If the Reds could win, like 6-4 today, it would be great. I don't need a blowout. Just a standard win.
— Jason Linden (@JasonLinden) June 25, 2017
When you lose 13 of your last 14, expectations are low. When Michael Taylor, a toothpick of a centerfielder, takes you yard twice in an 18-3 blowout prompting the classic “is this guy actually good or is this opposing them just this bad?” article, expectations get even lower. When you have nothing left to lose (your dignity took its leave after the 8th or 9th loss) and your (probable) All-Star shortstop is sitting injured on the bench and you have to city hop from Washington D.