Joe Shaw, Author at Redleg Nation

Baseball, Forgiveness, and Peanut Butter Sandwiches

09/15/2016

“Life is hard,” my Grandma would tell me. “Eventually someone will hurt you. When that happens, you get to decide: fight back, or forgive. ‘s up to you. What will you do?” As a kid, I played baseball in the ... Read More...

Empty Fields

Joe Shaw

09/08/2016

It was a simple field. The path to it ran past my grandmother’s house, through a set of bushes and into a circular clearing behind. First base was a tree stump. Second was a raised patch of earth that kicked up... Read More...

Under the Blankets with Marty and Joe

Joe Shaw

09/01/2016

Every night, as a kid, I listened to the Reds on 700 WLW. Every night. Without fail. Some nights, particularly those when the Reds played teams on the west coast, my parents would tell me to go to bed round ... Read More...

Rituals

Joe Shaw

08/25/2016

This time of year is always tough. Football season is ramping up, the weather has hinted that it might start to cool off a bit here soon, and the kids have gone back to school. Even those of you who are not eit... Read More...

Ron Robinson and the Near-Perfect Game

Joe Shaw

07/14/2016

I have a lot of good Reds memories. Most of us do, I guess. I remember sitting on the floor in my living room, watching Eric Show give up THE HIT to Pete Rose. The REAL hit came a few days earlier in Chicago... Read More...

What If The Plan Isn’t Working?

Joe Shaw

07/07/2016

Ever since we started this most recent rebuild, the Reds have told us to BE CALM and DON’T WORRY, because (and repeat this with me now) “There is a plan.Ã¢â‚¬Â This plan allegedly includes graphs and charts an... Read More...

The Records Fall

Joe Shaw

06/11/2016

Sometime this week, or maybe the next, Ichiro Suzuki of the Miami Marlins will break Pete Rose ‘s hallowed record for most career hits. Before you get excited, there are caveats to that, of course. Ichiro on... Read More...

Hey. Let’s Keep Adam Duvall

Joe Shaw

06/02/2016

Playing GM for a major sports franchise is a fun thing to do. That’s part of why so many of us do Fantasy Sports. Unfortunately, for many of us, there is a huge difference between making fantasy trades online a... Read More...

Zack Cozart. Your Quarter Season MVP!

Joe Shaw

05/25/2016

Zack Cozart is your quarter-season MVP! Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here. If, as this season started, you had to guess who might be the Reds MVP at the quarter turn, the first choice would have been obviou... Read More...

Reality Check

Joe Shaw

05/14/2016

When I was a kid, I wanted nothing more than to dunk a basketball. I spent hours at the park - day after week after moth after year - jumping as high as I could, dreaming about the day I’d finally be able to pu... Read More...

The Evolution of Hoover

Joe Shaw

04/17/2016

Remember the good ol’ days a few years ago when we told ourselves, “If Chapman can’t close, we’ve always got guys like JJ Hoover! Remember that? That was awesome, wasn’t it? Now that Chapman is gone and t... Read More...

In Search Of Corky Miller

Joe Shaw

04/12/2016

As we made our way through 2015 and into the current season, many of us focused on turning the page from the successes of the past few years to what shape the new team will take. What will the pitching staff lo... Read More...

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