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This Day in Reds History: Reds Sweep Yanks; the Curveball Curves; the Greatest Game; and Nolan Always Starts on 10-21

10/21/2010

October 21, 1877: Does the curveball really curve or is it an optical illusion? It's easy for us to see today with digital graphics, but even when I was a child, I would sometimes come across "scientific" spo... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Bumpus Jones Makes History and Buying Fame

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10/15/2010

October 15, 1892: Bumpus Jones pulls off one of the most improbable events in baseball history and pitches a no-hitter in his first major league game. In the last Reds' game of the 1892 sesaon, Jones defeats ... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: GMs Come and Go

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10/13/2010

October 13, 1870: The Cincinnati Red Stockings lose to the Chicago White Stockings for the second time in the season, 16-13. From "Redleg Journal" by Greg Rhodes and John Snyder: The two defeats to the White... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: George Scores and Reggie K’s

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10/11/2010

October 11, 1968: The Reds trade popular centerfielder Vada Pinson to the St. Louis Cardinals for outfielder Bobby Tolan and reliever Wayne Granger. October 11, 1970: The Reds lose Game 2 of the 1970 World Se... Read More...

Pete Rose Adoration…and Baseball Smiled

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09/11/2010

In 1969, I was eight-years-old, and I decided I wanted to be a sports fan. It's odd to think of it that way, but I was the oldest of four boys. My father wasn't a sports fan; my mother was, but she was kind o... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Bench’s Debut

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08/28/2010

August 28, 1967: On this day in Reds history, 19-year-old catcher Johnny Bench makes his major league debut and goes 0-3, striking out twice, before being lifted for pinch hitter with runner in scoring positi... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Nuxhall One-Hits Astros

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07/24/2010

July 24, 1965: Joe Nuxhall holds the Astros hitless for 7 1/3 innings before settling for a one-hit shutout in a Reds 2-0 victory in Houston. The win moved the second place Reds to within one game of the firs... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Simpson’s Freshman Ten

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07/05/2010

July 5, 1970: Rookie Wayne Simpson allows only four hits, striking out seven in defeating the Houston Astros, 3-1, in Houston. The victory was Simpson's 10th consecutive win, improving his record to 13-1 with... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: It’s Never Too Late

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06/03/2010

On the morning of June 3, 1972, the Reds found themselves in second place 1 1/2 games behind the Dodgers. They were coming off a grueling, yet exciting 17 inning win over the Phillies from the night before. T... Read More...

Redleg Trade Review: Ten Worst Reds Trades

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08/26/2009

Summarizing the Redleg Trade Review series, today I'll list my ten worst Reds trades ever. You can search all the trades that were reviewed by going to the Redleg Nation search engine at the upper right corner... Read More...

Redleg Trade Review: Undervaluing Pitchers, Hal McRae and Tony Perez

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08/01/2009

1. 1970--Traded LHP Steve Mingori to Cleveland Indians for Jay Ward. 2. 1971Ã¢â‚¬â€Traded RHP Milt Wilcox to Cleveland for OF Ted Uhlaender 3. 1972--Traded OF Hal McRae and SP Wayne Simpson to KC for OF Richie... Read More...

Redleg Trade Review: George Foster and Fred Norman

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07/30/2009

May 29, 1971: Geroge Foster is traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Cincinnati Reds for Frank Duffy and Vern Geishert. June 12, 1973: Fred Norman is traded by the San Diego Padres to the Cincinnati Reds f... Read More...

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