The Big Red Machine

Ah, the past…

The Reds had the nickname Big Red Machine since 1969, but their best team was the 1976 edition. The team had a record of 102-60 and won the NL West by double digits over the second place Dodgers. In the NLCS the machine swept the Phillies 3-0, which enabled the Reds ti win the World Series.

The starting line-up:

1b. Tony Perez HOF
2b. Joe Morgan HOF
ss. Dave Concepcion
3b. Pete Rose
c. Johnny Bench HOF
of. Ken Griffey Sr.
of. George Foster
of. Cesar Geronimo
p.Alcala,Billingham,Borbon,
Darcy,Eastwick,Gullet,Zachry,Sarmiento,McEnaney

Harry Kalas had a field day pronouncing the Machines name. It was like an orchestra playing Beethoven when The K said, "How 'bout that Payyyyyydro Booooooorbone!

Harry loved to pronounce Hispanic names and did it so well.
"The pitch......swing and a miss, struckkkkkkk him out!
" A drive to deep right field - its gotta a chance.....outta here!

We were certainly blessed to have the talent of a Harry Kalas, especially when he worked with Ashburn. Now that he is gone I appreciate him more, especially after listening to a Phils game. The current broadcast team is beyond terrible. They may be the worst I have ever heard.

I hope I never meet Tom McCarthy. If I meet the man I might just tell him that he is the worst I have ever heard, and that if he says but, I may get violent. That would be rude, and would expose me as a total asshole. I don't want to meet him or Wheels for that matter. I would probably look at his wig and start laughing as I tell him how ratty his wig looked. That would also be rude, even though true.

Now, as for tomorrow…

Let's assume shall we that Hamels is a very angry guy. Two years ago he was THE MAN. He was the go to guy, the guy who never let a losing streak get out of hand. He was our hometown hero. Fast forward to this season. After last years performance Cole no longer had the mantle of the man - no he was now an unknown quantity who many thought had shot his load and would never escape the tag of pussy when his team needed him to step up. The Halliday man was here,and Cole just became another faggot in a uniform stealing his check twice a month.

While Doc pitched like one run leads were a big cushion, the Colester would give up anywhere from one to five runs in the first leaving his injury riddled team in a major Colehole. How pissed he must have been when even the towns cross dressers avoided him. Now fagman could have whined like the bitch that he was, but no, that isn't what happened.

When the Red Neck Roy showed up and started winning, the fagster get mad- very mad, and I couldn't be happier with the transformation. All of a sudden out of the blue - or should I say fuschia, Hamels became a man again, and the results have been awesome. Maybe the amyl nitrate is starting to work or maybe his 'wife' promised to stop giving head to opposing players- whatever the reason, let's hope that fagman continues to show why gays and lesbians should be allowed to serve in the military openly. When they want to, they can get the job done!