He’s so damn cocky, so damn sure his Yanks have us beat, but I guess most of the time they do. I’m used to my team losing to the Yankees, because I am a tried-and-true Cincinnati Reds fan, though not really by choice. It was simply ingrained in me. My first solid memory is eating nachos with my grandfather at a Reds game when I was six. My granddad is no longer earthside, but he was the best man I’ve ever known, and the only man who’s never let me down. My mother never inherited his love for the game, so he passed his passion on to me. Sadly, these days the Reds don’t play quite as well as
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