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Did you ever see the movie, “Catch Me if You Can”? It stars Leo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks and is directed by Steven Spielberg. For all intents and purposes it’s a highly enjoyable flick. There’s a line in it, however, that I feel c…

When in god’s name did the city of Boston become so freaking cool? It’s seems as though every year, four new movies are set in Boston. The market is officially flooded for Boston in popular culture. You have the smartest people, your sports…

Another year, another season lost. The Reds season is winding down and despite having some nice additions, it’s just more of the same. The Reds won’t finish in last, but they definitely won’t be finishing in first and once again, we’re looking at a losing season. Brandon Phillips had another outstanding year [...]

It’s really a kick in the you know what when your favorite player gets traded. Anyway, the Reds did the inevitable and dealt Adam Dunn today. Griffey is gone and now Dunn and the team once again underachieved. I’m not set to defect and become a Diamondbacks fan, but I’ll be following [...]

Yeah, I know, it’s been a while.  And the help is dropping the ball too.  That’s what you get when you work for a big time corporation.  I wonder when I’m going to start getting paid.  Maybe when I write consistently for a decent period of time.
The Reds playoff chances are about nil (no, really, [...]

In an odd way, pitching a no-hitter against the Baltimore Orioles in his second career major league start may have been one of the worst things that could have happened to Clay Buchholz.  By becoming the first Red Sox rookie ever to pitch a no-hitter with a 10-0 masterpiece at Fenway Park on Sept. 1, [...]

The Reds finished off the final game of the 4 game series against the Washington Nationals, 6-5. The final win gives the Reds a complete 4 game sweep. They now look at a record of 43-47 but continue to sit near the bottom of the NL Central.
Adam Dunn had the best game for the Reds [...]

Theo Epstein vowed to create a scouting and player development “machine” when he became general manager in November 2002.
Two championships later, the Red Sox’ machine keeps churning out blue-chip players, and the product line is now diversifying to general managers.  Since last year, the names of Ben Cherington, 33, the vice president of player personnel, [...]

Cincinnati lost the final game of the scheduled 3 game series against the New York Yankess on Sunday, 4-1. The Reds did take the series though winning it 2 games to 1. They now look at a record of 35-42 but still sit at the bottom of the NL Central.
The offense seemed to struggle in [...]

Cincinnati dropped all 3 games in the series against the LA Dodgers. The final loss of the series makes it 5 losses in a row for the Reds. They now look at a record of  33-41 and continue to round out the bottom of the NL Central.
The offense had a solid game for Cincy but [...]

Every dad should have had the luxury of celebrating Father’s Day the way the Red Sox did yesterday at Great American Ball Park.On an idyllic afternoon along the banks of the Ohio River, their 9-0 interleague pasting of the Cincinnati Reds was the equivalent of a stress-free couple of hours in a backyard hammock with [...]

The Reds dropped the final game of the 3 game series with the Boston Red Sox over the Weekend. The Sox took the series 2 game to 1. The Reds now look at a 33-38 record and continue to sit at the bottom of the NL Central.
Game 3 of the series went to the Red [...]

Cincinnati took the final game of the 3 game series against the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday 6-2. The Cards did take the series though winnning 2 out of the 3 games. They now look at a record of 32-36 but continue to sit in the bottom of the NL Central.
The win was pushed by [...]

The Reds lost their 2nd game in a row against the St. Louis Cardinals in blowout fashion going down 10-0. The back-to-back losses bring the Reds season record to 31-36 and drops their home record to 19-12.
The offense was completely out of this game from the get go as the Cards produced a 5 run [...]

Cincinnati won the final game of the 4 game series with the Florida Marlins on Monday, 9-4. The win gives the Reds a road victory that they desperately needed making their road record 12-24. They now look at a season record of 31-4 but they continue to bottom out in the NL Central.
The Reds offense [...]

Cincinnati was on the wrong side of a blowout on Sunday as they lost to the Florida Marlins 9-2. This is the 2nd loss in a row for the Reds and it now makes their road record 11-24, which is near dead last in all of baseball. They now look at a record of 30-34 [...]

The Red Sox moved back into first place in the AL East last night with a strong-enough start from Josh Beckett, some solid station-to-station offense and a stand-up job by the bullpen. There were a couple of hard plays at second base involving Coco Crisp that resulted in some heated exchanges in the Red Sox’ 5-1 victory [...]

Cincinnati lost the final game of the 4 game series against the Philidelphia Phillies on Thursday in a 5-0 shutout. The Philly win gives them the series 3 games to 1. The Reds now look at a record of 29-32 and sit in last place of the NL Central.
Not really much you can talk about [...]

Cincinnati lost the 2nd game of a scheduled 4 game series on Tuesday to the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2. The loss brings the Reds road record to an ugly 9-21 which is near the bottom in the ML. They now look at a record of 28-31 and are now just .5 games from sitting in last [...]

Cincinnati lost the first game of a scheduled 4 against the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday 5-4. The loss ends the 2 game winning streak that the Reds were building. They now have a 28-30 record and continue to sit in the 5th place spot in the NL Central.
For those of you keeping track of the [...]

Everybody in the Sox clubhouse was more than content to step aside in order to let the beaming Ramirez claim a moment he had been counting down to for longer than he would have ever imagined.  Dustin Pedroia and David Ortiz had teamed to give the Red Sox their fourth back-to-back homers of the season [...]

The Reds opened up a 3 game series with the Atlanta Braves on Friday in a 3-2 extra inning win. The win gives the Reds a 26-29 record and once again jump into 4th place in the NL Central above the Pirates.
Young Outfielder Jay Bruce once again showed why he is MLB ready as he [...]

Cincinnati lost the final game of the 3 game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday 7-2. The Reds did take the series though as they won the first 2 games of the series as the set ends up at 2 games to 1. They now have a 25-29 record and drop back into last [...]

Cincinnati took game 2 against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday in a 9-1 blowout. The win gives the Reds a 2-0 lead in the series with just 1 game to go. Cincinnati now looks at a 25-28 record and jump above the Pirates in the NL Central putting them in 4th place.
The offense came out [...]

Cincinnati took the 1st game of a scheduled 3 game set on Tuesday with a 9-6 victory. The win gives the Reds a 24-28 record but keeps them in the basement of the NL Central now 7 games back from the 1st place Cubs.
The offense had a great game for the Reds as they collected [...]

Cincinnati ended their 4 game skid on Friday with a 3-2 road win against the Padres. The victory brings the Reds record to 22-27 this season but they continue to stay at the bottom of the NL Central.
Both offenses had a hard time getting things going in this one as they only put together a [...]

The Reds lost their 4th game in a row on Thursday at the hands of the San Diego Padres with a final score of 8-2. The loss brings their record to 21-27 and keeps them in the cellar of the NL Central. Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 598th homer of his career keeping him just [...]

The Reds took the series against the Cleveland Indians in a 3 games to 0 sweep in interleague play. The 3 victories bring the Reds record to 21-23.
Game 1 was as close as a game could be as the final score was 4-3. The Reds took an early lead getting 2 runs in the 1st [...]

The series finale scheduled against the Florida Marlins for Thursday was canceled due to persistent rain. The game hasn’t yet been rescheduled but as of right now the Reds will move on to play the Cleveland Indians.
Its too bad too because it seemed like the Reds would pull off a 4 game sweep over the [...]

Cincinnati took the 3rd game of the scheduled 4 against the Florida Marlins on Wednesday 7-6. The win is the 3rd in a row against the Marlins and win on Thursday will complete the 4 game sweep. The Reds now have their record at 18-23 and despite the 3 game win streak they still find [...]