Reds Dead? Like Zed, It Appears So

Filed under: Phillies, Reds, MLB Playoffs, National League Division Series

PHILADELPHIA -- Zed's dead, baby -- and so are the Reds.

One game into the Division Series, we shouldn't be quoting Bruce Willis' classic line from Pulp Fiction.

But look at the murderer's row of Phillies aces confronting Cincinnati's ballclub, and tell me how the Reds are going to get to the League Championship Series.

Longtime nemesis Roy Oswalt faces them in Game 2 on Friday in Philadelphia, followed by Cole Hamels in Game 3 on Sunday in Cincinnati and, if the Reds aren't dead yet, Roy Halladay on Monday in Game 4 of the best-of-five set.

No-hit by Halladay in Game 1 on Wednesday, the Reds still are searching for their first posteason hit since Eddie Taubensee singled against the Braves late in Game 4 of the 1995 National League Championship Series.

Here at West Coast Bias, I'd like to see a little October sunshine for Reds manager Dusty Baker, the California dude who directed baseball's oldest club here.

 

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