MLB · Week of Sep 7–13

Cincinnati Reds

1-5 this week · 70-79 overall · @ LAD, @ MIL

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Misery Index · Despair · ▲ from 45

Limited datafewer than 100 comments scored this week.

The week, game by game

Each game's fan misery, from first comment to the next game. ● marks a blowup.

  • Mon, Sep 7L 3-6@ LAD—
  • Tue, Sep 8L 2-3@ LAD—
  • Wed, Sep 9L 1-14@ LAD—
  • Fri, Sep 11L 0-20@ MIL93
  • Sat, Sep 12L 9-13@ MIL—
  • Sun, Sep 13W 4-3@ MIL97

The emotional rollercoaster

Fan misery across the week, every six hours. Up is worse. Dashed lines are games.

050100MonTueWedThuFriSatSunLLLLLW

What fans said

  • “With tonight's worst shutout loss in franchise history I petition the mods to change this sub back to Soviet propaganda!”

    u/cjruk1▲ 186frustration

  • “I do want the team to be sold but who it ends up with scares the living hell out of me.”

    u/sgrams04▲ 169despair

  • “We’re not on this list because we don’t know what expectations are. It’s a foreign concept to the Reds.”

    u/DGilbert6114▲ 137frustration

  • “We're one of the smallest markets in the MLB, and one of the least successful teams in the sport over the last 35 years”

    u/njk12▲ 77despair

  • “Why did I choose the hardest path? Will I die before either has sustained playoff success?”

    u/Macdadydj▲ 56despair

  • “That was the worst 9/11 ever 😔”

    u/A-a-ronMcChicken▲ 29despair

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