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By Thaq Diesel

10.  The fact that they’ve turned over a lot of talented players who show up on other teams (despite the fact that the main reason is that they couldn’t \ wouldn’t afford them).  It’s just cool to say - hey, that’s an ex-Reds player in almost every game the Reds play. 

9.  Aaron Harang

8.  Bronson Arroyo

7.  It’s only a 120 minute drive for me to see a game.

6.  The swagger and joy with which Brandon Phillips plays.

5.  The fact that although Carlton Fisk’s Game 6 homerun where he was waving the ball fair is shown ad nauseum, the Reds actually won the World Series.  It’s how I know my friend Charlie is a true friend indeed - he never tires of hearing me say that out loud when I see that stupid clip shown all the time.

4.  The history and tradition of the team. 

3.  Griffey’s lazy homerun swing. 

2.  Marty Brennaman.  I know he’s cranky.  I know it’s his way or the highway at this point in his career.  I know he utters profanities off the air like a Merchant Marine with Tourette’s.  None of it matters.  His voice is the voice of my youth - the voice of baseball for me.  His home run calls, his indignant tone when the Reds are biting the big one defensively or not moving the runners over (basically all of last year), his declaration that, “This one belongs to the Reds!”  I love it all.  I can’t think of Reds baseball without him on the microphone.  I refuse to. 

1.  Wayne Krivsky.  He’s done some really shrewd moves during his short tenure.  I think he’s going to get value out of the players he acquires, that he has a plan and that the Reds will be competitive for the playoffs almost every year with him at the helm.  I can’t explain it - it just feels like he will.  I hope I’m right.

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