Tramp the Dirt Down
The Reds have scored a grand total of 2 runs in the last 27 innings. Hold on a second while I check to see if that’s good or bad. Okay… it’s bad. The Reds have 16 hits in the last 27 innings. Hold on… yup, that’s bad, too. The Reds are now two games under...
Posted: 9/1/2011 8:52 AM in Chris Sabo's Goggles
Down on the Farm
Games Played on 08/31/11 Minor League Players of the Day: 2011′s 34th pick and Billings Mustang, Bryson Smith, hit for the cycle and drove in 5 runs. AAA Columbus 12 – Louisville 4 Kris Negron went 2-4 with a double and a walk, Denis Phipps went 2-4,...
Posted: 9/1/2011 8:03 AM in Redleg Nation
19 scoreless innings
Cole Hamels plus Roy Halladay plus Cliff Lee equals three losses and not a whole lot of scoring. The 3-0 loss to Lee on Wednesday ran the Reds’ scoreless innings streak to 19 innings. Read the game recap here. Notes: *Brandon Phillips 13-game hitting...
Posted: 8/31/2011 11:07 PM in Mark My Word
10,000 days since Rose’s 4,000th hit
I know we just linked to a story on The Hardball Times, but how could we pass up the opportunity to recognize such an important occasion as the passage of 10,000 days since the 4,000th hit of one Mr. Pete Rose. Of course, by the time his hit his 4,000th...
Posted: 8/31/2011 9:36 PM in Red Hot Mama
Final: Phillies 3, Reds 0
The Reds have gone 19 innings without scoring. Wednesday night, they only had one runner reach third base — and that was with two outs in the ninth Cliff Lee came within out of his sixth shutout of the year. But after Joey Votto doubled, Bruce walked...
Posted: 8/31/2011 8:50 PM in Cincinnati Reds
Ten fastest* Reds of all-time
Billy Hamilton entered Wednesday with 95 bags down, five to go, and six games to get ‘em, vying to become only the 11th minor leaguer in history to steal 100 bases in a season. The baseball party has moved to Dayton, and Billy Hamilton is at the center...
Posted: 8/31/2011 7:52 PM in Cincinnati Reds
Are 10 more players enough to beat the Phillies?
CINCINNATI — General manager Walt Jocketty said there would be, “Quite a few call-ups,” when rosters can be expanded to 40. And he was a man of his word. When the Cincinnati Reds play the Philadelphia Phillies Thursday afternoon, there
Posted: 8/31/2011 6:53 PM in The Real McCoy