Baseball - General

Baseball Is Life: Center of the Field

07/21/2021

Cincinnatians of a certain age grew up linking baseball with the center of the city. For those of us raised post-suburbia and post-multiuse stadium, a live baseball game was Of Downtown. You had to get on the i... Read More...

Baseball Is Life: Background Programs

Mary Beth Ellis

06/30/2021

They had to talk me down from the ledge when some teacher explained that entire bodily systems—heart, digestion, even blinking—worked without me thinking about it. They’re background programs. I knew these thin... Read More...

Baseball Is Life: The Rules

Mary Beth Ellis

03/24/2021

I am having to aunt as I have never aunted before. My entire clutch of nephews has forsaken baseball for lacrosse. This now means that I have been yanked from the solid West Side ground of crunchy parish backya... Read More...

Former Reds outfielder Billy Hamilton to be used properly in Atlanta?

Doug Gray

08/20/2019

The Atlanta Braves claimed Billy Hamilton on waivers with the idea of using him much like the Cincinnati Reds did in 2013.

Reds top prospect Hunter Greene will have Tommy John surgery

Doug Gray

04/02/2019

Cincinnati Reds prospect Hunter Greene will undergo Tommy John surgery after injuring his elbow while in Goodyear during spring training.

No More Financial Considerations

Jason Linden

01/19/2019

Free agency seems to be broken. Teams no longer want to pay for the best teams, or the best talent to put on the field at the Major League level.

The 1968 Cincinnati Reds: End of an era

John Ring

01/02/2019

The 1968 season marked the end of an era in Cincinnati Reds baseball. But it also marked the start of a new, great era in Cincinnati history.

Baseball Is Life: What Holds Us Together

Mary Beth Ellis

12/07/2018

Baseball is life and at times, it's also what holds us together. That held true once again with the passing of former President George HW Bush.

Baseball Is Life: Historic Color Rush

Mary Beth Ellis

11/09/2018

If you thought 2019 was going to be just another soul-deadening year of rebuilding for the Reds, think again. This year, the Reds going to wear more unnecessary and commercially available throwback uniforms tha... Read More...

Baseball Is Life: Quality Complaining

Mary Beth Ellis

02/19/2018

Now that spring training has begun and Joey Votto has congratulated himself on getting fatter,Ã‚Â Ã‚Â we have all backed away from the ledge a bit and may now gear up for some Queen City-quality complaining. I... Read More...

Baseball Is Life: You May Have Heard of Them

Mary Beth Ellis

02/12/2018

We've still not attained full Spring Training status, so this is usually rough times for People of Baseball. Well... not me. I roll around in all things Olympics, so this is my biannual party of staying awake 1... Read More...

Baseball Is Life: God at Second Base

Mary Beth Ellis

10/30/2017

Racist, probably Our budget-conscious mother sewed, cobbled together, or recycled our Halloween costumes, which by 2017 standards isnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t just Earth-friendly, it was life-saving. Instead of shipping us ... Read More...