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The Firing of Dick Pole

Chad Dotson
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.

Chad Dotson
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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More on Homer Bailey

Chad Dotson
This weekend, we had a post on Homer Bailey. He credits the return of his outstanding velocity to a workout with the pitching coach at the University of Texas (Bailey visited him on the advice of his agent, not... Read More...
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Spring Training Photoblogging

Chad Dotson
Our old buddy -- and long-time commenter -- GregD has been in Tampa this week and was able to make the Reds/Yankees exhibition game the other night. Harang vs. Sabathia. Nice game to catch, even if the Reds did... Read More...
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Pitching, pitching, pitching

Chad Dotson
As seen in the comments below, there's a pretty good article about the Reds up and coming pitching staff over at SI. Lots of great stuff in there, but I especially liked this part about our fifth starter candid... Read More...
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TSN on Micah Owings

Chad Dotson
One of our fearless readers forwarded the link to today's edition of The Sporting News Today, which has this blurb on Micah Owings: Micah Owings could surprise The Reds righthander has been impressive since p... Read More...