Baseball Historians

Griffey Jr. suffered a painful groin injury trying to make a play against the Cubs Wednesday night.  Dr. Tim Kremchek made it sound like it wasn’t career threatening or chronic.  At this point, with the Reds eliminated, it’s almost a non-issue.  Griffey had a great year at the plate and a better year in the field […]

I’ve been quiet long enough!!!!
The Reds lost again, but Adam Dunn belted his 40th homerun of the season and in the process, he set a franchise record for reaching 40 homers in his fourth consecutive season.  The fact that the Reds are going out of their way to make a long term to one of […]

Tonight the Reds were eliminated from Playoff contention with their loss to the Cubs.  I’m still optimistic they can find a way…  It will take rules changes, a call to Miss Cleo and the sacrifice of a goat, but I’m a devoted fan. 
I remember the Reds of old - the team that won dramatically late on a […]

Yeah, I know it’s a pipedream considering there’s five teams ahead of them and even if they go 11-2 down the stretch, they wouldn’t be assured of a playoff spot, but they’re playing two of those teams that are ahead of them as well as some of the bottom teams like the Astros and the […]

As successful as the Red Sox have been this year, I’ve been inversely as good with blogging about them.  Make me wonder whether I’m biting off more then I can chew next year with plans for a 1918 Red Sox diary that’s similar to what I’m doing over at the 1967 AL Pennant Race site […]

The Cubs have just over two weeks left in there season and while a two game lead is hardly comfortable, it’s about as good as they’ve had all season.  They’ve done it with four straight wins and they can make it five straight with a win against the Cardinals tonight.  As it stands, their magic […]

We all know it’s not a question of if, it’s a question of when.  The Angels magic number is now down to nine and with a win tonight, it could down to eight or even seven.  What’s a more interesting question is who the Angels opponent is probably going to be.  With the Wild Card […]

This was somewhat of a surprise.  He went from executive of the year to unemployed within less then a year and while the Twins could potentially finish below .500 this year, it’s hard to throw too much blame at Ryan.  He’s done what he can and he’s pulled off some of the most lopsided trades over […]

The Phillies are down, but they’re definitely not out in 2007.  It’s a little disappointing because you would have thought they’d be contending with the Mets, just getting into the playoffs is the primary goal and after being eliminated on the final day in 2004 and 2005, the Phillies could find themselves once again going […]

I believe it was Dennis Miller who, when summarizing the types of power in the world, mentioned that the lady at the DMV has all kinds of power in the world.  “If I have to be here for eight hours, so do you, pal…”
The Reds have taken on their own flavor of that maxim.  To […]

Reds won tonight.  Adam Dunn hit a monster grand slam homer (471 feet!) to deep center, had 2 HR and 5 RBI on the night.  All of which is great and makes me happy in a nominal way, but relative to this season means jack and squat. 
My thoughts tonight are about Ric Ankiel and how […]

With three weeks to go, the Dodgers still have some winning to do.  Since August 15, they’re 14-8 record is tied with the Giants as the best in the entire National League.  Unfortunately, they’ve outplayed the Padres by just one game and the Diamondbacks by two so the ground they’ve made up has been minimal.  […]

It’s been a quite some time since I wrote about the 2007 version of the Cardinals.  It’s been a busy season and time just seems to slip.  One week turns into a month into two months.  Anyway, the Cardinals prospects have improved quite a bit since then and since August 1, they’re 21-17.  Doesn’t sound […]

To be fair, there are 10 teams within just six games of each other for worst record in MLB.  Still, you don’t want to be grouped in with those teams if you can help it. The Reds picked a bad year to be poor because it wouldn’t have taken much improvement for this team to […]

Just because I haven’t been writing, doesn’t mean I haven’t been watching and you have to be impressed with what the Yankees have done in the second half.  Since the All Star Break, the Yankees have gone 35-18 and that’s the best record in all of baseball.  The only other team above .600 in the […]

