I did a Q&A exchange with Lewie Pollis of WahooBlues.com to preview the Reds/Indians series. Here are his answers to my questions. You can find my answers to his questions here. Thanks to Lewie for reaching out and initiating this! RR: The Indians ar...
Louisville lost to Gwinnett 3-1. Chad Reineke got the start and pitched 5 innings, giving up 3 runs (2 earned). Tom Cochran stood in and pitched admirably in relief, going 3 shutout innings. Yonder Alonso and Dave Sappelt had 2 hits each. Up next: Tr...
The Indians come to town tomorrow, and the Reds hope to repay them for the three game sweep they received in Cleveland last May. I wish I had done one of these profiles then so I could compare it now, but looking over this Indians team...I just don't
All Star voting is a big, dumb sham of a stupid, dumb popularity contest. We all know that. But while, in light of this truth, the selections don't garner quite the level of interest and righteous indignation from baseball nerds as those of the Hall ...
All of a sudden, the Reds have too many good left fieldersUsing the DH for the past week has given ample opportunity for Jonny Gomes, Chris Heisey, and Fred Lewis to get hot. In fact, Gomes has pushed his numbers up into the "respectable" range, as h...
Louisville lost 3-1 to Gwinnett. Dontrelle Willis started and went 6 1/3 innings, giving up 1 run and striking out 6 in the process. Another solid start, and Brad Boxberger made his AAA debut, getting the final 2 outs in the 7th. Jeremy Horst came in
Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game Ryan Hanigan. What back spasms? The uglier half of our two-headed catching monster belted a three run homer, and also singled and walked. Honorable mentions go to Joey Votto (two hits and a run) and Loga...
Next Game Cincinnati Reds @ Tampa Bay Rays Wednesday, Jun 29, 2011, 12:10 PM EDT Tropicana Field Edinson Volquez vs James Shields --> . Game time temperature around 102. Day games are Bikram Baseball at the Trop! MLB Media Center | Gameday Complete C...
Louisville lost 9-4 to Gwinnett. Todd Frazier and Juan Francisco had 2 hits each, with END hitting his 9th homer of the year. Roar. Jeremy Hermida also homered, and the Zack Cozart Farewell Tour went 1-for-4 with a RBI. Scott Carroll gave up 6 runs i...
Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Game Ramon Hernandez. Simply by dint of being the only batter that didn't strike out. And he had a hit, so that's nice. Honorable mentions go to Jay Bruce (dinger!) and Joey Votto (timely hitting!). Key Plays