Moneyball Trailer is Out
Here's the trailer for the long-anticipated Moneyball movie, in theaters September 23:
It looks pretty great.  At least, once you get past Phillip Seymour Hoffman's Art Howe eyebrows.  B... Read More...
This Day in Reds History: Milt Wilcox’s Beginning and Phil Dumatrait’s End–Rookie Pitcher Tales
September 9, 1970: Reds rookie Milt Wilcox, making his second career start, hurls a five-hit 6-0 shut over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The first place Reds were now 13 games ahead of the second place Dodgers.
T... Read More...
Thanks, Aaron
Aaron Harang probably - hopefully - pitched his last game as a Cincinnati Red yesterday. He was ineffective, as he was in his first start back from the DL, and frankly, as he's been for large parts of the last... Read More...
Former Reds Pitcher Ricky Stone Battling Cancer
Joe Lemire, of Sports Illustrated Inside Baseball, today chronicles former Reds pitcher Ricky Stone and his battle with cancer.
We should all stop for a moment and be thankful for what we have because you just... Read More...
Redleg Trade Review: Ken Griffey, Jr.
February 10, 2000: Ken Griffey, Jr., is traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Cincinnati Reds for Jake Meyer (minors), Mike Cameron, Antonio Perez and Brett Tomko.
To add to the transaction above, please keep... Read More...
Just for fun
I didn't know what this would show before I looked it up. Heck, I'm not sure that it says anything at all. I just wanted to see what Cincinnati's record was on the morning of June 13th in each year of the curre... Read More...
Ground outs to Shortstop
Baseball Prospectus online (www.baseballprospectus.com) and writer Steven Goldman posted some analysis today focusing on Yankees star shortstop Derek Jeter. Jeter, who will be a Hall of Famer, is known to be... Read More...
Hopper the Bunter
John Dewan, the defensive evaluation whiz, posts a "Stat of the Week." Last week, he looked at bunting. Of course, the Reds' Norris Hopper figures prominently in the section on bunting for a hit:
When bunting... Read More...
Poz’s New “Stat” Ranks Harang #1
In a (typically, and thankfully) long blog post, America's Best Sportswriter Joe Poznanski touches on the way Bill James' critics miss the point and the irony of how "anti-statheads" inevitably rely on stats, j... Read More...
Midwinter Dreams
Inspired by this comment from Daedalus ("did we win the world series last year???"), and with free time powered by the writer's strike... All those guys should be back, so maybe this year?
The great photo w... Read More...
Catching up with Pete Mackanin
Have you been wondering what former Reds manager Pete Mackanin has been up to? Sure, we all have! Well, CTR had a blurb about him in the Post, and I found it amusing:
Former Reds manager Pete Mackanin was wo... Read More...
Aaron Harang 4th in Cy Young voting
Aaron Harang is a certified stud on the mound. We all know that. Maybe now the rest of the country is starting to wake up to that fact.
Following an All-Star snub, and after not receiving a single Cy Young A... Read More...