Clay grew up in Nashville when the city's minor league team served as Cincinnati's AAA affiliate and Reds games were routinely broadcast on a local UHF station. As a child, he was convinced Eric Davis was Superman. As an adult, he's not ashamed to admit he still gets goosebumps re-watching Davis' first at-bat in the 1990 World Series. While he's spent the past two decades living 2,000 miles west of the Queen City, he's still as Reds-obsessed as ever; his son Bronson (pictured, with a ball autographed by DatDude in hand) is living proof.
Despite giving up two solo homers, Trevor Bauer pitched 6+ strong innings, but the Reds' bullpen failed to close the door yet again in a 4-3 loss to Seattle
Sonny Gray threw six strong innings before the Reds' bullpen let him down yet again. Phillip Ervin, however, saved the day with an 11th inning walk-off home run.
The Reds managed just two hits against Cubs starter Yu Darvish and David Hernandez's recent struggles continued in Cincinnati's 5-2 loss to Chicago on Wednesday afternoon, a game Derek Dietrich and Nick Senzel both exited due to injury.
What a difference a year makes.Twelve months ago, I nearly scrapped my annual spring training pilgrimage to Goodyear. This year, however, I couldn't wait to return to Arizona to witness the new-look Reds in person.
Just as we approached the Roebling Bridge, the skies opened with a vengeance. We knew a storm was coming, but we had no idea just how potent it would be, and by the time we crossed into Ohio, we were completely... Read More...
Over the past five seasons, no team in the National League has lost more games than the Cincinnati Reds.
That fact bears repeating. As of the morning of August 24, since the beginning of the 2014 season, the... Read More...
A few weeks back, I wrote a retrospective of the 2005 Houston Astros, who overcame a dreadful 15-30 start to not only reach the postseason, but make it all the way to the World Series.
This year's Reds club ... Read More...
I should have quit while I was ahead.
After seeing the Reds win three games at Dodger Stadium last month – that is, one-seventh of their victories for the entire season – I decided to push my l... Read More...