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A look at the Reds coaching staff

You may have heard that the Reds hired a new manager. His name is Bryan Price. He used to be Cincinnati's pitching coach, but then the Reds fired their previous manager (that guy's name was Dusty Baker), and Pr... Read More...
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Are you comfortable with #61?

When the Cincinnati Reds hired Bryan Price to become the 61st manager in the history of one of baseball’s greatest franchises, I was just returning from a three-day site visit to a remote place in no... Read More...
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The Nasty Boys

You know you shouldn’t. It’s wrong. It’s soul-killing. But, you do it anyway. Maybe the monotony of your everyday existence makes you hungry for a little manufactured controversy. Maybe itÃ... Read More...
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Organizational News

From the Enquirer: Last week the Reds announced some organizational news: TODAY’S NEWS: Today the Reds named Ronnie Ortegon Major League assistant hitting coach, Ryan Jackson minor league hitting coo... Read More...
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Something to worry about?

I know I've been urging optimism, and I am not changing my tune here...but Lance McAlister had some interesting items on his site today: Pick a word that described the Reds Sunday: Bored, listless, uninspired,... Read More...
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The Firing of Dick Pole

Lots of discussion in the last day about the news that Dick Pole was fired as Reds pitching coach. I loved this comment by one of the Nation's most loyal citizens, brublejr: I really don’t have a proble... Read More...
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Uhhhhhh…okay.

Dusty Baker can't think of any reasons whatsoever that the Reds shouldn't bring back hitting coach Brook Jacoby and pitching coach Dick Pole in 2009: “Why not?” he said. “We’ve operate... Read More...
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Around the Interwebs

--Hal McCoy talks about how Laynce Nix has been an important part of the Reds recent success. Most noteworthy is that Nix basically admits that he doesn't read Redleg Nation every day! He was surprised to lear... Read More...