Thank You, Reds.

I'd like to thank the Reds for keeping it interesting as long as they have. By postponing their usual fall from contention until this late in the season, they've kept me entertained right up to the beginning of football season. Granted, they had to make some moves that amounted to mortgaging their future success (trading two everyday guys like Lopez and Kearns for some iffy bullpen help), but I think it was worth it to keep me entertained until September. Now, after their entirely predictable and disastrous West Coast swing (a Cincinnati staple), the Reds are out of the wild card lead and hopelessly behind the division leaders. Thus making it safe for me to put them aside and focus fully on football. Thanks fellas, for taking one for the team.