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Levelin’ Up at Baseball Rules Academy

03/09/2017

If you listened to our most recent podcast with Reds broadcaster Chris Welsh (and if you haven't, go listen to it now!), you heard Welsh talk about his new Baseball Rules Academy project. Over the last couple o... Read More...

An interview with author Mark Donahue, Last At Bat

The Editors

07/16/2014

Mark Donahue is the author of Last At Bat, a novel about a baseball player named Dylan Michael who plays for the Cincinnati Reds. Mark was kind enough to answer a few questions. If any of you have further quest... Read More...

Book Review: Last At Bat

Steve Mancuso

07/16/2014

Mark Donahue contacted meÃ‚Â a few weeks ago about selling his novel, Last At Bat, at our site. I wanted to read it first before I committed to do that. We donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t use much advertising. Every once in a whi... Read More...

RN Review: 100 Things That Reds Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

Bill Lack

04/30/2013

Joel LuckhauptÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s new book,Ã¢â‚¬Å“100 Things Reds Fans Should Know and Do Before They DieÃ¢â‚¬Â, is a must read for every Reds fan. From the current Reds fan to whom the Big Red Machine is ancient histo... Read More...

Fred Hutchinson and the 1964 Cincinnati Reds

stevepriceredlegnation

12/19/2010

(Editor: RNÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Bill Lack reviewed this book recently. Steve read it, as well; his thoughts are below.) In baseball, where seas of statistics seem to remove the emotional aspect of the game, a new book by... Read More...

Book Review: Fred Hutchinson and the 1964 Cincinnati Reds

Bill Lack

12/07/2010

One of the benefits of being involved with this blog is that periodically we get books to review. Recently I received a book, which will be released in January, entitled Fred Hutchinson and the 1964 Cincinnati ... Read More...

Baseball Prospectus on the Reds Pitching

stevepriceredlegnation

02/23/2010

Today is part two of my review, or summary of the player summaries, for the new 2010 Baseball Prospectus book. Today we feature the pitching staff (we did the hitters yesterday). Again, these are just a look a... Read More...

Baseball Prospectus on the Reds

stevepriceredlegnation

02/22/2010

Baseball Prospectus 2010 has been released and projects more than 1600 players for 2010. No doubt, there will still be someone in spring training that makes a team by surprise, but it's still an impressive dis... Read More...

The Machine & Game 6

Bill Lack

01/05/2010

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I received both for Christmas and finished "The Machine" already...and am reading "Game Six" right now... Enjoyed "The Machine"...but believe I found at least one error..I don't believe Waite Hoyt was on Reds ... Read More...

Redleg Nation Review: Game Six

Chad Dotson

10/21/2009

Thirty-four years ago today, after three days of heavy rain, the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox were able to resume the World Series at Fenway Park. It was to become known as perhaps the greatest game in ba... Read More...

Posnanski and “The Machine”

stevepriceredlegnation

09/20/2009

I received Joe Posnanski's new book "The Machine" Friday night and finished the entire book by Saturday evening, all 280+ pages. As a child of the Big Red Machine era, I could not put the book down and found i... Read More...

Around the Interwebs

Chad Dotson

09/07/2009

--Baseball Prospectus had a recent outing at PNC Park, and our buddy Justin was there. Here's his report, which includes a very interesting Q&A with the Pirates GM. Sounds like a good time was had by all. ... Read More...