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Today in Cincinnati Reds History: December 12

Today in Cincinnati Reds history... 1908: The Reds execute a trade with the Cardinals, acquiring Art Fromme and Ed Karger in exchange for Admiral Schlei, who had been a somewhat-effective catcher for Cincinn... Read More...

The Enigma of Bobby Tolan

In his first at-bat as a Cincinnati Red on Opening Day of 1969, Bobby Tolan smacked a home run into the Sun Deck of Crosley Field off Don Drysdale. It was the start of a stellar four-year run for Tolan, who was... Read More...

Standup guy Pat Darcy talks about Game 6 and his rookie season

(Editor's note: As regular readers of RN will know, John is our correspondent from Afghanistan. This piece was written by John, and originally published in The Zephyr, a weekly newspaper in Galesburg, Illinois.... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Bobby Tolan Traded; George Foster Wins MVP

November 9, 1973: The Reds trade disgruntled outfielder Bobby Tolan and relief pitcher Dave Tomlin to the San Diego Padres for starting pitcher Clay Kirby. Tolan had been acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: It’s September….

September 27, 1898: Jake Beckley (read more from September 25), handles a record 22 chances at first base in one game, with 21 put outs, one assist, and no errors to set a major league record in a win over the... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Perez and Classic BRM

July 25, 1974: Tony Perez hits a dramatic two-out two-strike two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to cap a five-run Reds rally. The Perez homer enables the Reds to beat the San Francisc... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Simpson’s Freshman Ten

July 5, 1970: Rookie Wayne Simpson allows only four hits, striking out seven in defeating the Houston Astros, 3-1, in Houston. The victory was Simpson's 10th consecutive win, improving his record to 13-1 with... Read More...

Most Reds Pitching Wins by Alphabet

We completed the Major League's all-time pitching leaders by alphabet today. Mike listed several Reds pitchers, but only THREE of the players listed by Mike are actually Reds wins leaders by alphabet. You can ... Read More...

Flour from the Sky, Winning 20, Clutch Perez, and 1st Place

From Baseball-Reference.com...on this day in Reds history... On September 4, 1971, one of the weirdest and most frightful moments in Reds history occurred when a ten pound sack of flour drops from an airplane ... Read More...

Redleg Trade Review: The Mechanized Big Red Machine

June 11, 1968: Milt Pappas is traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Ted Davidson and Bob Johnson to the Atlanta Braves for Clay Carroll, Tony Cloninger and Woody Woodward. October 11, 1968: Bobby Tolan is traded ... Read More...

Pitching and the Big Red Machine

It’s fashionable these days to lament the days when starting pitchers went nine innings and teams only needed 9 pitchers; when pitchers weren’t “babied. Major League scouts, managers, announcers, and writers wh... Read More...

How many pitchers?

I was playing a baseball simulation game a few years ago (can't remember which one, I play Baseball Mogul and Out of the Park Baseball both a lot, sometimes Puresim Baseball), but I decided to replay the 1975 R... Read More...

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