As opposed to St. Louis I was gonna say, I really don't think people in Cincy are too envious of St Louis STL and Cincy are both [expletive] cities, but Cincy wishes they had a modicum of STL's baseball success over their past 15 seasons. LOL @ Reds44, why am I not surprised? This guy echoes the reaction of 99.9% of Reds fans in this town. "Love what he said, you go Brandon, love that fire, love that emotion, blah blah blah." Nothing to be said of "shut up and play." Rob Dibble's meathead schtick fits this town to a "T." Phillips probably shouldn't have been so public about it, but he was right. I'll agree with you he shouldn't have been so public about it. If you want to make those comments, tell your teammates, not a newspaper. Also, if your Phillips, do you really think the Cardinals will move on and forget about what you said about the? And an update on LaRue, he's probably out with a concussion and the Cardinals are considering calling up an AA catcher.