just in the years immediately following the opening. And that's silly.

Come on Marlins

If things go well, I’m okay with Greene and Lodolo vs the Dodger’s bullpen.

Reds!

The new challenge system next year should be called the JOEY Just Off the Edge, Yo!

The Cincinnati Reds now control their own destiny.

There’s a kid in one of my classes now who is getting into LotR and every once in a while he asks me a question and I get to explain what Gandalf actually is or that, canonically, Tom Bombadil existed before evil. And it is great.

I look at some of these people and I know exactly what kind of obnoxious kid they were in high school.

So now, we just need the Cubs to beat the Mets and then the Reds have to win more games against the Brewers than the Mets win against the Marlins. Easy as that. Easy. Simple. Nbd. Nbd at all.

Reds will now finish at least .500 for the 4th time in 6 years. And it’s the most underwhelming feeling of basic adequacy.

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

the ghost runner in meaningful September extra inning games is like someone pouring an entire bottle of ketchup on a delicious steak

Reds. I swear to god.

Jim Henson would've been 89 years old today. Commemorate his life and legacy by celebrating creativity, diversity, imagination, peace, and just plain silliness. Walk with me a bit while I talk about Jim and his work--and leave your comments about what he means to you. Right this way. /1

“I use it for brainstorming.” is quickly becoming my most hated pro-AI statement. YOU TOOK YOUR BRAIN OUT OF THE EQUATION. THAT IS NOT BRAINSTORMING.

Just gonna keep breaking in the boy’s new catchers mitt as I watch this frustrating game.

I have faith that McLain will get it together in the offseason, but the runs of looking good for a few games before losing it again are really rough.

Okay. Do your part, Reds. I don’t like having to root for the Cubs.

"The Beatles" (sic)

Knowing the Reds are going to have to beat the Brewers to get into the playoffs is just like, the most boring and dumbest boss that keeps showing up in a video game over and over again.

Me after completing the season as a head middle school baseball coach in a team of mostly 6th graders.

No one cares about my opinion on this. But I still think a good catcher who hits the snot out of the ball is a lot more valuable than a good RF who hits a little more snot out of the ball. Like, being a catcher breaks the tie.

Well, here in the grim times, I will give a positive update. The boy is really taking to catcher. Our team does not hit well, and he spent the vast majority of the hot night behind the plate. And did well. Also think he got pitched around for the first time ever tonight. Which was fun for him.

Reds fans: omg. The Reds were so dumb to sell low on Geno when he was still recovering from that shoulder injury. Also Reds fans: McLain is totally expendable. Time to cut bait. What a flop.

So, next season, it’s what: C - TySteve/Trevino 1B - Stewart 2B - McLain SS - Elly 3B - Hayes LF - ??? CF - Friedl RF - Marte DH - ??? Gosh. Seems like they could use a power bat. Where have we heard that before?

I got yer timeline cleanse right here, folks. A whole clutch of teeny tiny snapping turtle behbehs emerged one at a time from their underground nest and crossed the gravel road while I and a couple other humans watched and made sure they were safe from anyone else coming along.

We are nearing the end of kid baseball season, which runs from about January to the end of October for us. And god, my shoulder is just in tatters right now. And it’s not like it’ll end. He’ll still want to hit during the two months off, but at least throwing gets a break.

Star Trek: SNW really needs 22 episode seasons. Give us more of these characters.

9/11 is about as far from now as it is from the end of the Vietnam war. This brought to you by being a teacher and kids having zero memory of it.