I do often wonder what’s going through the mind of Joey Votto. More often than not, it’s the nebulous of the theoretical world in which I try to place my thoughts next to his, seeing as he’s one of the more introspective, investigative players not only of his generation, but of the last century of professional baseball continent-wide.
These days, though, I wonder about him in a Talking Heads way. My god, how did I get here?
Before the novel concept of simply listing all of the 2021 Cincinnati Reds who no longer are on the roster due to ownership frugality and fly-by-pants-seat trades had exhausted itself, we’re now witnessing a roster crisis of those select few 2022 Cincinnati Reds still around erupt in a cataclysm whose tsunami ripple effect has thrust some of the single most miserable baseball ever witnessed upon us.