Taylor Ballinger, Author at Redleg Nation

Anyone Up for an Ostrich Race?

05/07/2016

I recently started reading Dan EpsteinÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s 2014 book Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of Ã¢â‚¬â„¢76. I picked it up mainly because I figured the Reds wouldnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t be ve... Read More...

Anything Is Possible…Right?

Taylor Ballinger

04/03/2016

When I was seven years old, my parents and I went to an early-season football game between my hometown Eastern Kentucky University Colonels and Northeast Louisiana. With six seconds remaining NLU had the ball a... Read More...

Votto is Up, Latos is Down, Divisions Need Direction: TWIB, 9/20/15

Taylor Ballinger

09/20/2015

This Week in Baseball -Taylor Ballinger, Matt Korte, Jeff Gangloff Good morning, Nation. WeÃ¢â‚¬â„¢re back with our weekly installment of Ã¢â‚¬Å“This Week in BaseballÃ¢â‚¬Â, where Taylor, Matt, and Jeff ... Read More...

Suspicious Apple Watch, Montreal’s Fever, and Another Broken Barrier: TWIB, August 22, 2015

Taylor Ballinger

08/22/2015

This Week in Baseball -Taylor Ballinger, Matt Korte, Jeff Gangloff Good morning, Nation. Short one for you, this week. Matt's out of town and Jeff's bachelor partying it in the Big Easy. We'll be back and... Read More...

Farm System Rankings, Fighting in Baseball, and Ichiro’s Potty Mouth: TWIB

Taylor Ballinger

08/08/2015

This Week in Baseball -Taylor Ballinger, Matt Korte, Jeff Gangloff Good morning, Nation. WeÃ¢â‚¬â„¢re back with our weekly installment of Ã¢â‚¬Å“This Week in BaseballÃ¢â‚¬Â, where Taylor, Matt, and Jeff ... Read More...

My view from the cheap seats

Taylor Ballinger

07/18/2015

My view from the cheap seats My four-year-old is really into classic country music right now. IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m not complaining. ItÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s way better than listening to the Ã¢â‚¬Å“FrozenÃ¢â‚¬Â soundtrack on repea... Read More...

On expansion, entrance music, and Charlie Hustle: TWIB

Taylor Ballinger

07/18/2015

This Week in Baseball -Taylor Ballinger, Matt Korte, Jeff Gangloff Good morning, Nation. WeÃ¢â‚¬â„¢re back with our weekly installment of Ã¢â‚¬Å“This Week in BaseballÃ¢â‚¬Â, where Taylor, Matt, and Jeff ... Read More...

This Week in Baseball: July 4, 2015

Taylor Ballinger

07/04/2015

This Week in Baseball -Taylor Ballinger, Matt Korte, Jeff Gangloff Good morning and Happy Independence Day, Nation! I hope you have a weekend full of fun, family, and fireworks on the horizon. WeÃ¢â‚¬â„¢r... Read More...

This Week in Baseball: June 13, 2015

Taylor Ballinger

06/13/2015

This Week in Baseball -Taylor Ballinger, Matt Korte, Jeff Gangloff Good morning, Nation. Sorry for our conspicuous absence last week. A series of unrelated and unfortunate events put the three of us out o... Read More...

This Week in Baseball: May 22, 2015

Taylor Ballinger

05/23/2015

This Week in Baseball -Taylor Ballinger, Matt Korte, Jeff Gangloff Good morning, Nation. WeÃ¢â‚¬â„¢re back with our weekly installment of Ã¢â‚¬Å“This Week in BaseballÃ¢â‚¬Â, where Taylor, Matt, and Jeff ... Read More...

This Week in Baseball: May 9, 2015

Taylor Ballinger

05/09/2015

This Week in Baseball -Taylor Ballinger, Matt Korte, Jeff Gangloff Good morning, Nation. WeÃ¢â‚¬â„¢re back with our weekly installment of Ã¢â‚¬Å“This Week in BaseballÃ¢â‚¬Â, where Taylor, Matt, and Jeff ... Read More...

This Week in Baseball: April 18, 2015

Taylor Ballinger

04/18/2015

Good morning, Nation. WeÃ¢â‚¬â„¢re back with our weekly installment of Ã¢â‚¬Å“This Week in BaseballÃ¢â‚¬Â, where Taylor, Matt, and Jeff will highlight interesting and/or important stories happening throughout ... Read More...

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