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This Day in Reds History: Player Managers, Joe Tinker and Buck Herzog

12/12/2010

December 11, 1912: The Cincinnati Reds trade star outfielder Mike Mitchell, utility players Peter Knisely, Red Corriden, and Art Phelan, and pitcher Bert Humphries to the Chicago Cubs for Hall of Fame shortsto... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Reds Acquire John Denny

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12/11/2010

December 11, 1985: The Reds acquire former Cy Young Award winner John Denny and relief pitcher Jeff Gray for formed Reds closer Tom Hume and outfielder Gary Redus. 1985 was Pete Rose's first full season as R... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Reds Trade for Clint Hurdle

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12/10/2010

December 10, 1982: The Cincinnati Reds, seeking to boost their outfield team, traded prospect pitcher Scott Brown to the Kansas City Royals for injured Royals phenom outfielder, Clint Hurdle. In March, 1978, ... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Robby is an Old 30* and Vida Blue becomes a Red*

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12/09/2010

Asterisks (*) in this case indicate that neither item turned out to be true... December 9, 1965: Future Hall of Famer Frank Robinson was traded to the Baltimore Orioles for prospect outfielder Dick Simpson, a... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Reds Deal Dave Parker, Randy Myers, and Sean Casey

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12/08/2010

December 8, 1987: Four years and one day after making him the Reds first big free agent acquisition, the Reds trade outfielder Dave Parker to the Oakland A's for starting pitcher and future Reds ace Jose Rijo ... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Reds Sign Dave Parker

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12/07/2010

December 7, 1983: The Reds signed their first "major" free agent of the free agency period when they signed Dave Parker to to a three-year contract. While with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Parker was one of baseba... Read More...

Davey Concepcion Falls Short in Hall of Fame Voting

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12/06/2010

Former General Manager Pat Gillick has been named to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Expansion Era Committee. Gillick received votes on 81.2% of the ballots in being the sole 2010 selection. Gillick r... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Reds Trade Heinie Groh and John Franco

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12/06/2010

December 6, 1921: On this day, the Cincinnati Reds trade possibly the greatest third baseman in their history to the New York Giants when they deal Heinie Groh for outfielder George Burns, catcher Mike Gonzale... Read More...

Aaron Harang signs with San Diego

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12/05/2010

MLB Trade Rumors.com has cited sources that report former Reds ace Aaron Harang has agreed to contract terms with the San Diego Padres on a one-year deal. Harang's hometown is San Diego. The terms are said t... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Redlegs Deal Curt Flood

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12/05/2010

December 5, 1957: The Cincinnati Redlegs trade outfielders Curt Flood and Joe Taylor to the St. Louis Cardinals for pitchers Marty Kutyna, Willard Schmdt, and Ted Wieand. Frankly, it was a horrible deal for... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: DeWitt Sells Reds; Rose Signs with Phillies; Critz for MVP?

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12/05/2010

December 5, 1926: Cincinnati Reds second baseman Hughie Critz finishes second in voting for the 1926 National League Most Valuable Player Award. During a year where Babe Ruth batted .372 with 47 homers, and 1... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Reds Trade Ross Grimsley

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12/04/2010

December 4, 1973: The Reds trade young staring pitcher Ross Grimsley and minor league catcher Wally Williams to the Baltimore Orioles for reserve outfielder Merv Rettenmund minor league second baseman Junio... Read More...

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