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Joe Lemire, of Sports Illustrated Inside Baseball, today chronicles former Reds pitcher Ricky Stone and his battle with cancer. We should all stop for a moment and be thankful for what we have because you just never know what lies ahead, even around the next bend. Let’s all remember Ricky and his family in our [...] February 10, 2000: Ken Griffey, Jr., is traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Cincinnati Reds for Jake Meyer (minors), Mike Cameron, Antonio Perez and Brett Tomko. To add to the transaction above, please keep in mind that Greg Vaughn was granted free agency on October 28, 1999, and signed with the Tampa Bay Devil [...] I didn’t know what this would show before I looked it up. Heck, I’m not sure that it says anything at all. I just wanted to see what Cincinnati’s record was on the morning of June 13th in each year of the current stretch of losing seasons. 2009: 31-29, 3rd place, 2.5 GB Baseball Prospectus online (www.baseballprospectus.com) and writer Steven Goldman posted some analysis today focusing on Yankees star shortstop Derek Jeter. Jeter, who will be a Hall of Famer, is known to be terrific offensive player and clutch player (whether you believe in “Santa Clutch” or not), but is sometimes maligned as being weak [...] John Dewan, the defensive evaluation whiz, posts a “Stat of the Week.” Last week, he looked at bunting. Of course, the Reds’ Norris Hopper figures prominently in the section on bunting for a hit: When bunting for a hit, the leaders are (listed in order of most bunt hits): Willy Taveras Norris Hopper In a (typically, and thankfully) long blog post, America’s Best Sportswriter Joe Poznanski touches on the way Bill James’ critics miss the point and the irony of how “anti-statheads” inevitably rely on stats, just different ones, to prove their point. He then looks at a “new” stat that James apparently has on his website ($). You [...] Inspired by this comment from Daedalus (“did we win the world series last year???”), and with free time powered by the writer’s strike… All those guys should be back, so maybe this year? The great photo was originally published as a free desktop wallpaper by The Enquirer. (It’s impossible to find a link on their site, [...] Have you been wondering what former Reds manager Pete Mackanin has been up to? Sure, we all have! Well, CTR had a blurb about him in the Post, and I found it amusing: Former Reds manager Pete Mackanin was working the Opryland Hotel lobby on Tuesday and has reportedly had interviews with more than [...] Aaron Harang is a certified stud on the mound. We all know that. Maybe now the rest of the country is starting to wake up to that fact. Following an All-Star snub, and after not receiving a single Cy Young Award vote in 2006, despite leading the league in wins and strikeouts, Aaron Harang [...] It appears that LHP Phil Dumatrait has been claimed off waivers by Pittsburgh. In addition, LHP Michael Gosling and SS Pedro Lopez were claimed by Toronto. Dumatrait certainly failed miserably in his major league stint this year, but I always thought he could be a decent lefty reliever. Guess we’ll never know now. [...] Tom Tango has released the annual Fans’ Scouting Report, which lets baseball fans rate players on defense. The idea is to appeal to the “wisdom of the crowd,” and try to move beyond the weaknesses of both conventional wisdom and defensive statistics. Turnout wasn’t especially high, but it’s interesting to look at, anyway. Brandon Phillips was rated [...] He’s been offered the position, according to the DDN… Jocketty is considering the offer and has told friends he would have a job in baseball within a week. If he comes to Cincinnati, he most likely would be in charge of baseball operations, a position below Castellini and above General Manager Wayne Krivsky. I’m not sure what [...] Over at reds.com, Mark Sheldon has an interview with Bronson Arroyo that is worth checking out. So Walt Jocketty is out as the General Manager in St. Louis. If you were Reds GM Wayne Krivsky, would you be worried about your job? If the rest of the playoffs are as good as last night’s play-in game between the Rockies and the Padres, we’re in for an outstanding October. Just wish the Reds were still playing, for once. |
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