The St. Louis Cardinals came in to Cincinnati to claim back first place in the division from the Reds. They may have done much more than that.

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We all remember the horror show that was Jimmy Haynes, the maddening inconsistencies of Kyle Lohse, and the general awfulness of Eric Milton. Looking at what this franchise has now, that seems like a long-ago era.

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Despite being ten games over the .500 mark, playing their best baseball in ten years, and being in the playoff race this late in the season for the first time since the Clinton Administration, the Cincinnati Reds still find time to hit the snooze bar at the wrong time.

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MILWAUKEE Dusty Baker said Cincinnatis performance reminded him of a merry-go-round. The Reds 19-hit effort brought them back to where theyve been most of the season first place.

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The possibility of adjusting Reds rookie starter Mike Leake's pitch counts from 100 to 90 during his outings the rest of the season remains a fluid situation.

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According to Websters: “A temporary holding area for prisoners.” Take a look at the Reds’ inconsistent bullpen performances throughout the course of the season thus far, and make your own jokes. At times, we all wish that whenever someone not named Arthur Rhodes was coming into the game, that the bullpen gate was locked from the other side.  Maybe throwing a canopy over the bullpen is a good …

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