I believe it was Dennis Miller who, when summarizing the types of power in the world, mentioned that the lady at the DMV has all kinds of power in the world.  “If I have to be here for eight hours, so do you, pal…”

The Reds have taken on their own flavor of that maxim.  To wit:  they told the Cardinals these past three days, “If we can’t be in the post season, neither can you.”  So the Reds sweep the Red Birds.  It couldn’t have happened to a nicer team.

Brandon Phillips is closing in his 30/30 season – just one homer left.  If you think about the monster years many Reds have had offensively this year (Dunn, Phillips, Griffey, Josh Hamilton), it almost makes the pitching situation seem even more desperate.  The Reds have scored 720 runs and allowed 776.  No playoff-bound team has allowed more than 707 (and that’s the Brewers if they actually make it).  There needs to be more depth to the rotation next year and man does that bullpen need about three or four people to round it out. 

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