By Thom Henninger No division leader had more than a 4.5-game edge when the second half began on Thursday. It marked the first time under the six-division alignment that no first-place club had a lead of five games or more at the All-Star break. The last time every second-place club was within five games out [...]
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By James Bailey On July 4, the surprising Cincinnati Reds were 40-39, two games behind the Brewers and Cardinals in the tightly packed NL Central. The following night Bronson Arroyo, once the most reliable starter on the team, took the mound for the rubber game of a three-game set with St. Louis. Two batters into [...]
The Machine: A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-stopping World Series: The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds, by Joe Posnanski William Morrow/HarperCollins, 2009 Rating: 9 (out of 10) By James Bailey If Pete Rose ever slides from the outcast villain category over to the forgiven side of the ledger, he’ll owe at [...]
By Thom Henninger Twice in Cincinnati’s 2-1, 10-inning win over San Francisco Thursday, Reds pitchers pitched out of trouble with a runner on third base and less than two outs.
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By Bill Begley The trade deadline has come and gone, which does not mean there won’t be any wheeling-and-dealing as races tighten later this month. And, really, measuring how any of these deals will affect the postseason lineup is hard to determine.
By James Bailey You don’t generally see a team 11 games under .500 trading for veteran help at the July deadline, but that’s exactly what the Reds did Friday in acquiring third baseman Scott Rolen from the Blue Jays. Cincinnati parted with third baseman Edwin Encarnacion and righthanders Josh Roenicke and Zach Stewart to pick [...]
By James Bailey The interleague exhibitions are over and divisional matchups resume in a big way this weekend. There will be movement in some of the closely bunched divisions, like, well, pretty much all of them with the exception of the NL West, where Manny Ramirez returns to the first-place Dodgers after his 50-game suspension [...]
By Michael Cooper Another weekend of interleague play brings a few intriguing matchups. The two Central Division leaders will face off in Detroit, the Dodgers and Angels will meet up in a battle for Los Angeles, and the Reds and White Sox will face off in the first-ever Civil Rights game.
By James Bailey Four first-rounders, including two of the top 10 players selected in the MLB draft Tuesday night, will be playing in the College World Series in Omaha, starting this weekend. All of the games will be televised on ESPN and ESPN2, giving fans an opportunity to catch these prospects in action before they [...]
