I think I witnessed two of the stupidest things with regards to sports this weekend and I have to say that I'm dumber for it.

The pre-game to the Euro Cup Finals was without a doubt something only someone high on crack or drunk out of their gord could have come up with.  A bunch of dancing balloons to represent the teams with loser's wearing old fashioned wigs was simply too much to watch.

Second is the show on ESPN where so called manly-men have their dogs chase a mountain lion up a tree and then proceed to shoot the thing.  Talk about having to make up for coming up short in the bedroom.  I mean what kind of sadistic loser does it take to kill a helpless animal that is cornered in a tree?

After taking two of the three from the Cleveland Indians this weekend, the Reds secured something that has escaped them in recent times - a winning road trip. They took 2 out of 3 in New York versus the Yankees and lost 2 of 3 in Toronto to the Blue Jays before winning the second series of the Ohio Cup.

It marked only the second time in their last 22 road trips that the Reds finished with a winning record.

"It means a lot to me," manager Dusty Baker told the Dayton Daily News. "It's been tough. When you get beat on the road, it doesn't leave a very good taste in your mouth. You're not hungry. You just want to chill. It feels good, actually. It feels great."

The Reds, who are 17-28 on the road this season compared to 21-17 at Great American Ball Park, had dropped 20 of the previous 21 road trips dating back to the 2006 season. Their only other winning road trip during the stretch came in August of last year.

Let's take a look back at all the road trips dating back to the beginning of 2007 and how the Reds wound up:

2008
9 Games - Apr 8-Apr 17 - @Mil, @Pit, @ChC - (3-6)
9 Games - Apr 25-May 4 - @SF, @StL, @Atl - (3-6)
3 Games - May 9-May 11 - @NyM - (1-2)
7 Games - May 19-May 25 - @LaD, @SD - (2-5)
8 Games - June 2-June 9 - @Phi, @Fla - (3-5)
9 Games - June 20-June 29 - @NyY, @Tor, @Cle - (5-4)

2007
6 Games - Apr 9-Apr 15 - @Ari, @ChC - (3-3)
9 Games - Apr 24-May 3 - @StL, @Pit, @Hou - (4-5)
9 Games - May 11-May 20 - @LaD, @SD, @Cle - (2-7)
9 Games - May 29-June 7 - @Hou, @Col, @StL - (4-5)
9 Games - June 18-June 28 - @Oak, @Sea, @Phi - (3-6)
11 Games - July 12-July 22 - @NyM, @Atl, @Fla - (5-6)
*5 Games - July 31-Aug 5 - @Was, @Pit - (2-3)
6 Games - Aug 14-Aug 19 - @ChC, @Mil - (4-2)
7 Games - Aug 28-Sept 2 - @Pit, @Stl - (2-5)
10 Games - Sept 14-Sept 23 - @Mil, @ChC, @SF - (4-6)