McKeon’s bullpen fueled Riverfront’s last pennant chase
McKeon's bullpen was the strength behind the final penant chase that Riverfront stadium would ever see. Here's to the Cincinnati Reds' diverse relievers
How does Cincinnati’s bad start rate in club history? | John Ring
So how bad is it?
It snowed on April 9. In the first week of the 2018 season, the Reds lost as many starting players (2) as they had wins. Manager Bryan Price was still making some head-scratching decisions.... Read More...
Weekly Reds Obsession: What is your favorite Opening Day memory?
This week's respondents are Jason Linden, Bill Lack, Chris Garber, and Chad Dotson.
Our Weekly Reds Obsession: What is your favorite Opening Day memory?
Jason Linden: Last year was the first t... Read More...
DRO: Which particular Reds team was your favorite?
This week's respondents are Nick Doran, Nick Carrington, the inimitable Mary Beth Ellis, and Chad Dotson.
Our Daily Reds Obsession: Which particular Reds team was your favorite?
Nick D: I was ... Read More...
Scott Williamson, the last Reds Rookie of the Year
Who will be the next Reds Rookie of the Year? Will it be Nick Senzel? Jesse Winker? Shed Long?
No one knows for sure. Most Cincinnati Reds who have won that award went on to have pretty good careers. There was... Read More...
Voting is underway for Reds Hall of Fame (Hint: Vote for Reggie Sanders) #VoteReggie
The Reds Hall of Fame announced today the "Modern Player Ballot" for induction into the Reds Hall of Fame Class of 2018. The six former Reds players on the ballot are:
--Reggie Sanders
--Adam Dunn
--John F... Read More...
On #FreeLorenzen and Norm Charlton
I was happy to see Steve recently reference Norm Charlton's contributions as a starter during Cincinnati's 1990 World Championship season. Twenty-seven years later, most Reds fans remember Charlton as a Nasty B... Read More...
Hot Starts, Cold Finishes
For the first decade of the 21st Century, the Cincinnati Reds were not a successful baseball team. They played no postseason games; they won zero division titles; and they finished above .500 only once.
In h... Read More...
A 120-inning reliever?
A starting pitcher has a larger impact on a baseball team than does a reliever. That claim is as much a matter of opinion as the operation of addition. Full-time starters throw 180-220 innings in a single seaso... Read More...
The Specialness of Opening Day
Opening Day.
Opening Day is one game, at one place and at the Sanctuary City of Baseball on the banks of the Ohio River.
To Reds fans and the City of Cincinnati, Opening Day is close to sacred. This is nothin... Read More...
Will Aroldis Chapman Become the Reds’ All-Time Leader in Saves?
The Reds are not having a good season. The team has a lot of holes, many of them caused by injury. But the Reds do have some elite players. Joey Votto is a superstar. Todd Frazier is having an MVP type of seaso... Read More...
Billy McCool, Cordero and Chapman: A History of Reds Closers
The “save†didn’t become an official statistic in baseball until 1969, although it had been tracked for years. The definition of a save itself was defined in 1960 by Chicago sportswriter Jero... Read More...