Author Richard Fitch

Should the Cincinnati Reds about to give up on a player who marched through the minor leagues, showcasing his talent at each level?

One has to wonder if Reds outfielder Tommy Pham has outlived his usefulness in Cincinnati.

When you try your best, but you don't succeed When you get what you want, but not what you need … I will try to fix you Jim Bowden was surely channeling his inner Coldplay over at The Athletic earlier this w... Read More...

Just as football’s grim reaper has had to take a seat and wait for Tom Brady , so has baseball’s Father Time been forced to grab some bench and tip his cap to Joey Votto. And wait.

Winning isn’t just the defining measurement of dugout field generals, it’s too frequently the only measurement.

A revolving front office door is not the answer to the Cincinnati Reds problems.

The Reds pushed a large stack of chips to the center of the table when they chose Hunter Greene with the second pick in the 2017 MLB draft

Just as a restaurant in the Midwest can’t shop local for fresh oysters, so must baseball organizations look beyond their local estuaries for that kind of talent that takes a roster from merely competitive to five-star.

I’m not letting the Castellini family deprive me of those last few years watching the greatest 1st baseman the Cincinnati Reds have ever had.

Joey Votto remains on an island, with little more than a rubber dinghy and a paddle to make his escape. It's downright shameful.

What’s the lesson Bob Castellini takes from all this? Is it “a commitment to winning. Or is the lesson more prosaic; that we’re all just suckers.