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Over at Seeing Reds, Steve calls Homer Bailey the “most important Reds pitcher in 2010.” Don’t be fooled by Homer’s mania-free zone, though. No other pitcher on the Reds staff is more likely to see their personal success track as close with the teams’ trajectory this year than Bailey. Do you agree? We’ve already noticed how [...] Today a verse from a revered sportswriter-poet from early in the 20th Century, Ring Lardner. “My eyes are very misty Some have thought this poem was written as [...] From Bill Conlin of the Philadelphia Daily News: Placido Polanco . . . Jimmy Rollins . . . Chase Utley . . . Ryan Howard . . . Say hello to what is potentially the greatest all-around infield of a modern era that began in 1947 when Jack Roosevelt Robinson kicked down the door that had [...] Today, a quote from reliever-writer, Jim Brosnan, who kept a journal during Cincinnati’s 1961 National League pennant winning season. The book, appropriately titled “Pennant Race” was his second book. His first offering, of similar nature, was The How much can one player add to a team? I read the other day at the website of baseball stats legend Bill James that Albert Pujols’s value to the Cardinals is that the… “Cardinals start out six-eight games over .500 because of Pujols. Everybody else has to make it up somehow. “ James now [...] Here’s a Sports Illustrated August 4, 1980, quote from Cesar Geronimo, adding perspective to becoming Nolan Ryan’s 3000th strikeout victim; Geronimo had also been Bob Gibson’s 3000th strikeout victim in 1974: “I was just in the right place at the right time.” — Cesar Geronimo Geronimo won four Gold Gloves for outfield defense and was known as [...] The new MLB video game titles are out this week. MLB 10 The Show, which is my franchise of choice, is also updated. One of the cool features is old-time ballparks, including Crosley Field. PS3 users can get a free online avatar jersey (long story). Details here. MLB 2K10 also has some interesting new [...] Defensive stats are now on the cutting edge. I particpated in a public AOL online discussion with baseball historian and statistical guru Bill James over 15 years ago about a new defensive metric he was proposing. Apparently that system didn’t work, for I didn’t see it ever published. Mr. James didn’t really [...] Prospects or suspects? Desperate move or marketing ploy? Trade bait or the future? Baseball fans have become more and more fascinated with prospects. Losing teams tire of seeing the same players run onto the field day after day, only to see them return from the battle with loss after loss, failed promises from the [...] It has been announced that Aaron Harang will be making the Opening Day start again. It’s the fifth straight year that the big guy will be on the hill for Cincinnati’s unofficial holiday game. Only three other Reds have started five straight Opening Days: Pete Donohue, Mario Soto, and Jimmy Haynes. Wait…what? Maybe there are only [...] Today, a quote from the greatest manager in Reds history, one George “Sparky” Anderson. “Most managers think winning creates chemistry. I think chemistry creates winning.”—Sparky Anderson Interesting quote from the manager of our great dynasty, the Big Red Machine, from the 1970s. It’s said by many that the end of the dynasty began with the [...] For those that think baseball is over because of…. 1. Free Agency |
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