Playing Favorites
We all have our favorites. Ask any Reds fan about their favorite player, and you'll get a bunch of different answers, for a bunch of different reasons. Here at the Nation, I've written about my favorite current... Read More...
This Day in Reds History: Larkin’s Three Homer Day
June 28, 1991: Reds shortstop Barry Larkin strikes for three home runs in consecutive at bats, driving in six runs, as the Reds beat the Astros, 8-5. The win moves the second place Reds to within three games ... Read More...
Barry Larkin and Dave Concepcion: Career shortstop rankings
Baseball Prospectus has published a new study comparing the great American League shortstops of the early 1990's: Nomar Garciaparra, Derek Jeter, and Alex Rodriguez.
The article is on the payside, so I can't s... Read More...
Juan Francisco, Dusty Baker, and some guy named Aroldis Chapman
Lots of more information floating about the Reds floating around the Internet...
As Doug Gray mentions on his website, Baseball Prospectus has the Reds' farm system 9th in baseball. The BP site says that Arol... Read More...
Orlando Cabrera and Championship Shortstops
The Reds signed Orlando Cabrera to a free agent contract in the off season in an effort to strengthen one of the Reds’ biggest offseason question marks; that is, who plays shortstop or maybe the questio... Read More...
Hitters’ Decline Arc is Changing
Until recently, most studies had shown that a hitter's peak seasons occurred between ages 25-29. However, in the past few years, some studies have indicated that peak may now occur between ages 26-30, which ca... Read More...
RNR #40: Aroldis Chapman and Barry Larkin
Redleg Nation Radio returns from hiatus after an exciting week of Reds news. Chad and Bill are back to discuss the multi-year signing of Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman and Barry Larkin's Hall of Fame snub. We'r... Read More...
Breaking News!
Barry Larkin has been elected to the Redleg Nation Hall of Fame with 100% of the vote.
Meanwhile, Daedalus has the post-mortem on this year's Baseball HOF election. (More here from Cnati, Mark Sheldon, John Er... Read More...
Barry Larkin and the Hall of Fame
We will find out at 2:00 pm today whether Barry Larkin was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
I really don't think he'll make it this year -- which will be a complete disgrace -- but my fingers remain cro... Read More...
Love for Barry Larkin
Over at ESPN, Jayson Stark puts it very succinctly:
Barry Larkin is one of the greatest shortstops who ever lived. Period.
Indeed. But then, we already knew that, right?
Stark continues:
I'm not sure why th... Read More...