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The Reds Should Be Fun Again!

Nick Carrington
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We watch baseball because it’s fun. The strategy on and off the field invigorates us. Not only is the game fun, but we connect to family and friends through baseball and its tradition. As the World Serie... Read More...

The first seven games

Steve Mancuso
The first seven games, non-bullpen content Do whatever mental gymnastics necessary to bracket off the bullpen for a minute. The Reds are 5-2 and have won series against the Phillies and Pirates. They're tied f... Read More...

Roster turnover

Steve Mancuso
Twelve players who were on the Reds 25-man Opening Day 2015 roster are no longer with the organization: C: Brayan Peña IF: Kristopher Negron, Chris Dominguez OF: Brennan Boesch, Marlon Byrd, Skip Sch... Read More...

Backward to the future

Steve Mancuso
The Reds have been a bad, bad team for large chunks of the past two seasons. They finished with the second-worst record in baseball this year. Injuries indeed played a substantial role. That factor exone... Read More...

Last Gasps

Chris Garber
If they stick around long enough, baseball general managers tend to get reputations. Jim "Ralph" Bowden would chase a five tool prospect for years. Wayne Krivsky never met a two-year contract extension he... Read More...

The next closer

Steve Mancuso
Here's the conventional wisdom about J.J. Hoover: Hoover had two pretty good years (2012, 2013) in the Reds bullpen, then was terrible last year. Marty Brennaman recently referred to Hoover's 2014 season as ... Read More...

Talking the Walk

Jason Lawrence
As Josh Benjamin said in this 2012 article: “All stats aside, hitters can score lots of brownie points with the fans through one medium: their walk-up song. Just by having a song that wakes up the crowd, ... Read More...