Aug 17, 2026 · 35 min · 10 segments
On this episode the Thread talks about how the Reds are starting to show a bad brand of baseball that they displayed earlier in the season. We breakdown the most recent series and look at things the…
Joey SchroederHostWhat's the vibe like right now in the thread?
Yeah, just the inability to close out games.
This really started to become an issue for us, I would say, like early summer, like when we were in that slide and then all through the month of June, pretty much, we were just like, you know, we could not hold any lead that we had, like five run, a five run lead was never enough.
So it was almost like the wheels or the, uh, the car was moving downhill too fast for the rest of the car and everything just started to kind of blow up once we had some momentum that we were going down.
So, um, yeah, just, just a big bummer to lose both these games that we should have been in through the entire time, like both late, like they became not close in the eighth and the ninth, um, the last two days.
And even on Friday, that was like super tight, um, Super tight game that could have gone either way if the ball kind of bounced a little bit differently.
So definitely gave up the last two last two games Saturday, Sunday are tough ones, tough ones to see.
Burns going seven, and then Burks striking out the side and having a perfect inning.
I mean, yeah, like going off that, it was the Reds aren't playing with a cushion at all.
And it doesn't matter how much runs they get.
Dylan, you said it best, like early this summer, that was the brand of baseball they're playing.
It feels like they're starting to fall back in that way.
What's the vibe like right now in the thread?
Yeah, just the inability to close out games.
This really started to become an issue for us, I would say, like early summer, like when we were in that slide and then all through the month of June, pretty much, we were just like, you know, we could not hold any lead that we had, like five run, a five run lead was never enough.
So it was almost like the wheels or the, uh, the car was moving downhill too fast for the rest of the car and everything just started to kind of blow up once we had some momentum that we were going down.
So, um, yeah, just, just a big bummer to lose both these games that we should have been in through the entire time, like both late, like they became not close in the eighth and the ninth, um, the last two days.
And even on Friday, that was like super tight, um, Super tight game that could have gone either way if the ball kind of bounced a little bit differently.
So definitely gave up the last two last two games Saturday, Sunday are tough ones, tough ones to see.
Burns going seven, and then Burks striking out the side and having a perfect inning.
I mean, yeah, like going off that, it was the Reds aren't playing with a cushion at all.
And it doesn't matter how much runs they get.
Dylan, you said it best, like early this summer, that was the brand of baseball they're playing.
It feels like they're starting to fall back in that way.
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