Fast Forward from 1990 to 2010 REDLEGS R BACK

Its 20 year anniversary of the the LOU PINELLA led Reds shocking the baseball world by beating the Tony LaRussa led 1990 OAKLAND ATHLETICS AKA THE BASH BROTHERS(and by now u know all the details of the bash brothers) in the world series. That REDS team had some classic ballplayers in CF ERIC "E" DAVIS, BILLY HATCHER, PAUL O'NEILL, BARRY LARKIN, CHRIS SABO, GRIFFEY SR., to name a few. And one of the nastiest bullpens in my time in "the NASTY BOYS" NORM CHARLTON, RANDY MEYER, AND ROB "DIBS" DIBBLE with starters in Jose Rijos and Tom Browning anchoring the rotation. This was a fun group to watch and mesh all that talent with a very quiet manager in Louuuuuuuuu Pinella. They were magic.

Now the 2010 Reds led by 1970's Dodger great Dusty Baker, who came up with this "boys in blue" core of : steve garvey, ron cey, bill russell, davey lopes, and mike scioscia. Baker and Scioscia learned from O Tommy LaSorda one of the best to manage at the big league level. The 2010 roster is kinda like the 1990 roster in that no one really picked them to win a lot of games. The two names that stick out are brandon phillips and Joey votto and maybe bronson arroyo. But this is a blue-collar bunch for a hard-nosed blue-collar town in the QUEEN CITY.

You would think after the cards and reds cleared the benched a couple of weeks ago, it would be the reds who would slowly falter down the stretch. But to Dusty baker and his staff they have held tight and look like they are going to close this thing soon really. I would love to see new teams in the mlb playoffs to give October an exciting and new finish. If the RED LEGS KEEP THIS PACE, THEY MIGHT HAVE TWO PARTIES ON THE RIVER. Move over Bengals and make room for us in "THE JUNGLE".