Cincinnati Reds

An Open Letter to Reds Fans

After a rough start to the 1982 season, Reds second baseman wrote an open letter to fans of the team

3 years ago

Joe Morgan’s Mysterious Dodgers Connection

Joe Morgan made a career out of beating the Los Angeles Dodgers.  The damage varied from beating L.A. in the regular…

8 years ago

Reflections on Riverfront Stadium

I didn't grow up going to Wrigley Field or Fenway Park. I cut my teeth as a baseball fan at…

8 years ago

That Time I Met Johnny Bench (Twice)

If you were a kid in southwestern Ohio in the 1970s and you could eat anywhere you wanted,  the answer…

8 years ago

That Time I Met Eric Davis

Note: This is a guest post from Nate Dunlevy My love affair with baseball began with the same cliches that…

8 years ago

Schmidt & Brett in 1971

The most important day of the 1980 baseball season may very well have taken place in June of 1971. June…

8 years ago

The Birth of the Game Winning RBI

It seemed like a good idea at the time. At the beginning of 1980, Major League Baseball implemented Rule 1004-a,…

9 years ago

My Top 3 Larry Bowa Moments

I was an outsider. A malcontent. I grew up as a Phillies Phan in Reds Country in the 1970s. Mike…

9 years ago

Joe Morgan Comes Home

After eight seasons in Cincinnati, second-baseman Joe Morgan was looking to prove he could still contribute as he entered his…

9 years ago

The 80’s are my 50’s

I grew up reading Angell, Halberstam, Kahn and others wax nostalgic about baseball in the 1950’s. The pictures they painted…

9 years ago