Great Start to the Season

Greetings and Salutations to my fellow Cincinnati Reds fans. Don't you just love the start of a new baseball season. Spring is in the air. The grass is green, the sun is out more and more, and the Reds are taking the field. And what a start they have had in 2011. A three game sweep at home against Milwaukee punctuated with the dramatic walkoff 3-run homer from Ramon Hernandez on Opening Day.

I've decided to start writing my observances of the Reds throughout the season, how they have fared on the field and what everyone is saying about the Reds. I am about the biggest sports fan you may come across, and baseball has always been my first love. I went to my first Reds game at Riverfront Stadium in 1974. Cincinnati beat the Phillies that night, Joe Morgan and Johnny Bench hit homers, and Mike Schmidt struck out twice. Living in Louisville, I am close enough to make it up to Great Amercian Ballpark every now and then to take in a game, and I have the pleasure of being able to listen to Marty Brennaman on the Reds Radio Network. I'm old school-a baseball game on the radio is a great way to spend a lazy afternoon.

I don't think anyone could have scripted a better start of the season, unless it would have had Edinson Volquez getting the Brewers out in order in the first inning on Thursday, and to have Francisco Cordero retire the side in the ninth on Saturday. The offense came through in all three games, and you have to be impressed by the work of Travis Wood and Bronson Arroyo on the mound this weekend. The Reds are going to hit. And when Ryan Hanigan goes 4-4 with 2 homers no one is going to stop them. The concern, as always, is on the mound. If the pitching is there, it is going to be a great season in Cincinnati.

I have created this blog to make weekly notes on the Reds, and Sunday nights I'll be on here writing about my favorites on the field. I'd love to do this every night, but work and life in general has a way of interrupting things. So let's get out the Big Red Smokys, Skyline 3 Ways, and Montgomery Inn Barbeque, grab a cold beer and watch the Cincinnati Reds defend their NL Central Division title. Let's Go Reds!!!