Don’t look now…

Just as my dream of seeing the Blue Jackets not totally blow in the playoff’s dies, a new hope is rising from the ashes. In case you missed it, the Cincinnati Reds are actually playing well. Yeah, it’s way early in the season, and the weather hasn’t even gotten hot yet, but come on, the Red’s are 9-6 people. 3 games over .500 for the first time in what I beileve is 73 years. They just had their longest road trip of the season, and went 7-2. Can you believe this? Their staff shut down the cubs in back to back games, surely this means we’re gonna win it all. It has to. Jesus owes me that, after allowing myself to get all excited about playoff Hockey in Columbus, only to get blown out of the rink, night in, and night out. It looks like our lord and savior is trying to square things up with me now though, as the Reds are rollin’! Well, I accept his apology, and look forward to a long season of Reds dominance.
Seriously though, this Joey Votto kid is a beast. I’m going to go all out and declare him to be the best thing to come out of Canada since the Crash Test Dummies, and the combo meal with a donut on the side. Can you believe it? My new favorite red is a Canuck? Even if he completely fizzles out, watching him completely own the Cubs is as good as it gets. Any time someone sends Zambrano to the bench in an angry rage, it’s a good day.
The other night, I actually said to my wife, “I think the Reds might actually be good”. We’ll see. It’s a long season, and I don’t want to make any crazy predictions, but from what I have seen so far, anything short of getting swept in the world series will be a huge dissapointment.

Congrats to the Blue Jackets. First taste of the post season was a bitter taste, but a great year none the less. The better team won, and my preseason prediction of either Detroit or Anahiem winning it all could still hold up. Boston isn’t messing around, but they are yet to be tested. The Jackets played awesome in game 4, trying to win just one, and fell short. It would have been nice to win 1 damned game, but it just wasn’t in the cards this year. It does hurt a little extra, that we lost it on a power play goal, because of too many men on the ice, with the last guy trying to get off, 5 feet from the boards, and a dickhead ref standing in front of the door. Next time, put the ref into the bench, and play on. So here’s to you Detroit Red Wings, you mother fuckers.