Gus Bell Archives - Redleg Nation

What David Bell must do to fix the Reds | Steve Mancuso

Baseball fans love to question their team's manager. We interrogate every decision to bunt, steal a base, or use a pinch hitter. We're never, ever satisfied with the stupid batting order, playing time decisions... Read More...

Happy Pioneer Day | Chris Garber

Today marks the 68th anniversary of the integration of the Cincinnati Reds roster. Fittingly, the color line was broken in Milwaukee, where the 2018 Reds will be playing tonight. It's a story told in our new bo... Read More...

Stuffing the Box – How Cincinnati once changed the All Star Game

Ã¢â‚¬Å“I want the voting in the hands of the fans, but not if they make a joke out of it.Ã¢â‚¬Â Frank Lane St Louis Cardinals General Manager, 1957 Current Reds owner Bob Castellini likely remembers the a... Read More...

Another Moment in Time

ItÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s my belief that baseball is a game that is made up of more small moments that craft themselves into Ã‚Â great and memorable moments than any other sport in the world. Even Buzkashi The game's natur... Read More...

The Legend of Jay Bruce

Mark Sheldon lists his top two picks for NL Player of the Month. The names include a guy that many of you covet (but who will never play in a Cincinnati uniform, I'd guess): Jay BruceÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s May: .346 avg, 1... Read More...

When the Reds were the Redlegs

On CNN.com, Bob Greene writes about when the Reds were the Redlegs and some of our editors here at Redleg Nation are quoted. Some nice publicity for Redleg Nation.... Read More...

Reds Gold Glove History (Updated)

The National League Gold Glove winners are to be announced today. Hopefully, there won't be any disastrous shocks like yesterday when Derek Jeter was awarded his fifth Gold Glove. The folks at baseball-referen... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Changing of the Guard Day; Joaquin Andujar Traded

October 25, 1884: The owner of the Cincinnati Red Stockings, Aaron Stern, sells the team to minority stockholder, George Herancourt, as reported by "Redleg Journal" authors Greg Rhodes and John Snyder. Heranc... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: The Reds Disband; Tebbets (and others) Named Manager of the Year

October 24, 1879: The Cincinnati Reds, an organization in disarray, are disbanded by Reds president, J. W. Neff, in a move that destroys a team of promising young players at one of the more critical points in ... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Armbrister Bunts and Tenace Homers

October 14, 1952: The Reds trade outfielder Cal Abrams, catcher Joe Rossi, and first baseman Gail Henley to the Pittsburgh Pirates for outfielder Gus Bell. Bell becomes a four-time all-star and one of the fav... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Expansion and the Invisible Tag

October 10, 1961: In the National League's first expansion draft, the Reds lose six players, four to the New York Mets and two to the Houston Colt .45's. The Mets selected pitchers Jay Hook and Sherman Jone... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Triples, Homers, Debut Shutouts, Clinches and a Protest

September 22, 1903: "Turkey Mike" Donlin ties a major league record by tripling in four consecutive at bats during a doubleheader split with the Philadelphia Phillies in Cincinnati. Donlin's first triple came... Read More...

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