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Remembering the 1968 Reds: Jumpin’ Jack Flash — Reds get hot in ’68 | John Ring

07/14/2018

Editor: This is the sixth installment of a season-long series by our resident Reds historian, John Ring. The series will examine the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Cincinnati Reds, a team on the brink (of huge su... Read More...

Remembering the 1968 Reds: Another assassination, another baseball crisis | John Ring

John Ring

06/02/2018

Editor: This is the fourth installment of a season-long series by our resident Reds historian, John Ring. The series will examine the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Cincinnati Reds, a team on the brink (of huge s... Read More...

Remembering the 1968 Reds — The Reds’ Raging Bull: Alex Johnson

John Ring

04/22/2018

Editor: This is the third installment of a season-long series by our resident Reds historian, John Ring. The series will examine the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Cincinnati Reds, a team on the brink (of huge su... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Armbrister Bunts and Tenace Homers

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10/14/2010

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

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10/10/2010

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, Catchers, Maloney

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09/25/2010

September 25, 1925: For the first time in major league history and still the only time in National League history, teammates connect for bases-loaded triples in the same game as the Reds wallop the Brooklyn Ro... Read More...

This Day in Reds’ History–Reds Threaten a Walkout

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06/09/2010

A bonus today...June 9, 1968, the Reds threaten a walkout and vote not to play a doubleheader despite the largest home attendance crowd of the year at Crosley Field. From "Day by Day in Cincinnati Reds History... Read More...

Redleg Trade Review: Alex Johnson, Pedro Borbon, and Jim McGlothlin

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07/27/2009

January 1967: Bob Howsam is named Reds General Manager, hired from similar position with St. Louis Cardinals. January 11, 1968: Alex Johnson is traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Di... Read More...

Redleg Trade Review: Gifting Prospects

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07/25/2009

Bill DeWitt became the next General Manager of the Reds late in 1960 after Gabe Paul resigned to take a simiilar position with the expansion Houston Colt .45's. Paul had built the Reds on power to make the mos... Read More...

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