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Originally Posted by Bigdaddy
I wish:
- Doc Gooden could have laid off the white powder,
- Josh Hamilton could outrun his deamons,
- Bowie Kuhn wouldn't have voided Vida Blue going to the Reds,
- Teddy Ballgame could somehow make up those lost seasons,
- That we could have skipped the era of the astroturf, all purpose stadiums,
- Steve Dalkowski and Smokey Joe Wood hadn't hurt their arms,
- The Reds win a post-season series before I pass,
- Hitters could swallow their pride and learn to hit against the shift.
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I strongly echo the sentiment in bold, though it seems like a mere pipe-dream at this point (and I'm not getting any younger).
To add a couple of my own...
* I wish the Reds never traded Tony Perez, as they probably had a 3rd consecutive championship in them.
* I wish Cincinnati was a big market city.