Great night tonight – Griffey hits a homer, Harang pitches a complete game shutout.  It doesn’t get any better than that. 

I got caught looking at the standings the other night and at 6.5 games out I kept thinking the Reds were ready to make a push.  And they subsequently lost a double header and fell back to 8 games just like that.  And let’s not focus on the records – at 61-72, the Reds should not even be thinking playoffs.  It’s still in range though and the NL Central is what it is, so why not get after it?  The equation at this point is simple - get to .500 and then look at where you are.  It’s tough because the Reds have three teams in front of them.  Yet the Reds can do something about it with two series against each of those three teams in the month of September.   Go Little Red Wagon!

Still lots to watch for to the end of the year – will Griffey get to 600 homers this year?  Will Brandon Phillips be only the third ever player to get to 30/30?  (Eric Davis and Barry Larkin)  Will Harang get any consideration for the NL Cy Young?  Will Josh Hamilton win the Rookie of the Year award?  It’s hard to believe at times that this team is 11 wins from .500.

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