Brian Erts, Author at Redleg Nation

Jay Bruce – Young, promising and historical

03/15/2011

I don't know whether you know it, but baseball's appeal is decimal points. No other sport relies as totally on continuity, statistics, orderliness of these. Baseball fans pay more attention to numbers than CPAs... Read More...

Borrowing a cup of sugar (or how Branch Rickey helped fix the Reds, more than once) Part Four.

Brian Erts

01/19/2006

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Part One Part Two Part Three Part 4 of 4 The Dynasty Builder Bob Howsam 5 NL West Titles, 4 NL Titles, 2 World Championships W L PCT 1122 813 .580 Ã¢â‚¬Å“Your Ballpark is ... Read More...

Borrowing a cup of sugar (or how Branch Rickey helped fix the Reds, more than once) Part Three

Brian Erts

01/18/2006

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Part One Part Two Part 3 of 4 The Talent Evaluator Bill DeWitt 1960-1966 1 NL Title W L PCT 534 428 .555 Bill DeWittÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s life and baseball is rich in the mythos of an... Read More...

Borrowing a cup of sugar (or how Branch Rickey helped fix the Reds, more than once) Part Two

Brian Erts

01/17/2006

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Part One Part 2 of 4 The Organizer(s) Warren Giles 1937-1950 Won NL championships in 1939 and 1940, Won World Championship 1940 W L PCT 1136 1165 .494 Gabe Paul 1950-1960 W ... Read More...

Borrowing a cup of sugar (or how Branch Rickey helped fix the Reds, more than once)

Brian Erts

01/16/2006

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Part 1 of 4 Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. Salvador Dali The Reds are currently in the midst of their worst run of seasons since the late 1940Ã¢â‚¬â„¢s, as of late they have bee... Read More...

Being average isn’t so bad after all.

Brian Erts

11/14/2005

Since 1900 there has been 2113 "team" seasons completed by AL and NL teams, out of these 2113 seasons there have been 727 seasons where the team achieved at least 85 wins, that translates to a winning percentag... Read More...

Reds History – Owners

Brian Erts

11/06/2005

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New owners always cause a ripple in the fans world, especially if that ownership is tied to a larger wagon of cash or a swifter team of businessmen. Replacing the 86 year old Lindner and perhaps the long runni... Read More...

Things that make you go Hmmm……..

Brian Erts

10/25/2005

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As the Reds enter the off season I wonder where they stand on the issue of retaining a new centerfielder. Now is the time to ponder it, and I think it's an important issue that needs to be addressed. While G... Read More...

Every Ying has a Yang

Brian Erts

10/04/2005

(Ed.--I bumped this to the top. Good post) The pitching was roadkill, the hitting kobe beef. All numbers since 1900 820 Runs 5th most in team history 335 Doubles - Most in team history 222 Home Runs - Mo... Read More...

If a picture paints a thousand words

Brian Erts

10/03/2005

This is the first time since 1968 that the Reds finished dead last in the NL in ERA. Kind of telling when you see that the Rockies above your team in the pitching column. In the 124 seasons since the Reds rea... Read More...

Scoring Runs at a Historic Rate – Home Stretch

Brian Erts

09/27/2005

Awhile ago we were tracking the Reds to see if they could end up with over 800 runs, while also making a run at both the home run and doubles record for the franchise, as well as the EBH record for the National... Read More...

More Reds Hitting History in 2005

Brian Erts

09/15/2005

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Last night Lopez topped 30 doubles, pretty nice number to go along with his 20 HR's. How nice? Historically it's a hitting season for the ages for a SS in both the NL and the AL, though the AL has achieved th... Read More...

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