Would Past Hall of Fame Shortstops Even Be Starting Players in the Analytics Era?
Shortstop used to be a position where defensive skill was the top priority, and the hitting ability of a player was considered a bonus. Now it has completely reversed.
Baseball Is Life: The Wall
I grow weary of people struggling to find a bright spot in the 2018 Reds. You have it. You have it. You've had it all along, and you've had it every year this team has been in existence: They are one of the few... Read More...
Tony Cloninger: Michael Lorenzen, version 1.0 | John Ring
He will never go down as a great Reds pitcher and he was never on a World Series championship team, but Tony Cloninger will always be remembered as a power pitcher, a power hitter, and as a guy who always wante... Read More...
Corky Miller gets some company at Slugger Field | John Ring
Seeing Corky Miller in a Louisville uniform at Slugger Field isn’t unusual. After all, the former Reds catcher is the de facto “Mayor of Louisville,†as Sean Casey is in Cincinnati.
But on... Read More...
The last time a Cincinnati Red won MVP of the All-Star Game | John Ring
The 1982 baseball season was one of the worst ever for the Cincinnati Reds. They lost 102 games just six years after winning consecutive World Championships. And thanks to the incredible resurgence of the curre... Read More...
The Reds trio of infield All-Stars | Nick Kirby
It was announced on Sunday evening that the Reds got not one, not two, but three infielders into the All-Star game. That came to a surprise for many in Reds country, not because of the three players performance... Read More...
Remembering the 1968 Reds: Another assassination, another baseball crisis | John Ring
Editor: This is the fourth installment of a season-long series by our resident Reds historian, John Ring. The series will examine the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Cincinnati Reds, a team on the brink (of huge s... Read More...
It’s Time to Retire #28 for Vada Pinson | John Ring
It's time to retire #28 for Vada Pinson in Cincinnati. Pinson was one of the best players in the history of the franchise and deserves the honor.
Recap: Reds sweep Yankees en route to second straight World Series championship
The Short Version: Behind two homers and 5 RBI from Johnny Bench and superb pitching from Gary Nolan and Will McEnaney, the Big Red Machine sweeps the New York Yankees and wins their second consecutive World Se... Read More...
This Is Fine
The title of this post is deliberately misleading. You're all thinking of the cartoon and expecting a post about how oblivious the Reds are being. (Some clueless editor even added it as the featured image on th... Read More...
DRO: Who is the best defensive player you’ve ever seen in a Reds uniform?
This week's respondents are Matt Habel, Steve Mancuso, Jim Walker, Tom Mitsoff, and Chad Dotson.
Our Daily Reds Obsession: Who is the best defensive player you've ever seen in a Reds uniform?
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From “OC†to Bronson: a history of Reds pitching trades
Everyone knows it.
Me, Chad, The Nation, everybody.
The Reds need to obtain a veteran starting pitcher who can reliably show up on the mound every fifth day, give them (dare I say?) 180 innings of work an... Read More...