For the first time in years and years that Reds are off to a great start, and living in the East I do not get a lot of chances to see them play.  It is even difficult to read about them.  The Cincinnati Inquirer does a terrible job of writing about the Reds.  I’m not sure if they think its good coverage, or if its just all they can afford.  Its trite, simplistic and unclear.  This John Fay game story jumps around so much you can barely figure out what happened in a 9-8 game versus the Cardinals.

Boy do I miss Hal McCoy.  To get a real sense of the game, I had to jump over to the St. Louis Dispatch and read Joe Strauss.

The next best coverage of the Reds comes from an SB Nation site- redreporter.com but SB Nation was down this morning for scheduled maintenance- so really there was no coverage of the Reds.

Maybe Reds fans don’t read?

The Reds are one of the stingiest teams in giving access to players.  Their media relations man help draft the rules- and is one to stick by them to the letter of the law.  But if a team makes a great charge to the post-season and no one knows about it, has  he really done his job?

Great American Ball Park held 30,000 Friday night- and I am betting there was some fireworks after the game.  The Reds though- with this hot streak should be near capacity every night.  But someone isn’t doing their job of getting the word out.  Baseball needs the press.  It needs the free publicity offered by the press- in what ever form that press comes from.    The Reds simply must figure this out.  Sure, they are the Cinderella story and ESPN will eventually come.  So  will all the other National Media.  But it isn’t the National media that makes fans for the long haul.  Fans come from hearing the regular voices and from reading the locals write about the game.  And write now, there isn’t anyone doing that for Cincy.