> > Well, they let us down again. The Reds, that is. They let the Mets thrash them this evening and now we aren't going to the playoffs for at least another year. I am a die-hard Reds fan, but it gets harder and harder to root for a team that does so well and then still falls to thier knees at the end.
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> Hey, don't feel too bad. The Cubs won about six games this season, and aren't going to the playoffs until it snows in a particular very hot place. We Cubs fans are very good at rooting for a team that always loses in the end. ;-}

My grandfather was a diehard Reds fan. The summer he died was the summer they swept the series (1990, I think). I've been a fan ever since they pulled that off for him.