Yes, I know it’s hard to believe, but the Reds won a close game. They beat up on the other team in Ohio that’s struggling, the Indians. Aaron Harang had a career night. Nine strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings. And by some miracle, the bullpen didn’t blow the lead. I mean, come on, they’ve blown six run leads, so a single run lead is never safe.

Future Hall of Famer Adam Dunn hit his now tied for the league leading 12th homer of the season. His OPS is still well above 1.000, so the I can live with the .264 batting average.

And since the Reds of old are much more interesting then the current version, I’m hoping to get my third installment of the All Decade Team series up by Monday. Work has been rough, so we’ll see.

The win put the Reds is a tie for last, so they’re moving up. Man the Astros have fallen. They’re down in the standings with us. And what’s up with the Pirates?? It’ll be interesting to see if the Cards have things pretty much locked up by the All Star break.

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