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By Thaq Diesel

Elizardo Ramirez almost coughed up the win on his own today.  Yet, he dug deep, pitched himself out of a jam (after a balk moved the runners to 2nd and 3rd) and got a long overdue victory.  The apocalypse will now begin.

The road trip is finally over and the Reds can boast a 4-3 winning record.  Despite being only 1 game over .500 in June, Cincinnati is only two games out of first.  How cool would it be to have the Reds in first place at the All-Star break?  We all wished it at the start of the season, but how many of us Reds fans actually believed deep down in our hearts that they could do it?  As it stands, the Reds would be the National League Wild Card. 

• The American League Central has mowed down the National League Central this year in interleague play.  In particular, this past week hasn’t been pretty.  Looks like the Astros are finally going to stop the bleeding tonight.
• It was satisfying to see Griffey and Dunn homer in the same inning today.  I can’t figure out if Dunn is slumping (for the entire season) or if he’s just settled for nestling home runs in between strikeouts. 
• Congratulations to Jerry Narron for being selected to the National League All-Star team as manager.  Griffey may yet sneak in as an outfielder and you have to figure that Arroyo is going to be a pitcher on the team, if not the starter.
• Hopefully the Kansas City Royals will not prove to be a miserable team with the Reds number, akin to the Cubs this year.  The Reds have lost to most superior teams this year.  They really need to whoop up on the inferior ones when they can.
• If you were Jeremy Sowers, would you think it cool that you gave up your first big league home run to Griffey?  I would, but then again I’m a fan.

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