[jammin' jamey]

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but have the Reds only made the playoffs twice since 1979? ('90 & '95)

Being someone that grew up watching the Big Red Machine, thats hard to swallow. Can't say the Cincy fans aren't loyal.

It would've been 3 times had the strike not happened in 1994. And of course the one-game playoff year in 1999 I believe.

Fans are loyal and I know a whole bunch of people that got excited with last night's come-from-behind win over Washington, but remember they achieved that feat against the only team with a worse record than the Reds - the Nats.

This has a been a tough season with few bright spots. Griffey healthy, Hamilton. That's about it for me.

BTW, why don't the Reds put up some kind of marker on the outfield wall to follow Junior's chase for 600 homeruns? He's at 572 now and looking good, but he's a hangnail away from the DL I suppose.