Thrice is Nice

1. Cheering for the Cardinals feels like a sin, or a crime at least, but that is exactly what I found myself doing last night while watching the end of the Cardinals and Pirates square off in game four of the rare five game series. For as bad as the Reds' fans feel about going 1-5 over the last 6 games, they can at least feel a little better that the Cardinals have gone 0-7 in their last 7 games. Remember when everyone was talking about how soon or later the Cardinals would hit a rough stretch and that's when the Reds could climb back into the race? Well the Reds were 5 games behind the Cardinals at the beginning of the Cardinals losing steak and now the Reds are 6 games behind the Pirates. Did not really work out that well huh?

2. 6 of the Reds 'final 9 games are against the Pirates. What does this mean? It means that they can either make up a lot of ground or lose a lot of ground in a very short period of time. Say the Reds go in 4 games back, they have a chance to make up the ground. The scary aspect of this is the idea that they playing such a high quality team so often at the end of the season could have the reverse effect if the Diamondbacks are only 3 or 4 games behind and the Reds do not play well. They could fall out of the race all together, in its truest form, this season is not over until the very last game. The bright side of this: they are no where near out of the race yet.

3. What are you thinking Riley Cooper? Cooper, who's playing time is about to explode with the injury to Jeremy Maclin decided that it would be good to look into a camera and say an incredibly racist thought. He can say all the apologies he wants, and claim that he has never said those kind of things before but it is obvious that this is not true. No person should ever use the N word, period. Some day professional athletes are going to have to learn that it is always better to say no words at all because regardless if you think that you are being watched, somewhere someone does see you and is probably taking a photo or video. The real concerning thing to me is that at the end of the video the camera is swung around to show a white woman doing the filming, which means that Cooper was looking for a fight and was having racist thoughts without being provoked. Unprovoked thoughts are real thoughts and tell a lot about his true feelings towards others. I am sick of hearing PR driven apologises when clearly the individual does not mean it. Shame on you Riley Cooper and I can not wait until you go across the middle week one and someone takes off your head.

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