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Irregularly Scheduled Rain Delay: Welcome to Draft Day

I love the MLB Draft, which is a weird sentence to write because the MLB Draft is universally regarded as the most anti-climactic of all the professional sports drafts. It's just reading names that will likely ... Read More...

Recap: Right as rain

San Francisco entered this series at rainy Great Kamino Ball Park sporting the second-worst offense in the major leagues and the #25 ranked pitching staff by ERA. They'd stumbled to a 11-18 record, buried at th... Read More...

Comparing The 2017 Reds to … 2009

During the early part of this season, the Reds have reminded me of another Reds team from not long ago: the 2009 team. Why 2009? The Reds finished 78-84, 4th in the NL Central that season, but it was the year b... Read More...

A Reds fan’s guide to the 2016 MLB Playoffs

So the Reds missed the postseason for the third straight year. That doesn't mean baseball is over! The MLB Postseason features the best playoffs in professional sports. There are plenty of good story lines, and... Read More...

A Reds fanÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s guide to the 2015 MLB Playoffs

The Reds season obviously didn't go as well as we would have hoped. That doesn't mean we have to completely forget about baseball until pitchers and catchers report next February. The 2015 MLB postseason looks ... Read More...

When It All Came Together…and How ItÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s All Changed

With the 2015 season winding down, the Reds are destined for 90+ losses one year after dropping 86 games. For the second year in a row, the general feeling surrounding the clubÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s performance seems confin... Read More...

Just how incredibly productive have Jay Bruce and the rest of his 2005 first-round draft-mates been?

With Major League BaseballÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s annual amateur draft approaching -- and in turn, the 10th anniversary of the much-hyped first round of the 2005 draft that included Reds outfielder Jay Bruce -- I thought it ... Read More...

Brooks (Conrad) was here: 5th anniversary of the Reds’ 9th-inning collapse in Atlanta

It's been exactly five years sinceÃ‚Â Brooks Conrad Game. Crazy, right? In that span, the Reds qualified for the postseasonÃ‚Â more times (three) than they did in the previous 30 yearsÃ‚Â (twice). (A few labor ... Read More...

Billy Hamilton needs a break from batting in the leadoff spot

Ã¢â‚¬Å“It took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.Ã¢â‚¬Â -- Henry Aaron The notion that speed matters only so much is a well-known truism in baseball. An... Read More...

The 12 Worst Losses of 2014

Discussing expectations for 2015, Brandon Phillips said, Ã¢â‚¬Å“Our goal coming to spring training is to win the World Series, and if we stay healthy and go out there and play small-ball and do the right things... Read More...

Colorado Rockies: Series Preview

The Reds will travel to Denver for a four-game series with the Colorado Rockies beginning on Thursday evening. The Rockies have the worst record in Major League Baseball at 46-74. This is a crucial series for t... Read More...

The Curious Case of Chris Heisey

In 2009, Chris Heisey was named the Reds minor league player of the year after hitting .314/.379/.521 with 22 HR between AA and AAA (posted a 180 wRC+ at AA, 115 wRC+ at AAA). Heisey was called up to the Red... Read More...

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