It’s been a while and like the Mets, I’ve had my ups and downs.  Hopefully this post will get me back on track and I’m hoping to enjoy a nice September by the Mets that include their second straight division title.  Things are nearly as definite as they were last year, but with a magic […]

It’s been a pretty disappointing season this year, both on the field and on this blog.  I have no excuse other then I didn’t want to be too negative so rather then posting the same old “White Sox lose again” post, I just kept quiet hoping for some kind of turnaround.  Well, I’m still waiting.  […]

Well - Cincinnati had itself set up to make a run.  It’s not mathematically over but the Reds have definitely put themselves behind the 8-ball with a nasty series in St. Louis and a bad start tonight vs. the Mets (10-4 thumping, welcome back Pedro).  It’s probably just as well that we not get our […]

Great night tonight - Griffey hits a homer, Harang pitches a complete game shutout.  It doesn’t get any better than that. 
I got caught looking at the standings the other night and at 6.5 games out I kept thinking the Reds were ready to make a push.  And they subsequently lost a double header and fell […]

I can only imagine how electric the atmosphere was last night at Great American as the Reds paid tribute to Dave Concepcion by retiring his number.  Davey was understandibly emotional and I can’t imagine there were many dry eyes in the house.  I liked Alex Gonzalez wearing #13 in honor of Davey, even if he didn’t […]

I’ll never forget Jack Buck saying that phrase in his gravelly, distinct voice when the Tomahawk Chop became a big deal in the 90’s.  Truth be told, the Reds have gotten the beat down from the Braves much of the last 15 years.  The Reds have the worst winning percentage against the Braves (.392) [166 […]

Not a bad past eleven games for the Reds:  a  7-4 record against some of the best teams in the National League.  Cincinnati is taking the slumping Brewers out to the woodshed tonight.  They played the Dodgers tough, played well against San Diego and LA and broke the hearts of the Cubs a few times […]

This is the time of baseball year where, if your favorite team is out of the running (or in my case has been for a long time), your senses become numb.  Usually a Reds win makes my day and a loss puts me in a funk (particularly if the bullpen has blown a lead, which […]

If there was any worry that Harang was dinged up, last night he showed it was not the case.  That gem of a pitching performance led to this chat today with my friend and die-hard Reds fan Charlie (brknlegz):
[09:35] brknlegz: Here’s how beat down I am as a Reds fan.  I can’t enjoy watching Haring dominate a […]

And if Kyle thought Cincinnati fans know how to boo, wait until the fans of Brotherly Love get ahold of him.  Lohse gets to enjoy a playoff chase so it’s hard to feel too bad for him.  If he pitches like he did for the Reds, he’ll get applause every fourth start and boos the […]

The Mets shored up their offense and filled a huge hole by picking up Twins second baseman Luis Castillo.  The fleet footed, gold glover won’t give the team much pop but the Mets have plenty of big sticks so having a table setter like Castillo in the front part of the lineup is a big […]

The Braves pulled the trigger on a huge deal that may have shifted the balance of power in the NL East.  They sent Jarrod Saltalamacchia and three minor leaguers to the Rangers for slugging first baseman Jarrod Saltalamacchia and relief pitcher Ron Mahay.  With Brian McCann in the fold, Saltalamacchia was expendable and while I hate […]

You wonder if the Phillies season just got flushed down the toilet when Chase Utley got hit on the hand.  More details to follow, but I can guarantee that none of them will be good.

I mean, I love the Reds.  I really do.  But the Brewers need to dig deep and figure out exactly who they want to be after getting thumped by last-place Cincinnat.  They’re in deep trouble if they don’t get out of this hitting slump.  And their bullpen is springing some leaks.
Give some credit to Cincinnati […]

Things looked pretty promising.  After a three game winning streak via a sweep over the Pirates to start the second half, the Braves have lost five of eight and haven’t been able to string together successive wins since said streak.  Still, there’s some reasons to be happy here.
Johm Smoltz is one of those reasons.  He’s looked […]