The Cincinnati Reds won the offseason Yahtzee with good vibes coming from a surprise pitching staff (check), a big free-agent signing (check), a sexy addition of modern pitching tech gurus (check), a hometown and feisty manager (check), and a bright young talent on the horizon who stirred imaginations in spring (check). Alas, they won't get the traditional stage to show it. On the eve of Cincinnati's civic holiday -- baseball's opening day in the city of one of the first pro teams -- The Athletic's Reds beat writer C. Trent Rosecrans joins the Best Podcast in Baseball to talk about the opening day that won't be against the St. Louis Cardinals. Skyline Chili is referenced, baseball stories are told, and the 2012 Reds are discussed in unexpected detail -- because enthusiasm hasn't been this high for a Reds team since that team whiffed in October. Baseball legends are revisited. Newspapers are lauded. And a checklist of things we can do as a community -- a BPIB community -- during this time without baseball is offered. Rosecrans also provides a fitting (borrowed) tagline in this extended edition of the BPIB: 'Mischief Managed.' The Best Podcast in Baseball, brought to you weekly by Closets by Design, is a production of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, StlToday.com, and Derrick Goold. 

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