Guardians vs Reds
Definition
A professional Major League Baseball (MLB) matchup between the Cleveland Guardians and the Cincinnati Reds, a rivalry often referred to as the 'Battle of Ohio'.
A colloquial phrase used by sports fans to denote a scheduled game or series encounter between these two specific professional baseball organizations.
Examples
The Guardians vs Reds series usually provides enough tension to make Ohio feel slightly more divided than a family Thanksgiving dinner.
I told my boss I needed the afternoon off for a Guardians vs Reds emergency, which he strangely categorized as a non-essential health crisis.
Watching the Guardians vs Reds game is the only time a citizen of Ohio considers whether living in Cleveland or Cincinnati is the lesser of two evils.
The energy during a Guardians vs Reds game is electric, mostly because fans are trying to out-shout the existential dread of being a sports fan in the Midwest.