CINCINNATI — One moment, one day of unadulterated joy, of doing things we love, going to bed feeling fulfilled and content. One day of going to bed thinking things aren’t that bad. And for the Reds, things were quite good on Friday.
Sure, it was weird in the first game of the season, but the Reds won on Opening Day. The second day? Well, 2020 doesn’t stay undefeated for long — and neither did the Reds.
Forget, for a second, the unimportant part, the part that you’re here for, the thing that brought people to Great American Ball Park on Saturday less than 24 hours after leaving. Yes, the Reds lost on Saturday, 6-4, because the bullpen imploded, pushing the joy out of repeated viewings of Luis Castillo GIFs and his 11 strikeouts.
It was before then, before anyone stepped on the field, that reality struck. It was announced that Matt Davidson, who just a day before was talking about the emotion of making a big-league team again, was…
