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

4 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…

9 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…

10 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…

10 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…

10 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…

10 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,…

10 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…

10 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…

10 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…

10 years ago