Barry Larkin Nation
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The announcement of the 2012 Baseball Hall of Fame class will come this afternoon, around 3 pm. Hoping for great news.... Read More...
Optimistic For Barry Larkin
There have been a lot of predictions written about this year’s baseball Hall of Fame election. But I think the most interesting article came from Chris Jaffe of the Hardball Times. This past week, he pub... Read More...
Reds’ 2012 Schedule Released
Lots of interesting items in relation to the 2012 schedule, which was just released yesterday. From the Reds press release:
The 2012 campaign will begin with Opening Day on Friday, April 6 against the Miami Ma... Read More...
Will Barry Larkin save the Hall of Fame?
Interesting question posed by Rob Neyer.... Read More...
Barry Stanton has a Hall of Fame vote?
This is a complete disgrace. I'm not sure why anyone would take the Hall of Fame voting process seriously when clowns like Barry Stanton -- who clearly do not take the process seriously -- have a vote.
This gu... Read More...
Answer to this morning’s question: NO
Not to put too fine a point on it...but what a load of horse manure. As predicted, Barry Larkin finished third in the Hall of Fame balloting, with 62.1% of the vote. Two deserving candidates were elected, howe... Read More...
Will Barry Larkin be elected to the Hall of Fame?
Today's the big day for Barry Larkin and his legion of fans; the National Baseball Hall of Fame will announce the Class of 2011 this afternoon.
There is no question whatsoever that Barry Larkin is a Hall of Fa... Read More...
More on Barry Larkin
Our friend John Erardi at the Enquirer analyzes Barry Larkin's chances for HOF induction in 2011:
Voting analyst Bill Deane expects Barry Larkin to fall short of the Baseball Hall of Fame this year.
A minimum... Read More...
On Barry Larkin
Today, Joe Posnanski has published his "eight definites" for the Hall of Fame: the "eight players on this year's ballot who are clearly above my Hall of Fame standard." I agree with every single one of them, an... Read More...
Reds MVP Bridesmaids
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...
This Day in Reds History: Triples, Homers, Debut Shutouts, Clinches and a Protest
September 22, 1903: "Turkey Mike" Donlin ties a major league record by tripling in four consecutive at bats during a doubleheader split with the Philadelphia Phillies in Cincinnati.
Donlin's first triple came... Read More...
This Day in Reds History: Pitching, Homers, and Comebacks
September 20, 1888: Cincinnati star pitcher, Tony Mullane, pitches complete games in both games of a doubleheader as the Red Stockings sweep the Philadelphia Athletics, 1-0 and 2-1, in Cincinnati.
There were ... Read More...