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This Day in Reds History: Player Managers, Joe Tinker and Buck Herzog

12/12/2010

December 11, 1912: The Cincinnati Reds trade star outfielder Mike Mitchell, utility players Peter Knisely, Red Corriden, and Art Phelan, and pitcher Bert Humphries to the Chicago Cubs for Hall of Fame shortsto... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: The Reds Win their 1st World Series; Tragedy Strikes; Two Great Manager Decisions; and Rose’s Revenge

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10/09/2010

October 9, 1876: The first National League Cincinnati Reds team finished the worst season in Reds history with an 11-0 lost to the Hartford Dark Blues. The Reds, or Porkopolitans as they were sometimes called... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Reds Win their 1st World Series Game and Other Dramatic Wins

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10/01/2010

October 1, 1919: The Reds win their first World Series game in their history, 9-1, over the Chicago White Sox at Redland Field in Cincinnati. The baseball game story: The Reds took a 1-0 lead in the bottom o... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Reds Clinch Two Pennants, Great Managers, Klu’s 49, and Browning’s Perfect

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09/16/2010

September 16, 1882: The Cincinnati Red Stockings clinch the first pennant of the new major league, the American Association, with a 6-1 victory over the Louisville Eclipse. The Red Stockings finish the year 5... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Pitching Mastery

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09/01/2010

September 1: the day that rosters expand in baseball and a day of Reds pitching feats (not feets): September 1, 1924: Reds pitchers Carl Mays and Rube Benton both pitch complete game shutouts as the Reds swe... Read More...

Obscure Reds Stat: Teammates Finishing 1-2 in ERA

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08/14/2010

Three times have Reds teammates finished first and second in the National League in Earned Run Average. 1923: Dolf Luque 1.93; Eppa Rixey 2.80 1925: Dolf Luque 2.63; Eppa Rixey 2.88 1945: Ed Heusser 2.38; B... Read More...

Today in Reds History: Reds Throw the Pennant?

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08/07/2010

August 7, 1923: Reds pitcher, Dolf Luque, having one of the best seasons of any player in major league history, charges the New York Giants bench in the eighth inning of a Reds 6-2 loss. The Reds entered the ... Read More...

This Day in Reds History: Triples and 1st Place

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06/27/2010

June 27, 1926: The Cincinnati Reds break loose for 18 hits, including five triples, and turn a triple play, while starting pitcher Pete Donohue fires a six-hitter as the Reds blitz the Pittsburgh Pirates, 16-0... Read More...

This Day in Reds’ History: The Reds’ Gambling Conspiracy

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06/09/2010

On June 9, 1920, former Red Lee Magee loses a lawsuit to return to baseball after he admitted his role in attempting to fix Reds' baseball games. Here's the story from "Redleg Journal" by Greg Rhodes and John... Read More...

This Day in Reds’ History: Edd Roush’s Nap

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06/08/2010

Even the greats need a nap sometime. June 8, 1920, was the day Reds' Hall of Famer Edd Roush was ejected from a game for napping in centerfield. The Reds were defending World Champions, victors of the tainted... Read More...

Redleg Trade Review: Christy Mathewson (and Babe Ruth)

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07/09/2009

Ed. Today begins a new Redleg Nation feature that will take us up through the July non-waiver trade deadline. Steve is going to be reviewing trades from the Reds' history, good and bad. December 15, 1900Ã¢â‚¬Â... Read More...

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