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Redleg Trade Review: Joe Morgan for Lee May

07/29/2009

November 29, 1971: Joe Morgan is traded by the Houston Astros with Ed Armbrister, Jack Billingham, Cesar Geronimo and Denis Menke to the Cincinnati Reds for Tommy Helms, Lee May and Jimmy Stewart. This is the... Read More...

Redleg Trade Review: The Mechanized Big Red Machine

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07/28/2009

June 11, 1968: Milt Pappas is traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Ted Davidson and Bob Johnson to the Atlanta Braves for Clay Carroll, Tony Cloninger and Woody Woodward. October 11, 1968: Bobby Tolan is traded ... Read More...

Dusty Baker = Havoc!!

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07/23/2009

I came across this Bill James quote while researching outfielders this week. (James rates Dusty Baker as the 54th best leftfielder of all time, right behind Hal McRae: ...on June 27, 1984, Dusty Baker stole... Read More...

Pitching and the Big Red Machine

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05/17/2009

It’s fashionable these days to lament the days when starting pitchers went nine innings and teams only needed 9 pitchers; when pitchers weren’t “babied. Major League scouts, managers, announcers, and writers wh... Read More...

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Redleg Trade Review: Joe Morgan for Lee May

Redleg Trade Review: The Mechanized Big Red Machine

Dusty Baker = Havoc!!

Pitching and the Big Red Machine