Reds split doubleheader with Yankees
[Box Score - Game 1] [Box Score - Game 2] The doubleheader with the New York Yankees wasn’t quite everything I wanted it to be and then some. The Brewers and Cardinals lost, so with a pair of wins the...
View ArticleThe Reds find a way to Big Game James and the Rays
[Box Score] [Cincinnati.com] [Rays Index] Reds fans might just look back on Ryan Hanigan’s 3-run home run off James Shields in the fourth frame of yesterday’s game as being one of the biggest hits of...
View ArticleReds vs. Indians in the Diamond Seats
[Box Score] There’s the infamous window in the Diamond Club at Great American Ballpark, and Dusty Baker going out to visit yet another game in his long career in the game of baseball. This game was an...
View ArticleJason Heyward’s homerless streak has ended (Braves win again)
[Box Score] [AJC] The player we sponsor on Baseball Reference is not without homers as part of his game any longer. He didn’t hit any bombs in May. He didn’t hit any homers in June. But on July 1st,...
View ArticleMLB’s Health and Upcoming Labor Deal
Major League Baseball is close to finalizing a new labor agreement that would extend peace for 20 years. This is good news–it exhibits that baseball is possibly in the best long-term health of any of...
View ArticleInterleague Play Holiday
With the first interleague game about to go final here any minute now, another year of mixed-league play has begun. We’ve always liked it. Though it’s not as special as it was the first few years we...
View ArticleJosh Willingham’s Sobering Sunday Swing
So much can change with one moment. An entire season’s emotion can be directed in just one week. With Josh Willingham’s soul-crushing bomb off Aroldis Chapman yesterday (a 4-3 loss), the Reds dropped...
View ArticleIt’s a good night to watch Buccos late-night baseball from Pittsburgh
As of this very minute, the Pittsburgh Pirates are a .600 baseball club. It’s a great story. They’ve slipped a little bit lately, and they’re mostly blacked out in my city of residence; so I am not...
View ArticleBryce Harper had a big night last night
The Nationals pretty much have to run the table if they are going to have ANY hope at catching someone in the National league Wildcard race. It’s not going to happen, but Bryce Harper took one out of...
View ArticleJay Bruce clinches 100 RBI’s in his hometown with a Grand Slam
Pretty special moment tonight in a guy’s career we’ve followed since day one. Jay Bruce reached the 100 RBI plateau in Houston (which is not far from his hometown Beaumount, Texas) for the first time...
View ArticleBryce Harper gets one at fabled Camden Yards
You know the drill by now. Bryce Harper hit his 26th home run of the season and 81st of his career on Saturday night baseball out at Camden Yards off good old Miguel Gonzalez. It was the second...
View ArticleChris Sale’s Red Sox Debut; was holy-shit a wild one at Fenway
[Box Score] [Joy of Sox] The Red Sox and Pirates locked up in a wild one that went 12 innings, and seemed no one wanted to win. It was more a case of Jameson Taillon nearly matching Chris Sale...
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