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An Old Baseball Town, Cincinnati Is Coming Back to Life - NYTimes.com

Submitted by JimV on Sun, 08/22/2010 - 10:53pm
An Old Baseball Town, Cincinnati Is Coming Back to Life - NYTimes.com
Source: www.nytimes.com
The Reds have not had a winning season since 2000, but they are making do this year with a payroll of $71.8 million, 2oth in the major leagues.

Dusty Baker not inspiring faith as Reds battle Cardinals - Joe Sheehan - SI.com

Submitted by JimV on Sun, 06/27/2010 - 6:20pm
Dusty Baker not inspiring faith as Reds battle Cardinals - Joe Sheehan - SI.com
Source: sportsillustrated.cn...
Coming off a sweep of the A's in Oakland, the Reds look more and more like serious challengers to the Cardinals in the NL Central. While it was their pitching that got the job done in Oakland -- three quality starts, capped by Johnny Cueto's seven shutout innings on Wednesday -- they're in the race,...
The Reds primary lead off men since Dusty Baker took over have been Corey Patterson, Willy Taveras, and Orlando Cabrera. Their respective OBP's were .238, .275, and .281. FIRE DUSTY.    

Aroldis Chapman's first day as a Red

Submitted by JimV on Thu, 02/18/2010 - 11:41pm
Aroldis Chapman's first day as a Red
Source: www.youtube.com
The Reds' $30.25 million man, Aroldis Chapman, reports to his first day as a Cincinnati Red as pitchers and catchers reported to camp at Goodyear, Ariz., on Feb. 18, 2010.

Dusty Baker Destroys Aroldis Chapman's Arm Within Minutes Of Arrival | The Onion

Submitted by JimV on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 3:46pm
Dusty Baker Destroys Aroldis Chapman's Arm Within Minutes Of Arrival | The Onion
Source: www.theonion.com

CINCINNATI—Within just a few minutes of Cuban pitcher Aroldis Chapman's arrival in the United States, Reds manager Dusty Baker had already overused and mangled the 21-year-old's arm beyond recognition, team sources reported Sunday.

 

This would be funnier if it weren't so likely.

   

Jeff Passan: Reds have reasons for optimism

Submitted by JimV on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 6:53pm

Reds have reasons for optimism
Source: sports.yahoo.com

The surprise signing of Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman turned a ho-hum offseason into a promising one. - Major League Baseball news    

Way too early to be making predictions, but I'm buying Passan's thesis.

Twitter / Jeff Passan: Confirmed: LHP Aroldis Cha ...

Submitted by JimV on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 4:09pm

Twitter / Jeff Passan: Confirmed: LHP Aroldis Cha ...
Source: twitter.com

Confirmed: LHP Aroldis Chapman agrees to five-year, $30 million contract with Cincinnati #Reds.    

And there was much rejoicing.

George Grande Retires As Reds Announcer

Submitted by JimV on Sun, 10/04/2009 - 11:28pm

George Grande Retires As Reds Announcer

Source: www.wlwt.com    

This is the best news of the 2009 Reds season. I'm so pumped for 2010 now!    

Jay Bruce is Hilarious

Submitted by JimV on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 4:52pm

DB: You've been on the spaceship-like MLB Network set. One of your interviewers was Harold Reynolds; Was there lots of hugging?

JB: I mean, we didn't hug, but he was a really, really nice guy. Very friendly. No hugging. There's always next time, maybe, you never know.

Read the whole interview here.

Marty Brennaman on Leatherpants

Submitted by JimV on Sun, 03/08/2009 - 1:08pm

Marty Brennaman on Leatherpants

Marty Brennaman joined Kevin Kennedy and Jeff Joyce on their "Inside Pitch" show this afternoon, primarily to discuss the Jim Bowden resignation and Marty's outspoken celebration during Sunday's broadcast. I won't rehash Sunday's comments, but move forward to today's discussion.
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