Yesterday Brandon Phillips led the charge with a grand salami to center field in a Reds win.  Today, relative unknown Fred Lewis paid Cincinnati back with a shot of his own (and boy did he turn on a Matt Belisle 3-2 offering).  Grand Slams are in the air.  The bullpen gave up four unnecessary runs and continues to stagger around like a zombie with its head cut off. 

Barry Bonds hit a homer yesterday but fortunately won’t break the record in Great American (how would you like to see those videos played over and over again?  Not me.)  I have to give the crowds credit – they booed bonds and taunted him yesterday for being a cheat.  I agree with the fans sentiment and I struggle with Bonds breaking Aaron’s record.  I don’t know where I stand on the steroids thing – I despise Sosa, Palmiero and Bonds but I like McGwire.  I can’t enumerate why but it’s how I feel.  I guess I figure that since certain pitchers probably were ‘roided up during this era (Clemens and Gagne look to be likely suspects) that the inflated Home Run totals just goes with the territory.  It cheapens the records somewhat, but you might as well let those players in to the Hall of Fame (even Bonds and Sosa – but don’t leave big Mac out either).   Bonds I don’t like because he acts like a royal ass all the time.  It makes the ‘roids thing seem that much worse with him.

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