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Baseball Is Life: All the Yelling in the World

08/21/2017

Since everybody is all mad at each other about statues right now anyway, let us discuss Pete Rose. Those of you who have read me for a while know that I used to work at the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum, a posi... Read More...

The unveiling of the new Pete Rose statue on Crosley Terrace [VIDEO]

Chad Dotson

06/19/2017

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In a blatant attempt to divert your attention away from the 2017 Reds and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Losing Streak, we're going to fall back on the old Cincinnati standby: talk about the Big Red ... Read More...

Baseball Is Life: Top Eleven Ways to Combat a Losing Streak

Mary Beth Ellis

06/19/2017

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Nine. Nine. Nine. Nine. Nine. Nine. Nine. Nine. Nine. 1) Soul searching Ã¢â‚¬Å“Have we honored Pete Rose enough? I mean really, really honored him? Have we sacrificed animals at the intersection of Meh... Read More...

Charlie Hustle

Steve Mancuso

06/17/2017

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Pete Rose during 1972 World Series -- Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images Before todayÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s game, the Reds will celebrate the unveiling of Pete RoseÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s bronze statue at Crosley Terrace at Great A... Read More...

Redsfest Is Not Decadent and Depraved

Mary Beth Ellis

12/07/2016

I have only myself to blame, for this all began when I asked my sister to make me an aunt and specified the form of a nephew. She complied twelve years ago with my godson James, who grew in favor before God and... Read More...

Pete-A-Palooza 2: Electric Boogaloo

Chad Dotson

11/05/2016

https://twitter.com/ZachENQ/status/794313999773028353 Next June, the Reds are going to have another glorious Pete Rose celebration at Great American Ballpark: On the heels of his induction into the Reds... Read More...

Pete Rose appeals to Hall of Fame

Chad Dotson

09/29/2016

In case you hadn't heard, our old buddy Pete Rose was in the news again. He has appealed to the Hall of Fame to restore his eligibility for the writers' ballot: Pete Rose is appealing directly to baseball's ... Read More...

These Kids Today

Chris Garber

07/30/2016

A few weeks ago, the Reds inducted Pete Rose into the Reds Hall of Fame and retired his #14 jersey.Ã‚Â It was, at last, an MLB-sanctioned chance for Cincinnati to celebrate and honor their troubled favorite son... Read More...

#14Forever

The Editors

07/10/2016

This submission is from reader Todd McDorman. With this post, I think we've probably run the gamut of opinions on the Hit King. The raucous capacity crowd greeted their favorite son with a heroÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s welcom... Read More...

On Pete

Chad Dotson

07/03/2016

Earlier this week, we had a couple of interesting takes on Pete Rose here at Redleg Nation. Check out Art Bidwell's piece on The Paradoxical King, and Wesley Jenkins' look at Rose from the perspective of someon... Read More...

More Thorn than Rose: Pete’s (Ir)Relevance to the New Generation

Wesley Jenkins

07/01/2016

With the ever-controversial Pete Rose's induction into the Reds Hall of Fame last weekend, I wantedÃ‚Â to write a hot take on the young fan's perspective of Charlie Hustle. It would be captivating, uncompromisi... Read More...

Pete Rose: The Paradoxical King

Art Bidwell

06/29/2016

Ã¢â‚¬Å“All ballplayers are liars.Ã¢â‚¬Â Consider this statement for a moment. A paradox. If a ballplayer were to announce it, we would share in the contradiction. Because if a ballplayer declares all hi... Read More...