http://redlegnation.com The voice of Cincinnati's tenth man. Sun, 11 May 2008 20:01:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Johnny Cueto is due for a good outing, and this would be great timing; a win today gives the Reds a second straight series win against a predicted playoff team. Unfortunately, noted Reds-killer Oliver Perez pitches for the Mets. Maybe the offense will continue to slug away, and the Reds ... http://redlegnation.com/2008/05/11/game-thread-reds-at-metropolitans-20080511/ John Erardi gives us another interesting article in today's Enquirer: The "Little Things"... We keep hearing that the Reds "don't do the little things well," but did you know the average for National League teams last year was 47 sacrifice flies (or about two every seven games) and 65 sacrifice bunts (two ... http://redlegnation.com/2008/05/11/erardi-article/ Games played 05/10/08 AAA Louisville 10 - Richmond 7 Jolbert Cabrera went 3 for 5 with 3B. Andy Green was 3 for 5 with two 2B. Jay Bruce an Paul Janish both went 2 for 4 with a HR. Andy Phillips was 2 for 5 with a 2B. Homer Bailey got ... http://redlegnation.com/2008/05/11/down-on-the-farm-229/ Eve of 1924 season: Edd Roush signed first multi-year contract in Reds hisotry. Tired of Roush's long holdouts, president Garry Herrmann gave Roush a 3 year deal at $19,000 per year. All “Reds trivia” posts come from Greg Rhodes and John Snyder’s fabulous book, “Redleg Journal” (see link for purchasing) and ... http://redlegnation.com/2008/05/11/reds-trivia-51108/ The Redlegs are averaging almost six runs a game over their last six games. What is even more impressive is that the Reds were shut out by Carlos Zambrano in one of those games. Any way you look at it, the offense is picking up...and didn't it happen right around ... http://redlegnation.com/2008/05/10/is-the-offense-back-on-track/ A rain out last night leads to a day/night doubleheader at Shea Stadium today. Matt Belisle will now be facing Johan Santana in game one. Will Corey Patterson be "hitting" third in Dusty Baker's lineup like he was last night? Discuss the game here.... UPDATE: Use this thread for game ... http://redlegnation.com/2008/05/10/doubleheader-game-thread-part-1-reds-vs-mets/ Games played 05/09/08 AAA Richmond 2 - Louisville 0 Paul Janish went 3 for 4 with a 3B and a 2B. Chris Dickerson was 2 for 4. Jestin Lehr got a tough loss after starting and putting up 7 IP with 1 R, 4 H, 1 BB, and 4 K. Todd Coffey ... http://redlegnation.com/2008/05/10/down-on-the-farm-228/ June 9, 1990: The Reds trade Ron "True Creature" Robinson to the Milwaukee Brewers for Glenn Braggs and Billy Bates. All “Reds trivia” posts come from Greg Rhodes and John Snyder’s fabulous book, “Redleg Journal” (see link for purchasing) and are used with Greg’s permission. Thanks again to Greg Rhodes for permission ... http://redlegnation.com/2008/05/10/reds-trivia-51008/ The Reds visit Shea Stadium to play the Metropolitans tonight, kicking off a grueling three-game road trip. Is this year's schedule the strangest one you've ever seen? Earlier, we had back-to-back two-game series', and now we have a three-game homestand followed by an equally short road trip. Bizarre. Either way, ... http://redlegnation.com/2008/05/09/game-thread-reds-at-mets-20080509/ Some Reds stuff from around the web... Today's Baseball America Hot Sheet has Jay Bruce ranked #8. One could be forgiven for wondering how it is that the best prospect in the land could hit .325 with power in Triple-A at age 21 and not sniff the Hot Sheet. Well, wonder no ... http://redlegnation.com/2008/05/09/reds-links/ Louisville 8 - Norfolk 7 The Bats scored all 8 runs in the 5th and 6th innings to capture their 3rd straight win over the Tide.  The 6 run 5th inning was capped by Andy Phillips's grand slam.  That is Phillips's 3rd homerun in 3 straight games.  Ryan Hannigan went 3-4 ... http://redlegnation.com/2008/05/09/down-on-the-farm-227/ July 4, 1998: The Reds deal pitcher Jeff Shaw to the Dodgers for Dennys Reyes and Paul Konerko. Shaw, who had been selected as the Reds only representative to the All-Star game, appeared in teh game on July 7 at Coors Field in a Dodgers uniform. This was was the first ... http://redlegnation.com/2008/05/09/reds-trivia-5908/ Check out Razzball.com's tribute to Pete Rose, which includes the scariest picture of Charlie Hustle that I've ever seen. http://redlegnation.com/2008/05/08/why-pete-why/ Louisville 8 - Norfolk 4 Andy Phillips had not had a homerun all season until 2 days ago.  Now he has 2 in 2 days.  In yesterday's game, he went 2-4 with a homerun, run scored, and 4 rbis.  Kevin Barker hit his 5th homerun of the season, going 1-5 with ... http://redlegnation.com/2008/05/08/down-on-the-farm-226/ (Ed.: Updated and bumped to the top. Newer posts below.) I just saw this on the news. Luckily, the good folks at Bugs & Cranks had already posted it to YouTube. http://redlegnation.com/2008/05/08/down-goes-mr-redlegs/