Fading Red (Part 3)

The new millennium dawns with great excitement as the Cincinnati Reds acquire megastar and hometown hero Ken Griffey Jr. Unofortunately, the enthusiam is short lived when injury and mismanagement lead to perhaps the worst decade in franchise history.

The final and darkest chapter to this franchise retrospective.

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• Cincinnati
• Cinergy
• Field
• Great
• American
• Ballpark
• Carl
• Lindner
• Dan
• O'Brien
• Bob
• Castellini
• Wayne
• Krivsky

[wvsteelerfan4life]

damn 2:53 is absoulutly pitiful

[Skull10]

@wvsteelerfan4life 2:53 is an image of GABP. To what are you referring?

[pelagic6]

So much for this season, I knew that in May. Castellini has no money, that is the problem. Oh well, we will see.

[Skull10]

Still, I can see the pieces coming together. It's just a question of whether the front office has the intelligence to build on those pieces and place them in the proper order.

The small market budget excuse doesn't fly. Many teams with lesser budgets have found their way into the playoffs over the last decade.

[davegranado]

being a true reds fan, yhis video really makes me angry! only because it depicts Exactly what has happened to America's Franchise!!! Should have included more Rose, Larkin, Davis, and Parker......Good Job dude.....

[Skull10]

I recently made a new edition to this series, entitled "A New Red Dawn?", which offers a tentatively more encouraging view of the Reds, given the recent changes and minor successes. Unfortunately, I moved to an area where I can only get dial-up, so I'll have to wait until I can access high-speed to upload it. (I'm not waiting 3 hours to upload a file that is subject to cut off in the middle of the process!)

[unitas9]

This is tough to watch because it was around 1997 that I really started following the Reds and indeed 2000- 2009 were some very very rough years. But it makes me appreciate more how Castillini and Jocketty now run the team with good managment decisions and a ton of class. The oldest team in baseball is once again something for The Queen City to be proud of.

[pelagic6]

Yep, it's called management.

[Skull10]

WE'RE TOGETHER AGAIN!!!

[brianmayboy2]

Personally, I think Bronson needs to stay away from music until he retires. Did anyone notice that he was awesome until he picked up that guitar? STAY AWAY FROM MUSIC BRONSON!!!