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Johnny Bench Returns to the Game…Sort Of [INTERVIEW]

Johnny Bench will revive his baseball career…for one game. And not for the Reds. Sorry to get your hopes up! The Hall of Fame Catcher and arguably the best catcher to ever play the game will be…Read More

All-Star Game Coming to Cincy in 2015 Takes Me Back to 1969

The recent announcement that the Reds would be hosting the 2015 All-Star game has sent me into ‘sentimental journey’ mode. If you ever get a chance to see an All-Star game in person, do yourself…Read More

Cincinnati Reds: Draft Boons and Busts

With the fourteenth pick of the 2012 MLB Draft, the Reds drafted Nick Travieso, a RHP from Archbishop McCarthy HS in Pembroke Pines, FL.  Travieso is a 6’3, 200 lb power pitcher with a big arm. …Read More

Brackets and Baseball: The Greatest Reds Player of All-Time

This is my favorite time of year.  Spring training is well underway.  The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament begins Thursday.  In the first week of April, the NCAA Tournament will culminate and…Read More

Brennaman is Barbecued Ribs, Homemade Ice Cream, and “Don’t Be Cruel”

I have a friend that thinks Marty Brennaman is a jerk. I’ll admit, Marty can be a polarizing figure. Generally speaking, Reds fans love him, whereas, Cubs and Cards fans do not. His audacity turns…Read More

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Catch a Shining Star: Rookie Reds

After a brief taste in 2011 we will now be able to sit back and witness the rookie campaign of Devin…Read More

Cincinnati Reds Immemorial: Game 6 Edition

As a child of the 80s, with the aviator sunglasses and an obsession over rock ballads to prove it, the…Read More

Goals are Still on the Table

The season has not gone the way Reds fans expected, predicted or hoped.  It is not the result we wanted…Read More

1970-1971: A Retrospective…or is it?

So many things to write about this week while suffering through the rumors, suggestions, and threats…Read More

The First 500: A Look at the Past and a Vision of the Future

Laying in bed last night I was thinking of this evenings game and Jay Bruce‘s 3 run HR and a thought…Read More

Greatest Living…

Yesterday on Hardball Talk, Craig Calcaterra initiated a list of the greatest living ballplayers of every…Read More

Greatest Reds of All-Time #2

The second greatest Red of all-time is….Johnny Bench. Bench came into the big leagues as a Cincinnati…Read More

Greatest Reds of All-Time: #3

The third greatest Red of all time is…Joe Morgan. Morgan was one of the most vital members on…Read More

Johnny Being Harry

I first saw this post about Johnny Bench on http://straitpinkie.com. And, I am completely dumbfounded.…Read More

75 Years

Seventy-five years ago, on May 24, 1935, Crosley Field hosted the first night game in the history of…Read More

“Little Joe” Joins Staff

Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan has rejoined the Cincinnati Reds as a special adviser for baseball…Read More