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  I'm really not sure where to start. Wait, Grady Sizemore? Are you kidding me?! Reds Nation is upset that the once talented on the wrong-side-of-...
Jared Roberts|
Throughout the Reds illustrious history, any player of superstar status has managed to avoid the number that Michael Jordan has made so globally known.  F...
Jesse Borek|
The interview posted below took place on January 12.  For reference sake, the questions, marked in bold, are said by myself.  The responses, not marked i...
Jesse Borek|
When in doubt, going with a member of the Big Red Machine never seems to fail.  The best player to ever wear the #22 in Reds history is former long-time c...
Jesse Borek|
Had the career of Paul O’Neill taken place solely as a member of the Cincinnati Reds, the #21 may be retired in his honor.  Unfortunately, for the Reds ...
Jesse Borek|
The scene of a player being the best in not only Reds history, but the best in Major League history, has become a familiar one.  Regarded as one of the gr...
Jesse Borek|
The #19 may not currently be enshrined in the Reds Hall of Fame, or yet be retired, but at the end of Joey Votto’s legendary, massive contract, it certai...
Jesse Borek|
Meet Mike Leake, the Six Million Dollar Man. On Friday, the Reds avoided arbitration with Leake, agreeing to a one year/$5.925 million contract to keep the...
Cory Collins|
The number 18 hangs from a deck at Great American Ball Park and is symbolic of the best all-around first baseman the Cincinnati Reds have had in their 144 ...
Jesse Borek|
Selecting the best player to wear the #17 in Cincinnati Reds history was one of the more difficult numbers on the list to pick a winner from, as many in Re...
Jesse Borek|
While the #16 produced quite a list of potential candidates, there was ultimately one man who stood out above the rest.  Reggie Sanders got his career sta...
Jesse Borek|
The best player to wear the #15 in Reds history, may also be one of the strongest.  George Foster was a quiet man, who swung a mighty bat that served as t...
Jesse Borek|
Alex Rodriguez dominates the week's headlines in Major League Baseball. Many will be quick to accuse him of seeking this attention, of reveling in it, citi...
Cory Collins|
They have been playing versions of baseball all over the world for hundreds of years.  The game has been played on sandlots, to corn fields, to green past...
Jesse Borek|
The forgotten weapon of the Big Red Machine, was also the finest man to wear the #13 in Reds history, Mr. David Ismael Concepcion Benitez, or just, Dave Co...
Jesse Borek|
Some numbers allow for simple selections of legendary Reds members, and then there are times when there is no clear correct choice.  The best player to ev...
Jesse Borek|
What exactly spurred you to create ZiPS initially? In the late 90s, a chemist friend of mine named Chris Dial and I used to talk about making a simple proj...
Jesse Borek|
There is no surprise as to who #11 will be on our countdown of the greatest Reds in history to wear that number.  Barry Larkin is a recent Hall of Fame in...
Jesse Borek|
By the second, the arbitration clock inches closer to midnight. On January 14th, the Reds and baseball's 29 other franchises will, at last, be forced to de...
Cory Collins|
The selection of the best to ever wear #10 in Reds history is quite frankly, an easy one.  George Lee “Sparky” Anderson, is as much a member of Reds h...
Jesse Borek|
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