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Redleg Top Ten: The Best Second Basemen in Reds History

01/31/2017

This is the third installment in the enormously popular Top Ten series, wherein we name the top ten players at each position in Reds franchise history. Previous: Redleg Top Ten: The Best Catchers in R... Read More...

Reds Gold Glove History (Updated)

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11/10/2010

The National League Gold Glove winners are to be announced today. Hopefully, there won't be any disastrous shocks like yesterday when Derek Jeter was awarded his fifth Gold Glove. The folks at baseball-referen... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Bumpus Jones Makes History and Buying Fame

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10/15/2010

October 15, 1892: Bumpus Jones pulls off one of the most improbable events in baseball history and pitches a no-hitter in his first major league game. In the last Reds' game of the 1892 sesaon, Jones defeats ... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: The Reds are Expelled from the NL, but Win the First Ã¢â‚¬Å“World SeriesÃ¢â‚¬Â Game

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10/06/2010

October 6, 1870: The Cincinnati Red Stockings score 13 runs in the final three innings to erase a 15-5 deficit and beat the Forest Grays of Cleveland, 18-15. It was the biggest comeback win of the year for th... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Numbers

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09/23/2010

September 23, 1893: Elton "Ice Box" Chamberlin fires a seven-inning no-hitter (shortened by darkness) as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Boston Beaneaters, 7-0. Chamberlin was a star pitcher who bridged th... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Reilly’s Cycles and Robinson’s 1964 Walk-Off

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09/19/2010

September 19, 1883: Within nine days, Cincinnati Red Stockings star first baseman John Reilly twice hits for the cycle and becomes the first Cincinnati player to homer twice in the same game. The hot streak b... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Corcoran Finds the Wire; Rose’s 230; and a Johnny Bench Night Home Run

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09/17/2010

September 17, 1900: Reds shortstop Tommy Corcoran becomes one of baseball's best detectives. From "Day by Day in Cincinnati Reds History" by Floyd Conner and John Snyder: Reds shortstop Tommy Corcoran uncove... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Reds Clinch Two Pennants, Great Managers, Klu’s 49, and Browning’s Perfect

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09/16/2010

September 16, 1882: The Cincinnati Red Stockings clinch the first pennant of the new major league, the American Association, with a 6-1 victory over the Louisville Eclipse. The Red Stockings finish the year 5... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Lots of Innings, Strikeouts, Home Runs, and Excellent Relief

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09/15/2010

September 15, 1885: Rookie Cincinnati Red Stockings pitcher George Pechiney defeats the Baltimore Orioles, 1-0, in Baltimore. Pechiney joined the Red Stockings in August after pitching in the minors and start... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: The Wahoo Debut Sweep

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09/10/2010

September 10, 1899: The Cincinnati Reds win a split double-header, beating the hapless Cleveland Spiders in the first game, 10-2, and then beating the local rivals Louisville Colonels, 8-7, in the second game,... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: A Cycle, a Suit, a Sleeve, and a Streak

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08/26/2010

August 26 has some remarkable moments: August 26, 1887: Reds Hall of Fame second baseman Bid McPhee hits for the cycle in a 19-11 Red Stockings loss to the Baltimore Orioles. The loss dropped the Red Stockin... Read More...

Today in Reds History: Apollo of the Box, Bid, Chicken, Judge, and Little General

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08/22/2010

August 22 brings us some interesting and notable home run tails: August 22, 1886: Under the subject that reality is better than fiction, I'll let "Redleg Journal" by Greg Rhodes and John Snyder tell the story... Read More...

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