[Reds HOF] It’s here, Dave Bristol: You’re in the Reds Hall of Fame!
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.
Does Cincinnati have a shortstop crisis?
“We’ve just come to a point where we’re not going to lose anymoreâ€Â
--Bob Castellini April 2008
And with those words as justification, Wayne Krivsky was fired, just a few week... Read More...
How the Reds were built (and rebuilt)
I recently came across an article discussing the makeup of the current Arizona Diamondbacks roster in terms of how each player was acquired. It is a curious exercise that provides some insight into the type of ... Read More...
So long Bronson Arroyo. See you at the Reds Hall of Fame
It was pretty much inevitable in the crazy economics of baseball that Bronson Arroyo wasn’t going to retire as a Cincinnati Red. When he recently signed a two-year contract with Arizona, that became ... Read More...
Short Hops
Here's a few links I've found that I believe you'll find interesting to read while you watch the World Series on what used to be considered the world's greatest waste of time...
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Paul Daugherty interviews f... Read More...
Our Championship
Tuesday night's game was thrilling, liberating, life-affirming, and everything else. And it belongs to a whole lot of people who sweated, cried, and suffered over the last ten years.
It belongs to Jay Bruc... Read More...
Trade Deadline Stories
I’m always interested in reading about what goes on behind-the-scenes of baseball front offices. As a bonus to the topic in today’s Baseball Tonight Clubhouse online article, ESPN’s J.P. R... Read More...
Stability
I don't know what to make of this, but I thought it might trigger some interesting discussion. From a Hal McCoy Q&A over at DDN:
Q Isn’t the problem with the Reds the manager (Dusty Baker), as it ha... Read More...
The Rolen Effect
We aren't going to rehash the merits of the Scott Rolen trade (again), but there was a very interesting nugget in this John Fay piece (which is substantially what appears in today's Enquirer):
The Rolen trade ... Read More...
Redleg Trade Review: Austin Kearns and Felipe Lopez
July 13, 2006: The Cincinnati Reds trade Austin Kearns, Felipe Lopez and Ryan Wagner to the Washington Nationals for Bill Bray, Royce Clayton, Brendan Harris, Gary Majewski and Daryl Thompson.
The 2005 Reds ... Read More...
Other Options
GM Walt Jocketty talked today about some of the players he's interested in (some of whom were already suggested here):
After the non-tender list was revealed late Friday night, there were some names that the R... Read More...
Dusty Baker on Corey Patterson
Submitted without comment:
Dusty Baker finally had enough. When players on the Astros asked him about his daughter dating Corey Patterson, he felt the need to publicly address the issue. Baker has heard the ru... Read More...