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Tremendous or Tragic? Trading Big Donkey

Steve Engbloom — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:02:58 +0000

April 23, 2008. Know what’s significant of that date?

It’s the day Walt Jocketty became General Manger of the Cincinnati Reds. He was initially brought into the organization as a Special Advisor on January 11 of that same year. The Special Advisor role was just as it sounds: to advise the Reds within its baseball operations part of the organization. For those that remember when Jocketty was brought on board, you had to know that time for Wayne Krivsky would be short…and it was.

With the recent inactivity of the Reds in making trades and/or signing free agents over the time Walt has been at the helm, it got me thinking about those trades he did make. Like with any deal, they can be dissected every which way possible. I’m no different. Let’s review one of those deals.

Oh, and you will be the judge if the trade was “tremendous” or “tragic”.
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Baseball Bloggers Alliance Announces Connie Mack Winners

Steve Engbloom — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:19:27 +0000

I hope may of you had the opportunity to check out Blog Red Machine’s post for our top three votes for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance’s National League Connie Mack Award. In case you did not, go here and you’ll be able to see how the BRM staff voted.

Today, the BBBA makes the announcement for the Mack winners for both the American League and National League. After the jump is the official announcement.
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Inter-League Play Creates Schedule Imbalance

John Heitz — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:00:27 +0000

Just a quick rant here. I have made little secret about my dislike for inter league play. I know it exists for purely monetary reasons and as a means to expose fans to the American League but it really does change the competitive balance of the Wild Card race. I like symmetry and I am obsessive about it. I am sure the Reds ownership is thrilled to have the Red Sox, Blue Jays and Rays in town. Consider how the schedule stacks up between the National League teams with a .500+ winning percentage.

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