Loading ...One week after club legend Jim Maloney joined Redleg Nation Radio, we’re very excited that Fred Norman, starting pitcher for the 1970s Big Red Machine Cincinnati Reds, had a few minutes to spare for our Bill Lack. More than a few minutes, actually; this is a long one, so we split it into two [...]
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It’s a very special week for Redleg Nation Radio, as Bill was joined by Reds legend Jim Maloney. Jim dropped in to talk about all the highlights of his brilliant Reds career, and much more. We can’t thank Jim enough for giving us an hour of his time. He was very, very gracious. Trust [...] (This is the third in a series of articles about Cincinnati Red pitchers to throw no-hitters. Twelve Red hurlers have thrown no-hitters, including Homer Bailey’s gem against the Pittsburgh Pirates last season. Bailey’s no-hitter was the first thrown since Mr. Perfect, Tom Browning, beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0 in 1989, retiring all 27 [...] (This is the second in a series of articles about Cincinnati Reds pitchers to throw no-hitters. Twelve Red hurlers have thrown no-hitters, including Homer Bailey’s gem against the Pittsburgh Pirates last season. Bailey’s no-hitter was the first thrown since Mr. Perfect, Tom Browning, beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0 in 1989, retiring all 27 [...] (This is the first in a series of articles about Cincinnati Reds pitchers who have thrown no-hitters. Twelve Red hurlers have thrown no-hitters, including Homer Bailey’s gem against the Pittsburgh Pirates last season. Bailey’s no-hitter was the first thrown since Mr. Perfect, Tom Browning, beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0 in 1989, retiring all [...] Today is Mr. Jim Maloney’s 71st birthday. Check out his numbers. Impressive, huh? Tore his Achilles at age 29 and never won another game. If he hadn’t gotten hurt, he’d have won a LOT OF GAMES for the Big Red Machine. Happy birthday, Mr. Maloney and we at Redleg Nation hope that you have [...] December 15, 1900: The infamous Frank Robinson trade to the contrary, the Reds make the worst trade in franchise historywhen they deal future Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson to the New York Giants for end-of-the-line Hall of Fame pitcher Amos Rusie. You can read it about it in more detail here. Suffice it to say, Rusie was 0-1 as a Red, making three appearances for them in his last games as a major leaguer. He won 246 games before joining the Reds (246-174, 3.07 ERA career). Mathewson won one game for the Reds, in 1916 after the Reds reacquired him to manage the team. Between 1900 and 1916, Mathewson won 372 games while with the Giants (373-188, 2.13 ERA career, 1-0 with the Reds). Continue reading This Day in Reds History: The Worst Trade in Reds History |
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