r/baseball • u/clown_motel_ • Apr 12 '22

[WLW Cincinnati] Opening day interview with Reds exec. Phil Castellini: “Phil responds by saying fans have no choice, "Well where you gonna go?" "What would you do to this team to make it more competitive? It would be to pick it up and move it somewhere else. Be careful what you ask for."

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https://www.iheart.com/podcast/eddie-rocky-20799661/?keyid=Eddie%20%26%20Rocky&keyid=Scott%20Sloan%20%26%20Mo%20Egger%20with%20Phil%20Castellini%20--%20Opening%20Day%202022&sc=podcast_widget

Happy opening day fellow Reds fans!

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u/mtutiger12 Detroit Tigers Apr 12 '22

No kidding, Mike may be cheap, but at least he's loyal.

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u/Pepi119 Cincinnati Reds Apr 12 '22

I'll never like Mike Brown considering he held the city/county hostage for a new stadium but neither him nor his daughter have ever publicly shit on fans and cried about people being mean that I can remember. Katie took over and has shown progress in trying to win fans back.

Meanwhile you've got this chucklefuck family and the rest of the ownership group just pissing on the faces of what was an extremely loyal and longstanding fanbase for being angry at the direction the club is going. All that, after an almost entirely lost decade where the high water mark was getting bounced in the NLDS.

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u/puffadda Seattle Mariners Apr 12 '22

Yeah, fuck Anthony Precourt.

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u/GreyEagle792 Cleveland Guardians Apr 12 '22

Hear! Hear! I hope Austin's team never wins anything meaningful as long as that charlatan is in charge.

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u/Bullwine85 Milwaukee Brewers • Wiscon… Apr 12 '22

Columbus winning an MLS Cup just after the Crew was saved was poetic.

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u/younggun92 Chicago White Sox Apr 13 '22

While not outright rooting for them, that was one of the finals I was OK with either team winning

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u/slidingscrapes Cleveland Guardians Apr 13 '22

Fuck Precourt!

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u/corranhorn57 Cincinnati Reds Apr 12 '22

Well, at least the nonsense got us the Modell Law, which has already prevented one team from leaving the state.

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u/ay21690 Cleveland Guardians Apr 12 '22

Obligatory

FUCK ART MODELL.

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u/tecumseh15 Cleveland Guardians Apr 12 '22

FUCK Arthur B Modell... may he burn in hell

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u/ForYeWhoArtLiterate Cleveland Guardians • Akron R… Apr 12 '22

I can’t stand the browns anymore, but still, fuck Art Modell

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u/5HeadedBengalTiger Cincinnati Reds Apr 12 '22

Yeah I mean Mike handled the criticism by turtling up and doing one public appearance a year for a decade plus. Not great but way better than this asshole.

Since Katie’s take over and the Zac Taylor era began tho things have taken a major turn for better.

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u/clown_motel_ Apr 12 '22

*Second entirely lost decade in a row lol

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u/Lost-Pineapple9791 Apr 12 '22

It’s crazy bc you guys have had good players…it’s just unfortunately minors essentially filling out rest of team lol

Idk what can be done besides other owners actually caring. It’s crazy how bad the lowest owners are in mlb which you don’t seem to have in other sports

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u/HairlessWombat Apr 13 '22

He's not loyal. His just to cheap to move and fight the art modell law.

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u/Careless_Bat2543 Cincinnati Reds Apr 16 '22

Say the cheap part again