[Old School Hound]

Starting pitching has been very good, and the offense is a lot better than last year……so why are the Reds only three games over .500? Too many close losses. If they can turn that around in the second half (and get Hunter Greene back at full strength) then I think they still have a very realistic playoff shot. They are only two games out of a wild card berth right now.

The close losses and blown late leads have been killers. I literally took a day off from the Reds after they blew that second game at St. Louis. They had a  5-2 lead in the bottom of the 8th with no on and two outs for the Cards. They somehow found a way to lose it. I took the next day off. You are right, VH, all those 1-0 losses and those terrible blown late leads(which started on Opening Day) is the reason we are just three games over par, instead of 11 or 12 games over .500 .