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This Day in Reds History: Rule 5 Draftee Jerry Lynch

12/03/2010

December 3, 1956: The Cincinnati Redlegs select Jerry Lynch from the Pittsburgh Pirates through the Rule 5 draft. Lynch will become one of the great pinch hitters in major league history. The Redlegs were th... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Reds Deal Offense for Defense in Shortstop Challenge Trade

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12/02/2010

December 2, 1942: The Reds trade pitcher Nate Andrews, shortstop Eddie Joost, and $25,000 to the Boston Braves for shortstop Eddie Miller. It was a major deal for both teams. Perennial all-star Miller was a ... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Reds Trade Hal McRae and Wayne Simpson

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12/01/2010

December 1, 1972: The Reds trade hitter-formerly injured 2b-turned-outfielder Hal McRae and injured pitching phenom Wayne Simpson to the Kansas City Royals for reserve outfielder Richie Scheinblum and formerly... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Babe Herman Dealt to Cubs

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11/30/2010

November 30, 1932: The Reds trade hitter Babe Herman to the Chicago Cubs for catcher Rollie Helmsley, pitcher Bob Smith and outfielders Lance Richbourg and Johnny Moore. The results of the trade? Helmsley ba... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Greatest Trade; Griffey Deal Rumors

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11/29/2010

For November 29th, three brief notes of historical significance.... November 29, 1966: According to baseball-reference.com's bullpen section, on this date a Chicago circuit court jury awarded pitcher Jim Brew... Read More...

Putting Proper Perspective on Post Season Records

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11/29/2010

Does it bother anybody else that Derek Jeter's (and anybody else's) postseason records are compared to yesteryear when there were no post season playoffs and just a World Series? Is it really right to say such... Read More...

Ted Abernathy: The Power of Rule 5

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11/28/2010

On November 28, 1966, the Reds drafted reliever Ted Abernathy from the Atlanta Braves. Abernathy proceeds to have probably the best season of any reliever in Reds history in 1967. It's really hard to overstat... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Sparky Anderson Fired; John McNamara Hired

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11/28/2010

November 28, 1978: Following two consecutive second place finishes, Sparky Anderson was fired as manager of the Cincinnati Reds. Anderson had been a relative unknown when hired as manager of the Reds followin... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Cookie Rojas Dealt to Phillies

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11/27/2010

November 27, 1962: On this day, the Reds deal prospect second baseman Cookie Rojas to the Philadelphia Phillies for pitcher Jim Owens. Rojas had been one of several Cuban players the Reds (or Redlegs) had bee... Read More...

Reds Cy Young Bridesmaids

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11/26/2010

No Cincinnati Reds pitcher has ever won a Cy Young Award. The Award was initiated in 1956 and was only awarded to one player per year through 1966 (when it was expanded to the current format of one award per l... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Reds Lose the Toy Cannon

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11/26/2010

November 26, 1962: Chances are no one outside of the Reds' organization noticed it at the time, but on this date the Reds lost one of their best talents in the latter half of the 20th Century when the Houston ... Read More...

Reds MVP Bridesmaids

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11/25/2010

When Joey Votto won the 2010 National League MVP Award, it marked the 12th time that a Red had won the Award since it's inception in 1911 (no award was given from 1915-23 or in 1930). Reds winners are listed... Read More...

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