I’ve enjoyed having a place to let my thoughts be known over the past year or so, here on Bleacher Report.  I have covered many topics, starting with Dwight Howard’s dad’s baby batter and concluding with my disgust at the Reds for losing to the Pittsburgh Pirates in my most recent article. 

I think the only thing to do in this situation is to just pour out 50 random thoughts, in no particular order, about the teams and players that I (and most of my friends and family) love or hate. 

My brain usually works best when firing out comments without thinking first—of course this can also cause girls to withhold “fun time” from me or even slap me in the face…or cause drunk people to want to knock my face off my face.  But, that’s the breaks.

There’s nothing left to do but to get started.  “Paging Jux’s brain, time to get to work…”

•    50) Did trading for Ken Griffey Jr. summon a curse on the Cincinnati Reds?  From 1970-1990, Cincinnati went to five World Series, winning three.  Cincy was in the NLCS in ’95 and then won 96 games in 1999.  Then, the trade for Griffey.  And then, NINE straight losing seasons.  Coincidence? 

•    49) Does anyone still watch the Cincinnati Bengals that doesn’t have a gun to their head?

•    48) Some fans have been frustrated and impatient with the current season for Cincinnati Bearcats basketball at times.  Just remember: At least we don’t have to watch Adam Hrycianuk miss wide-open one-footers without even hitting the rim anymore!  Good lord that was painful.

•    47) Dear Reds managers: Why the motherf*** do you continue to pitch to Milwaukee’s Bill Hall?  Can’t you understand that this guy was born with the ability to crush home runs off of Reds pitching and hit about .156 against everyone else?  Can you not read stats?  Bean Bill Hall in the pie-hole already.  Or at least “move to Mexico until all this Bill business blows over.”

•    46) You know what really makes me want to put my head through a car window?  Every team in Cincinnati is in Wait Till Next Year Mode, except for Xavier basketball.  That would happen.  So obvious.  And dumb.

•    45) I must admit that I have been taking more than a mild amount of pleasure in the Cubs’ misery lately.  They win a lot of games in the regular season, and then get straight iced in the playoffs.  That’s what Cubs fans get for coming to Cincinnati, getting drunk, and talkin’ trash about the Cubs’ half-game wildcard lead on April 25th.  “Have another one you f*****’ lush.”

•    44) The career of Ohio State RB Beanie Wells offered some incredible highlights, but left a lot to be desired.  Due to injuries, it seems like it was over before it really started.  But at least we can remember this:  vs. Michigan, Beanie rushed for over 400 yards and scored four touchdowns in three OSU wins. 

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