The Dance of Joy

This is what a 7-3 road trip makes me feel like...

It also empowered me to come up with some way cool stats and numbers from today's beatdown of the Cubs and the road trip in general:

-- The Reds tied a season high today with 13 hits
-- Today's win marked the first time since 2004 the Reds have won three series on the same trip
-- The Reds are three games over .500 for the first time since August 27, 2006
-- In 53 career at-bats at Wrigley Field, Joey Votto is batting .340 with five home runs and 12 RBI
-- The Reds had posted a losing record on 23 of their previous 28 road trips
-- Before today's loss, Carlos Zambrano had won five straight games against the Reds with a 0.97 ERA
-- After another scoreless inning of work, David Weathers' season ERA remains at 0.00

Yes, there's plenty to be giddy about... but has it been more smoke and mirrors than a winning baseball blueprint? The Reds are currently the only National League team with a winning record that has been outscored by the opposition so far this season (58 scored, 64 allowed). Those types of numbers usually don't bode well in terms of sustainable season-long success.

Back home to GABP tomorrow to kick off a six-game homestand against the Braves and Astros.

Oh yeah, and if it weren't for this guy, the Reds might be in first place...