Steve Sommer talks about the Cardinals
Steve Sommer is one of the more interesting sabermetrically-minded Cardinals fans around, and a co-author the excellent Cardinals blog, Gas House Graphs. He and I did a Q&A exchange about the Reds and Cardinals over the past week, and here are his an...
Posted: 2/9/2011 11:30 AM in Red Reporter
Indianapolis Indians Adding Full Bar to Outfield
I think I know where I’ll be when not taking the child along to Indianapolis Indians games this summer. The Indians have announced plans to convert a couple sections in left field to Captain Morgan Cove, a full bar that will also offer Indiana craft beers...
Posted: 2/9/2011 10:17 AM in Red Hot Mama
The Morning Line, 2/9 (Mobstette edition)
The UC Bearcats should have lost last night. And if that had happened, Yancy Gates would have deserved it. Unfortunately, I doubt he’d have cared. Gates belongs right back on timeout. Papa Mick washed his mouth out with soap and made him sit in the corner...
Posted: 2/9/2011 9:45 AM in Paul Daugherty
Some Preseason Respect
Remember The Sporting News? My parents bought a TSN subscription for me when I was seven years old or thereabouts, and I couldn’t wait for the thing to arrive every week. I loved — LOVED — poring over the box scores from the previous week. How times have...
Posted: 2/9/2011 8:30 AM in Redleg Nation
RR Community Prospect Rankings: Another year in the books
5 weeks of voting have resulted in your best guess for the list of Reds top prospects for 2011. NYC compiled what the so-called "experts" have had to say, so let's see how our list compares. Listed here is the final RR list, plus mine and NYC's indiv...
Posted: 2/9/2011 8:00 AM in Red Reporter
Are You a Fantasy Baseball Player?
Do you play fantasy baseball? Well, regardless if you do, you can garner a bit more info about some Reds players from checking out what fantasy "geeks" think about them. May not all happen, but just imagine
Posted: 2/8/2011 11:45 PM in Blog Red Machine
Josh Hamilton on I Am Second
Josh Hamilton, once Cincinnati Reds reclamation project and now Texas Rangers AL MVP, has taken to the intertubes to tell his story of overcoming drug and alcohol addiction through faith.
Posted: 2/8/2011 9:59 PM in Red Hot Mama
JAMIE'S FANTASY CAMP JOURNAL: 2/8/11
I'm sad to report that we had our first weather-related issue today in "Baseball Heaven." A heavy gust of wind, recorded at about 15-20 mph, wreaked havoc on the greater Goodyear area, kicking up dirt and dust from the Reds' baseball fields. Reds Fantasy...
Posted: 2/8/2011 9:02 PM in Better Off Red
Composite prospect rankings: Reds
With a big thanks to nycredsfan for compiling the rankings from the Big Three of prospect analysis (Baseball America, John Sickels, and BPro's Kevin Goldstein), here is a composite ranking based on those three lists of 20. Rank Name John Sickels Base...
Posted: 2/8/2011 9:00 PM in Red Reporter
Tuesday Reds links
Spring Training can’t get here soon enough. In the meantime, here are a handful of Reds links to keep you entertained today: MLB Power Poll 5. Cincinnati Reds. They have a deep rotation, the majors’ most electric arm in Aroldis Chapman and an up-and-coming...
Posted: 2/8/2011 6:05 PM in Cincinnati Reds