It’s episode #150 of the Redleg Nation Radio podcast! Bill Lack and I celebrated this incredible achievement (we’ve recorded a round number of podcasts!) by talking about the Reds. Specifically, we talked about the Reds’ announcement that Bryan Price will be returning as manager in 2017, and whether we’ve gotten any answers to the questions …
According to a report by Mark Sheldon, the Reds have agreed to a one-year extension with manager Bryan Price. The contract also comes with a one-year team option for 2018. If you’ve been a faithful reader of Redleg Nation, this development should come as no surprise to you. I wrote several weeks ago (Aug. 19, …
As the season comes to a close. I offer this: a quiz of haiku. 1. Take a walk with me. Stroll to first base and you’ll see the world differently. 2. Unexpectedly, I am the work horse, cast down by the falling stars. 3. Deliberate as a tortoise, I learned to snare at third. Quick …
Steve did a good job recapping things last night, but let’s take another look at the controversial ending to last night’s game, in which the umpires handed a victory to the Cardinals that they hadn’t earned (yet): ICYMI: The ending of last night's Reds vs. Cardinals game. pic.twitter.com/G1VjD4j18n — Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) September 30, 2016 …
Over at Cincinnati Magazine, I tried to put the 2016 Reds season to bed: Remember those old highlight videos that teams used to produce years ago? The 1990 Reds had one called “Wire to Wire,” and I wore out my copy of the 1990 World Series highlights. After the current Reds season that is now—mercifully—drawing …
All year, we waited for the Jesse Winker call up. It was supposed to be inevitable, but it never happened. There are a variety of reasons. The Reds seem to want to give Scott Schebler a look, for instance, and so he’s getting at bats right now. Winker, as far as we all know, is …
I. Introduction Bryan Price is a lame duck manager–not in the sense that he already knows he’s out the door , more along the lines of an actual lame duck could do his job and you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. That’s not to say that Bryan Price has been a bad manager, but that the …
Last week, Steve Mancuso wrote an excellent piece about the Reds possibly pitching both Raisel Iglesias and Michael Lorenzen for 100+ innings as relievers. Bryan Price has used both semi-frequently for multiple innings at a time this year with great success. No one is surprised by this; Iglesias and Lorenzen possess great stuff, and in short spurts, …
Baseball has been a game of numbers and keeping stats from the start. The New York Morning News printed the first baseball box score in 1845. Other newspapers followed suit with printed tables of statistics after each game. One of the earliest baseball outcomes measured was the defensive error. Philadelphia shortstop Billy Shindle made 122 …
Chris Garber — my co-author on the best book ever (soon-to-be) published — joined me for the latest episode of the Redleg Nation Radio podcast. We talked about the book, of course, but used “The Big 50” as a jumping-off point to discuss the current Reds team in the context of this club’s history. Enjoy! …
I’ve been keeping a secret from you. A few months back, Chris Garber — one of our original writers here at Redleg Nation — and I began writing a book about the Cincinnati Reds. (Well, we actually started writing it almost a decade ago, but that’s another story for another time.) That book will be …
The Cincinnati Reds (67-93) will square off against the NL Central champion Chicago Cubs (102-57) on the eve of the regular season finale. Today’s game will feature a mismatch of teams, and a mismatch of starting pitchers. Jon Lester is in the running for the NL Cy Young award. Lester has a 2.28 ERA, which … Continue reading
Final R H E Chicago Cubs (102-57) 7 8 0 Cincinnati Reds (67-93) 3 5 0 W: Jake Buchanan (1-0) L: Josh Smith (3-3) FanGraphs Probability ǀ Box Score The Hitters There wasn’t a whole lot to get excited about until the ninth inning, when Joey Votto (who else?) provided some fireworks. One night after taking a ball off … Continue reading
Well, we’ve made it. The end of the season is nigh and even the umpires have given up on this whole affair. Our Reds (67-92) get to be either the last roadblock for the Cubs (101-57) or the last tuneup they get prior to the playoffs. Either way, having the season end with a series … Continue reading
A bobbled ground ball and a misplaced change-up put the Reds behind 3-1. The good guys then fought back to tie the game in the ninth only to see victory slip away. The Reds leave St. Louis having split the 4-game series. They return home for three games against the Chicago Cubs, starting tomorrow night. … Continue reading
Last of four games between the Reds (67-91) and the Cardinals (82-76.) Can’t wrap up the series any better than this reader on last night’s Game Thread: TO ALL THE REDS WHO’VE CLINCHED BEFORE This popped up on my Facebook memories feed today. My nephew drew it. It reminds me of the collection of photographs still stuck to … Continue reading
In case you hadn’t heard, our old buddy Pete Rose was in the news again. He has appealed to the Hall of Fame to restore his eligibility for the writers’ ballot: Pete Rose is appealing directly to baseball’s Hall of Fame to restore his eligibility, arguing the lifetime ban he agreed to in 1989 was … Continue reading
The Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals have played 18 baseball games this year. Even though the Reds are 24 games below .500, they have played the Cardinals tough, splitting the season series down the middle. This week, with crushing pressure bearing down on the Cardinals, the Reds have won two of three. The two … Continue reading
