Thom Brennaman is like crack...

... I know that he's not good for me, but I keep coming back for more.

I haven't been watching many Reds games lately, so I haven't had the opportunity to listen to TB's blunders. In the few games I have watched, I've been taking notes. Here is what I've got from the few games I've watched.

1. About three weeks ago, TB said, "At this time, there is no player in any position that deserves to start in their position in the all-star game more than Brandon Phillips."
TB, I'd like to introduce you to Cubbies 2nd baseman Darwin Barney. At the time TB said, this, Barney had a higher batting average, more hits, more doubles, less strikeouts, more stolen bases and an identical OBP to Phillips. At the time, Barney had 2 fielding errors to Phillips' one. 
I know TB really wants BP to be a "perennial all-star," but there are teams in cities other than Cincinnati and many of those teams have some pretty talented players (did someone say Albert Pujols or Jose Bautista?).

2.While playing the Cubs in early May, TB says, "Let's face it, Garza is not very good tonight." Sure, Garza wasn't striking out batters as usual, but it was a 3-3 game and all of the Reds runs were unearned. TB, I'd like to say this ... YOU'RE NOT VERY GOOD ANY NIGHT.

3. In last night's game against the Cubs, TB called Blake Dewitt "Casey Blake." Casey Blake plays for the Dodgers ... the Reds were playing the Cubs.

4. In the 8th inning of last night's game, TB said, "Mike Leake has only given up one hit tonight." Blake Dewitt then gets a hit and TB said, "That' the third hit of the night for Blake Dewitt." At the time, Leake had given up 10 hits.

5. Right after his miscue about the hits the Leake gave up, he said, "If you take away the bad starts that Leake has had, he's had a pretty good year." Sure TB, and if you take away all of the losses that the Cubbies have, they'd be undefeated.

6. In tonight's game, Jay Bruce catches a routine pop fly in right. TB says, "There may be a better right fielder in the AL, but there isn't a better one than Bruce in the NL." I think Bruce is a good outfielder, but once again, the stats tell a different story than TB's claim. The following NLstarting right fielders have a better fielding percentage than Bruce - K. Fukudome, J. Werth, A. Ethier, C. Beltran and G. Jones. Pence and Stanton aren't too far behind either. All of these guys are also similar to Bruce in chances, so I think I'm being pretty accurate here.

I decided that I will help TB out and just tell him who the better right fielders are in the AL. Once again, stats show that C. Swisher, N. Markakis, J. Francoeur, T. Hunter, J. Bautista and J. Drew are all having better defensive years than Bruce.

I pity da fool known as TB.