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Remembering the 1968 Reds: Chaos in Chicago, Rose on a roll, and Ã¢â‚¬Å“brainwashingÃ¢â‚¬Â | John Ring

09/15/2018

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

[Reds HOF] It’s here, Dave Bristol: You’re in the Reds Hall of Fame!

John Ring

07/22/2018

Former Cincinnati Reds player Dave Bristol is now in the Reds Hall of Fame - and we're looking back at his career with the Reds.

[Reds HOF] Pete Rose on Dave Bristol: He was all-baseball, all the time

John Ring

07/21/2018

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. When it comes to Dave Bristol ma... Read More...

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

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: The Battle for Rookie of the Year | John Ring

John Ring

06/30/2018

Editor: This is the fifth 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...

How does Cincinnati’s bad start rate in club history? | John Ring

John Ring

04/14/2018

So how bad is it? It snowed on April 9. In the first week of the 2018 season, the Reds lost as many starting players (2) as they had wins. Manager Bryan Price was still making some head-scratching decisions.... Read More...

Remembering 007Ã¢â‚¬â„¢s Reds: KingÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s assassination delays 1968 Opening Day | John Ring

John Ring

04/01/2018

Editor: This is the second installment of a season-long series by our resident Reds historian, John Ring. (Check out the first installment here.) The series will examine the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Cincinn... Read More...

Reds Rookies: Past, Present, and Future

Ashley Davis

03/09/2018

In the long history of the Cincinnati Reds, there have been seven Rookie of the Year winners. Most were in the 1960s, with three different players winning during that decade. For all but one year (1966), the Re... Read More...

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

Chad Dotson

02/07/2018

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...

Scott Williamson, the last Reds Rookie of the Year

John Ring

12/01/2017

Who will be the next Reds Rookie of the Year? Will it be Nick Senzel? Jesse Winker? Shed Long? No one knows for sure. Most Cincinnati Reds who have won that award went on to have pretty good careers. There was... Read More...

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