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Baseball Prospectus has published a new study comparing the great American League shortstops of the early 1990’s: Nomar Garciaparra, Derek Jeter, and Alex Rodriguez.
The article is on the payside, so I can’t say too much, other than to say BP’s fielding rating system still shows Derek Jeter to be a really poor shortstop on defense, [...]
by Steve Price on March 8th, 2010 in Baseball - General, Hall of Fame, Havoc Today a quote from one of the most colorful players of all-time, Mike “King” Kelly, who starred for the Cincinnati Reds back in 1878-79. Kelly’s answer below is in response to the question, “Do you ever drink while playing baseball?”
“It depends on the length of the game.” — Mike “King” Kelly
King Kelly led [...]
by Steve Price on February 23rd, 2010 in Big Red Machine, Hall of Fame, Reds History Hall of Famer Tony Perez is one of the “Big Four” members of the Big Red Machine, an all-time fan favorite, who was known as the BRM’s greatest clutch hitter. He was a great competitor and was the glue of the 1970’s Reds baseball dynasty. He was also a perfect gentleman and a [...]
by Steve Price on February 17th, 2010 in Hall of Fame, Reds History, Reds Trivia Hall of Famer Edd Roush starred for Reds during the 1910’s-20’s. Having grown up in western Indiana (Oakland City), Roush played 18 big league seasons, including starring in centerfield for the 1919 Reds World Champions. Here’s a quote I found in the bullpen session of baseball-reference.com.
“It was a business to me. It was [...]
by Greg Dafler on January 5th, 2010 in Hall of Fame Joe Nuxhall is again one of the 10 finalists for the Ford C Frick Award. Joe earned one of the three fan-nominated spots for the 3rd consecutive season.
Voters are asked to base their selections on the following criteria: longevity, continuity with a club, honors — including coverage of the World Series and [...]
So what’s going on?
–Bring Barry Back!!! Barry Larkin should be the manager of this team.
–The Reds handed out their team awards; actually, the Cincinnati chapter of the baseball writers voted on them. All were reasonable (Pitcher of the Year, Good Guy Award: Bronson Arroyo; minor leaguer: Chris Heisey) except for one.
Reds MVP? Brandon Phillips. Of [...]
by Greg Dafler on December 3rd, 2009 in 1990 Reds, Hall of Fame In response to a request in the Hall of Fame thread Tuesday, I looked up Barry Larkin’s career numbers compared to 21 current Hall of Fame shortstops. If elected to the Hall, Larkin would rank 11th of the 22 shortstops in the number of games played.
As noted in the PDF file from the Reds, Larkin [...]
by Greg Dafler on December 1st, 2009 in Hall of Fame, Reds - General It is time once again to vote for Joe Nuxhall as a candidate for the 2010 Ford C. Frick award.
The final ballot will consist of the top 3 candidates receiving votes from fans, plus 7 candidates nominated by the Hall of Fame research team. A 20-member panel, consisting of 15 living Ford [...]
by Greg Dafler on December 1st, 2009 in 1990 Reds, Bring Barry Back!, Hall of Fame The 2010 Hall of Fame ballot holds the names of a couple of Reds favorites from the 80’s and 90’s with Barry Larkin appearing on the ballot for the first time, and Dave Parker returning for the 14th time.
In addition to the articles linked to above from Reds.com, Reds’ owner Bob Castellini sent [...]
by Chad Dotson on November 12th, 2009 in Bring Barry Back!, Hall of Fame I’ve mentioned it here before, and I’ll mention it again (I’m sure), but Barry Larkin is my favorite Red of all time. I think he needs to be brought back to the Reds in some capacity (Manager? George Grande’s replacement on the television broadcasts?), and we’ve even devoted a category to that.
As you probably [...]
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