Jack Billingham Archives

[Reds HOF] Fred Norman: Your Newest Reds Hall of Famer

07/18/2018

This week at Redleg Nation, we're running a series of posts celebrating this year's inductees into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame: Adam Dunn, Dave Bristol, and Fred Norman. On June 11, 1973, the defending ... Read More...

Baseball Is Life: You May Have Heard of Them

Mary Beth Ellis

02/12/2018

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We've still not attained full Spring Training status, so this is usually rough times for People of Baseball. Well... not me. I roll around in all things Olympics, so this is my biannual party of staying awake 1... Read More...

Fred Norman, Dave Bristol elected to Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame

Chad Dotson

02/07/2018

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Back in September, here in the digital pages of Redleg Nation, our Greg Gajus was emphatic that there was a glaring omission among inductees to the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame. His piece was entitled, "The Mis... Read More...

The Missing Man: Fred Norman for the Reds Hall of FameÃ‚Â

Greg Gajus

09/05/2017

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The Big Red Machine is the greatest team in Reds history (thanks, Captain Obvious) and nearly every key contributor from that era has been honored with induction into the Reds Hall of Fame. With the induc... Read More...

Remembering Lee May: The Big Bopper

John Ring

08/11/2017

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We at The Nation have lost The Big Bopper. We lost a beloved player, a guy who played every day without a gripe, played hurt and never got involved in drama on or off the field. We lost a big, strong quiet l... Read More...

Action Jackson debut brings back memories

John Ring

07/04/2017

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Jackson Stephens' major league debut wasn't brilliant, but it was memorable. And it brought back memories for me and other Reds fans. Jackson got the win against the Cubs, thanks to his two-run single, a prese... Read More...

Sean Casey, The Unbelievable Ukulele, and Rebirthing Baseball

Mary Beth Ellis

04/03/2017

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My city is a city in which we throw a parade on the first day of baseball season. Also that parade features a giant fiberglass rooster, one which is carefully slotted into a car wash bay so as to look its best ... Read More...

The Enigma of Bobby Tolan

John Ring

04/02/2017

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In his first at-bat as a Cincinnati Red on Opening Day of 1969, Bobby Tolan smacked a home run into the Sun Deck of Crosley Field off Don Drysdale. It was the start of a stellar four-year run for Tolan, who was... Read More...

Redleg Top Ten: The Best First Basemen in Reds History

Chad Dotson

01/24/2017

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Some time ago, we named the top ten catchers in Reds history. It's time now for the second installment in our "Top Ten" series. Today, we're going to look at the ten greatest first baseman in the long and illus... Read More...

Make Room for Dan Straily

John Ring

09/21/2016

On April 1, 2016, the Cincinnati Reds claimed pitcher Dan Straily off waivers from the San Diego Padres. On the surface, this acquisition looked like the Reds were desperate. That assumption would be correct... Read More...

When Vida Blue nearly became a Cincinnati Red

John Ring

02/01/2016

Looking back at the time when the Cincinnati Reds nearly acquired Vida Blue from the Oakland Athletics and why it fell apart.

Standup guy Pat Darcy talks about Game 6 and his rookie season

Steve Mancuso

10/26/2013

(Editor's note: As regular readers of RN will know, John is our correspondent from Afghanistan. This piece was written by John, and originally published in The Zephyr, a weekly newspaper in Galesburg, Illinois.... Read More...

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