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[Luke @fischer_luke]

No fucking way!! Omg! My dad just met Timmy Cream!

[random Philly guy who loves LEBRON JAMES @PhillyFink]

This is real hate & it’s beautiful

[Austin Tanner 🎥 @TVAustinT]

This was #Bengals OL Amarius Mims in high school…

Absolutely amazing video to discover 🤯🤯

[SouthSide Behavior @SSBehavior]

“How does it feel to celebrate with everyone?”

“I AM JAPANEESSSEEE!!!”

[Ryan Paganetti @RyanPaganetti]

Much has been made of the Patriots’ mysterious “Pink Stripes.” How about yellow ones?

I went through more than a decade of TV broadcasts and uncovered a diabolically clever piece of Patriots gamesmanship.

When opposing kickers lined up at Gillette Stadium, the video board displayed a reverse view of the kick, placing a second, offset set of yellow uprights directly behind the real ones.

In windy conditions, even the orange streamers on the video board appeared to point in the opposite direction from those atop the physical uprights, making the illusion even more disorienting.

I found dozens of examples. In the same games, I reviewed 52 Patriots field goal attempts.

The illusion appeared on Patriots kicks exactly zero times.

We actually tried copying the idea when I was in Philadelphia, but the location of the video boards at Lincoln Financial Field made it nearly useless.

It is the perfect encapsulation of the Patriots dynasty. No detail was too small, and no possible edge was left unexplored.

We talked about this tactic and more on tonight’s episode of the Paganetti and Underhill show, out now on Youtube

[MLB Deadline News @MLBDeadlineNews]

Baseball Twitter finding out who the Dodgers traded Zyhir Hope for

[Stuart Gilchrist @StewieGilchrist]

They’ll trade him for some dudes that may be good in 3-4 years and if one of them actually becomes good they’ll then trade that dude for more dudes that could be good in 8-10 years.

Rinse. Repeat.

[EK3 @KingKotch]

You rock dude I love this account

[Ace @77KeenAce77]

This that shit Wario does in super sluggers

[ATBBTTR @ATBBTTR]

This franchise man. We are hapless even when we do something right

[Phil Castellini @philcastelllini]

What it’s like being a reds fan

[Rob Friedman @PitchingNinja]

Juan Soto steps out on Chase Burns...

And then Burns manhandles him.

[Matt Wilkes @_MattWilkes]

Per FanGraphs, a "meltdown" is when a reliever's win probability added is -0.06 or worse in a game (i.e., they lowered their team's win probability by 6% or more).

The Reds' bullpen now has 35 meltdowns since May 1, by far the most in baseball. Tigers are the next closest at 27.

[blanc @dqveed]

They’re slowly taking away the second amendment see

[Bryce Spalding @bryce_spalding]

Nick Krall should be unemployed and they must hire someone externally if they ever went to get out of the purgatory they’re in. I’ve been saying this for years.

Nothing will change if you just keep promoting from within.

The Reds have had good pieces for the last 5+ years but nothing comes of it because he can never build a proper, competitive team.

This 78-83 win purgatory isn’t fun. The flashes are fun, but it all ends the same. Mid.

[OnBaseMachine @RedsFan_Brandon]

A serious organization would make changes after a weekend like this. Beginning at the top with the bozos who constructed this team.

Unfortunately, the #Reds are an unserious organization.

[LanceMcAlister @LanceMcAlister]

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.

[Cincinnati Reds @Reds]

Welcome to The Show, Edwin‼️

[Richard Johnson @RichJohnsonNFL]

Just one more sleep until the NFL Draft. Who is your team taking?

[Mo Egger @MoEgger]

I’d sign Sal Stewart for the next decade before his next plate appearance.