1) False - How can you not love Ozzie
2) True - At the beginning of the season, I would have thought they'd be about 10 games under .500 by now. I couldn't have been more wrong. We heard all winter about how it would be a three team race for the Central. I think everyone blew that one. If you're not surprised by The Pirates being in first, and you predicted it before the season, your either brilliant, or more likely, dumb and lucky.
3) TRUE! - Even as a Reds fan, I'll admit that the old Cardinals broadcaster Jack Buck is one of, if not the, greatest broadcaster of all time. But Joe Buck, is one of the worst I've ever heard. He tends to ignore the game and just go on rants about celebrities in the crowd. How one came from the other, I'll never know.
4) True - I'm a huge fan of Josh Hamilton.
5) Yes but as a Reds fan, I'm a bit biased. I'll admit he's a jerk, and he should never be allowed to be a part of the game as a manager or otherwise. But I don't think that means he should be out of the hall. I've been reading a biography on Ty Cobb lately and I can't say that he's any better. He was very well known for betting on how well he would play in games and was, let's face it, probably the worst person to ever play the game. But Cobb's numbers say enough, he was one of the greatest to ever play and that's all The Hall of Fame should be about. It's not about how good of a person you are. It's about how good of a player you are.