When Vida Blue nearly became a Cincinnati Red
Looking back at the time when the Cincinnati Reds nearly acquired Vida Blue from the Oakland Athletics and why it fell apart.
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...
This Day in Reds History: Robby is an Old 30* and Vida Blue becomes a Red*
Asterisks (*) in this case indicate that neither item turned out to be true...
December 9, 1965: Future Hall of Famer Frank Robinson was traded to the Baltimore Orioles for prospect outfielder Dick Simpson, a... Read More...
This Day in Reds History: Let the Games Begin
October 3, 1890: Reds owner Aaron Stern sells the Reds to a group of investors, headed by Albert Johnson, who are tied to the newly formed Players League. The Reds temporarily withdraw from the National League... Read More...
This Day in Reds History: Reds Win their 1st World Series Game and Other Dramatic Wins
October 1, 1919: The Reds win their first World Series game in their history, 9-1, over the Chicago White Sox at Redland Field in Cincinnati.
The baseball game story: The Reds took a 1-0 lead in the bottom o... Read More...
This Day in Reds History: Hit Records, 19 Scoreless Innings, and More
September 9, 1946 The Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers play a 19-inning 0-0 tie in Brooklyn, the longest 0-0 game in major league history. The game is eventually stopped due to darkness and replayed fro... Read More...
This Day in Reds History: Soto’s One-Hitter?
May 31--The 1981 season may have been one of the most disappointing seasons in Reds history. Not because of their play on the field; to the contrary, the Reds had baseball's best record, 66-42, but were left o... Read More...
Maybe it’s the Date — May 20
Maybe it's the date?
From the book "Day by Day in Cincinnati Reds History" by Floyd Conner and John Snyder:
1941: The Reds score six runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Boston Braves 9-6 at Crosley Field.... Read More...
Vida Blue or Doug Bair?
Wow, talk about a timely "this date in Reds history," only in a better world. Well, not that much better, since the 1981 season will be our "tainted" season; we had baseball's best record, but didn't make the p... Read More...
June 15 Trades
With Reds roster exasperation on our minds, June 15 marks the anniversary date of two HUGE Reds trades....
1) June 15, 1977...The Reds acquire future Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver for a number of players, n... Read More...