Tony Schwallie

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@JamesRapien Should never have been in that position. Marcus Freeman continues to show he’s not great at in-game adjustments or getting teams ready to play. Biggest game in BYU history - or one of biggest. Weren’t ready, no answers, different energy levels. Not championship worthy.

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@Colts Whooo-we. Bet Carlie is filling notebooks after that show today. Likely some very stern, biting sound bites coming from her to your local media outlet very soon.

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So on 4th and 2, no timeouts and 20 odd seconds left and with the FG team coming on to the field, this guy doubles down and says ‘take your time, you don’t want to clock it here…’. Huh - no joke bud - that would end the game? How do they find these people?

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@CBS Will you help Logan Ryan out? Tampa QB airmails a pass on 1st down inside of 2 mins; says he’s been accurate all day; other announcer then says QB is 2 for last 9; QB promptly misses by yards for a pick. If you don’t have anything smart to say, STFU.

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@CBS Will you help Logan Ryan out? Tampa QB airmails a pass on 1st down inside of 2 mins; says he’s been accurate all day; other announcer then says QB is 2 for last 9; QB promptly misses by yards for a pick. If you don’t have anything smart to say, STFU.

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@CBS Will you help Logan Ryan out? Tampa QB airmails a pass on 1st down inside of 2 mins; says he’s been accurate all day; other announcer then says QB is 2 for last 9; QB promptly misses by yards for a pick. If you don’t have anything smart to say, STFU.

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@LarryFosterNFL Who TF is Larry Foster?

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Brantley had it exactly right earlier and Sal just put exclamation point on it. Any talk of ANYONE other than Sal Stewart as ROY is ridiculous. Not even close.

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How I wish Marty Brennaman was on the broadcast to hear his description and opinion of this. This is like Tito’s 8th inning chicken and beer Red Sox team that got him run out of Boston. @Reds

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Sal Stewart one of the very few current Reds that has any semblance of a ‘clutch’ gene.

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Is the World Cup over yet? What exactly is the magic of soccer? Just a joke of a sport.

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What pearls of wisdom would one Marty Brennaman provide the audience on the 2026 @Reds? I would pay good money to hear that truth.

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As some debate extending first base bag to look like Little League, let’s recap.

ABS-yes, 100%
Pitch clock-yes
Ghost runner/extra innings - awful, no
Can’t block plate-no, 100% AWFUL
Give yourself up at 2nd on plays- 100% awful

Be different MLB-don’t follow NFL to pacification.

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Reds fans who are also Bengals fans have seen this - Reds go up 4-2. Directly after, pitcher can’t throw a strike, gives lead right back. Just like Burrow & the O putting together great drive, getting momentum and then special teams or D then giving up a demoralizing play or TD.

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Whether it was Freudian or not, ‘Where ya gonna go’ is the dog whistle equivalent to Mike Brown’s ‘glory’ days of running the Bengals. The Castellini family should sell as the problem starts at the top.

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I don’t know about you, but I needed this #Reds off day.

I’m tired of watching this team and saying “what was that?” I’m flat worn out by this organization.

With the exception of late inning heroics on Tuesday night, the Reds appeared a combination of dazed, tired, disinterested and lacking energy vs a woeful Kansas City team.

The slivers of moments offered like Tuesday night simply aren’t enough. Hell, the slivers of moments offered since 1995 aren’t enough.

This is a franchise that has not won more than 83 games in a season since winning 90 in 2013. Butler math makes that 13 years ago. This franchise not only hasn’t won a single home playoff game in the existence of GABP, it hasn’t won a playoff series since 1995.

This organization is broken. It’s been broken. And I have zero confidence in anyone being capable of fixing it, Not ownership. Not the President of Baseball Operations. And I didn’t figure to say this, but not the Hall-of-Fame manager to be.

This organization continues to spin the wheel of transactions. Cycling guys up and down, onto the roster, off the roster, into the lineup, out of the lineup. They DFA’d three pitchers inside of 24 hours this week.

Exactly what kind of organization building is Nick Krall doing when the answer is Yunior Marte? Stop it. Yesterday, Triple-A Louisville pitchers walked 14 batters and allowed 18 runs. Low-A Daytona is 19-34 and has been outscored by 90 runs. Please, stop it.

Meanwhile, Terry Francona continues trying to force square pegs into round holes, and appears unwilling to uproot the flag of loyalty he’s planted for too many players.

But this truly is a ‘team’ effort. While this roster no doubt lacks enough MLB talent. There is no question multiple players are simply not holding up their end of this.

As for injuries, the Reds can get in line. Every team in MLB is hurt. The week started with 255 MLB players on the IL, and 13 teams had more IL players than the Reds.

What’s most galling is that all of this appears to be acceptable to the organization. I continue to wait for someone, from the front office up, to come out and publicly declare what is happening as 'unacceptable'....and that the fans deserve better.

Last week, Brewers manager Pat Murphy said of a poor outing by rookie pitcher Brandon Sproat: "We're not going to tolerate too many duds like this, that's for sure. If he's not going to step up — we're trying to win. We're not rebuilding."

So refreshing.

Guardians GM Mike Chernoff recently told MLB Radio that he won’t use the MLB economic system as an excuse: “Whatever the system is, we have to find a way around it. We have to do things differently. We have to find a way to win. We’ve made the playoffs 7 of the last 10 years, with a World Series appearance, and an ALCS.

What a concept.

People often asked me, ‘How do the Rays and Brewers find ways to win?’ Survey says: Because they know what they are doing.

The model for the Reds is driven by hope. Hope to stay healthy. Hope to eliminate the peaks and valley’s. Hope to get to the .500 range. Hope to grab the sixth and final playoff spot each season.

I need a nap.

Wake me up when the Reds decide to get serious about winning.

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4 former Reds who are turning shocking spring success into Opening Day hope. **Good for Kyle Farmer. Hope he has a great 2026 season. https://t.co/QoqDkumSEj

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You grow up in Indiana, born in 1968. This is really stunning to watch IU FOOTBALL play like this. But, man, am I here for it! Wow.

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@zimwhodey Also - what is your level of confidence the Bengals can be trusted with a high pick? Or any pick. My answer - zero. Therefore, dos not matter. Plus - you are either a winner or an excuse maker. Losing is losing.

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@Andrew_Russell7 See - did not clear seats for fans due to weather a few weeks ago. @FifthThird @Bengals Why is Katie Blackburn on your Board 5/3? That is not 166.7%. That is a thumb your nose at customers. Is that acceptable? Fire her from the Board tonight. Not a joke.

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@JamesRapien Ah, shades of the Lost Decade when veterans would come to Cincy to suck and collect a big check.

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@_TaylorCornell Nothing - nothing - would indicate either of these two can be counted on. If you think so, check out the Charlie Brown video of Lucy telling him this time he can kick that football. Over and over and over……