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Dick Williams, please – PLEASE do not draft a High Schooler at No. 5

05/29/2018

Climb up here on my stoop, dear Redleg Nation reader, and listen to my crotchety old-man impression as I regale you with stories from my high school baseball days. The two best high school baseball players I... Read More...

Where have all the (1st round) draft picks gone?

Jeff Gangloff

08/03/2017

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LetÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s go back roughly fifteen years ago. The year was 2003. The Reds finished the season 69-93, fifth in the NL Central, and had guys like Jimmy Haynes, Jose Guillen, and Austin Kearns manning the leaky ... Read More...

Irregularly Scheduled Rain Delay: Welcome to Draft Day

Wesley Jenkins

06/14/2017

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I love the MLB Draft, which is a weird sentence to write because the MLB Draft is universally regarded as the most anti-climactic of all the professional sports drafts. It's just reading names that will likely ... Read More...

Comparing The 2017 Reds to … 2009

Ashley Davis

04/21/2017

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During the early part of this season, the Reds have reminded me of another Reds team from not long ago: the 2009 team. Why 2009? The Reds finished 78-84, 4th in the NL Central that season, but it was the year b... Read More...

Reds blow a 6-1 lead to the Padres

Nick Kirby

06/06/2015

The Reds got off to a big start by scoring three times in the first inning, and were able to build a 6-1 lead. Michael Lorenzen allowed 3 runs over 6.0 innings, and then handed the ball off to the bullpen.... Read More...

Is the future as bright as we were led to believe?

Bill Lack

07/14/2013

Most of this was recently posted on Lance McAlister's blog (I've added some numbers and some of Lance's numbers might be a bit off b/c of the delay in posting this): Louisville Bats/International League rankin... Read More...

The Man Behind the Ray-Bans

Richard Fitch

09/01/2012

ItÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s an early August Sunday afternoon and the Cincinnati Reds are attempting to sweep their new rivals to the throne, the surprising Pirates. The Elias Sports Bureau says that CincinnatiÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s 22 wins... Read More...

Titanic Struggle Recap: Mets, Schmets

Jason Linden

06/16/2012

Let's recap today's titanic struggle.... FINAL Cincinnati 4 New York (N) 1 W: H. Bailey (5-4) L: J. Niese (4-3) S: A. Chapman (8) BOX SCORE POSITIVES --That's five in a row now. A win tomorrow would match the... Read More...

Series Preview: Reds vs. Cubs

Greg Dafler

05/01/2012

The Cincinnati Reds (11-11, 2nd place, 3.0 GB) complete the final three games of their three-team nine-game homestand against the Chicago Cubs (8-15, 6th place, 6.5 GB) Tuesday (7:10), Wednesday (7:10) and Thur... Read More...

RN 2012 Preview: Right Field

Jason Linden

02/09/2012

Writing these first few previews is so nice and easy. No need to pay attention to bench guys yet because, really, who's displacing Joey Votto or Brandon Phillips... or Jay Bruce? Jay Bruce is probably not goin... Read More...

Dear Walt

Richard Fitch

12/21/2011

Dear Walt, WeÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve been bad. WeÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve been petty. Okay, weÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve been downright unreasonable. WeÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve called you names. Joke-etty. Mr. Crickets. We admit it. You came to Cincinnati with some... Read More...

Latos trade puts Reds in win-now mode

Chad Dotson

12/20/2011

I'm not sure if you've heard or not, but the Reds made a pretty big trade over the weekend, and people disagree strongly on the question of whether or not it was a good deal. Some people don't think Mat Latos i... Read More...

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