First Post
I want to start by giving a big THANKS!!! to Andrea aka “The Virgin” for giving me an opportunity to talk some baseball with everyone. I hope your stop here will be fun and entertaining.Just a little info about me. I’m a husband and father in my mid-...
Posted: 3/7/2011 6:05 AM in The (Virgin's) Guide to Baseball
Twitching
Why is it that we are 9 games into this year’s spring training schedule and tomorrow is the first time that the Reds will be on television at all? I’m dying here. Every year for the past 20 years or so, I’ve shaved my head in the spring in preparation...
Posted: 3/6/2011 11:24 PM in Blog Red Machine
ST Game 9: Cubs 0, Reds 10
The Chicago Cubs came to Goodyear to face the Cincinnati Reds today and left after the 10-run rule came into play. Johnny Cueto started for the Reds and went three innings, allowing no runs. He was followed by an unusually sharp Francisco Cordero. In...
Posted: 3/6/2011 10:14 PM in Red Hot Mama
Sunday afternoon items
The Reds have won four of their last five games now after a convincing 10-1 win over the Cubs on Sunday. Although it was a split-squad roster for Chicago, several of their regulars made the trip over to Goodyear --
Posted: 3/6/2011 8:30 PM in Mark My Word
Spring Training Week 1: Sappelt's Show?
Ed. note: Someone on this blog, not me, came up with the Chapelle pun and deserves the credit. With only a week in the books - and less roster uncertainty than in past seasons - it's hard to pick up many spring training subplots and call them headlin...
Posted: 3/6/2011 7:27 PM in Red Reporter
Reds 10, Cubs 0
The arm: Johnny Cueto started and allowed only an infield hit. Francisco Cordero, Jared Burton, Daniel Ray Herrera and Carlos Fisher each worked a perfect inning of relief. The Reds retired 16 in a row in one stretch. The bats: Zack Cozart hit a long...
Posted: 3/6/2011 6:07 PM in Cincinnati Reds
Jay Bruce and some spring training news
- John Fay has a nice article on Jay Bruce today. It highlights everything I like about Jay Bruce. For example, he downplays his historic homer: “I kind of look at it as the start of something that’s going to be here for a long time,” he said. “That really...
Posted: 3/6/2011 5:55 PM in Redleg Nation
Fan Guest Post Winner
As promised, here’s this week’s fan guest post winner. It was submitted by Scott Shrewsberry. Scott takes a fan’s view of what 2011 could hold for the Reds, but in a way that those of us here at BRM may not take. That’s what drew this entry to my attention....
Posted: 3/6/2011 2:03 PM in Blog Red Machine
Cactus League Game 8: Reds vs. Cubs
Next Game Cincinnati Redsvs. Chicago Cubs Sunday, March 6, 2011, 3:05 PM EST Goodyear Ballpark Johnny Cueto vs. Todd Wellemeyer Coverage: TV: None; RADIO: 700 WLW (& affiliates); WEB: Gameday/Gameday Audio Cloudy. Game time temperature around 75. The
Posted: 3/6/2011 1:14 PM in Red Reporter