The Cincinnati Reds West Coast road trip, as it seems to do every season, has completely crushed this team's momentum. Heading into Wednesday's series finale against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Reds have lost four of their last five games, and have fallen 3½ games back of the New York Mets in the NL Wild Card race.
Reds fans — those who stayed up past midnight — were furious with manager Terry Francona on Tuesday night. The Cincinnati skipper not only trotted out a questionable lineup in a game the Reds really needed to win, but some of his in-game decision making was extremely questionable.