And now, because the Blob has been way too nice about it lately, it's time to check in with its favorite-yet-widely-reviled summer feature, the Battle for the Cellar -- aka, Who's Suckier Now, The Pirates Or The Reds?
("Nooooo! Why couldn't you just stay nice for once?" you're saying.)
'Cause it ain't my nature, Blobophiles. Besides, it's a cheap, easy post, and the Blob is semi on vacation.
In any case ... on with the update!
In which the Pirates (43-45) are wobbling along a game in front of the last-place Reds, who are 41-45. This means the Battle for the Cellar is white hot at the All-Star break, which is awesome because if weren't the Blob would have no reason to keep tormenting y'all with it.
Also, it's a good news/bad news situation, which is actually good news for the Pirates and Reds.
The bad news is they're still last and next-to-last in the NL Central.
The good news is the Pirates are only 3.5 games out of first, and the Reds are only 4.5 out of first. Which means they're both startlingly in the hunt even though it's past the Fourth of July.
Mostly this is because the entire NL Central is, well, startlingly lame. The Cubs are in first place, but they're only five games over .500. The Brewers are half-a-game behind, four games over .500. The Cardinals are two games back -- which is where they likely would be even if they were down to Kelly Leak and a bunch of tee-ball recruits, on account of they're the Cardinals and you just can't get rid of the bastards.
Now, fans of the Cubs, Brewers and Cardinals are looking at this and probably concluding the reason none of them are much above .500 is because the division is intensely competitive. Hahahaha, good one. Truth is, the NL Central is the NL Stinktral. They're pretty much all cruddy-to-moderately-cruddy baseball teams.
Which means the Pirates and Reds still have a chance. Life is good.
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