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First Month Observations
As the first month of the baseball season comes to a close, the Texas Rangers look to be the early favorite in the American League, St. Louis is surviving just fine without Albert Pujols, Josh Hamilton is trying to show he's worth $200 million, and t...
Posted: 4/29/2012 10:04 AM
Injuries Depleting Reds Bullpen
The news of the Reds putting reliever Bill Bray on the disabled list is another blow to the bullpen,which has already lost closer Ryan Madson for the season and set-up man Nick Masset still MIA with a sore shoulder. Pitching depth is something this c...
Posted: 4/24/2012 9:08 PM
Finally -- "This One Belongs to the Reds
A quick post before bedtime. Nice to see the boys rally for a win they so badly needed. Hopefully the offense will start to wake a little from it's early season slumber. I was glad to see Scott Rolen finally come through. Hope it's the start of thing...
Posted: 4/15/2012 11:10 PM
First Week Omissions
As I write this, it looks like the Reds are going to go down in flames to Washington 2-0 on this day. Once again Mat Latos has yet to dominate an opponent while his Nationals counterpart Gio Gonzalez showed he was worth the prospect-price Washington ...
Posted: 4/12/2012 3:45 PM
Taking Stock 6 Games into the Season
Now that Opening Day and multi-million dollar contract extensions are over with, it's time to play some ball. The Reds were fortunate to begin the season 3-3 in their 6-game home stand to start the year. It took a couple of last at-bat heroics and so...
Posted: 4/11/2012 8:52 PM
A Memorable Start to the Season
It certainly has been an historic and exciting start to the season. First there was the Joey Votto franchise record $225 million contract extension, followed by a blue print of an Opening Day win and then back-to-back sellout crowds for the first tim...
Posted: 4/8/2012 9:52 PM
Thoughts on Votto Press Conference
Some very interesting comments from Reds owner Bob Castellini during Joey Votto's contract extension press conference. You can check them out here. The most pointed comments from Mr. Castellini was that Votto's new deal would not preclude the team fr...
Posted: 4/4/2012 9:20 PM
Votto Contract Reaction
It's not official yet (the Reds have scheduled a press conference for Wednesday), but by all reports Joey Votto is staying in Cincinnati for the long haul. Naturally the national baseball media is ripping the organization for giving one player such a
Posted: 4/3/2012 9:17 PM
Madson reaction and other thoughts
I've kept silent most of Spring Training mostly because I wanted to see what transpired. Obviously the biggest news --and most disappointing-- is Reds closer Ryan Madson will miss the season with an elbow injury. I was devastated when I heard Madson ...
Posted: 3/25/2012 8:18 PM
Thoughts on Braun decision, Votto's spring arrival
Well, now that position players have reported across Arizona and Florida, I thought I'd weigh-in at the end of the week regarding the news around baseball. Let's start with the obvious --Ryan Braun and his 50-game suspension being overturned. To put ...
Posted: 2/26/2012 8:50 PM
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