Early Look at Possible NL Pennant Match Up in Cincy
April 5, 2013 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment
The baseball season is the sum of a million small parts, “millions and millions of stars” as Carl Sagan used to say. As with the cosmos, the magic of baseball is both the enchanted aggregate and its many component parts. And that is why even at this early juncture there is no shortage of excitement […]
St. Louis vs. Cincinnati
May 18, 2011 by Daniel Shoptaw · 4 Comments
How exactly did we get here? Â How did we come from St. Louis and Cincinnati having just a passing thought in each other’s minds to a knockdown, dragout rivalry between the two squads and the two fan bases? Â And, honestly, why is there such a rivalry, Johnny Cueto notwithstanding? The history of Cardinals and Reds […]
2011 Pre-Season Preview: NL Central – Cincinnati Reds
March 18, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
Reigning NL MVP, Joey Votto Cincinnati Reds (2010 record: 91-71) The Cincinnati Reds won the National League Central last year and, in the process, made the post-season for the first time since 1995, when they swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS but were, in turn, swept by the Atlanta Braves in the Championship […]
A Cautionary Note
August 13, 2010 by Daniel Shoptaw · Leave a Comment
I’ve been thinking about this topic for a bit, but before I could write about it Brian Burwell, for once, beat me to it.  There’s been a lot of optimism out of the sweep of Cincinnati, as well there should be.  However, I’m not sure we can say this team has turned the corner and the […]
Surprising and Not-So-Surprising First Half
July 13, 2010 by Gabriel Schechter · Leave a Comment
Now that we’re on the verge of the National League’s annual humiliation in the All-Star Game, it’s time to review the first half of the 2010 season. For some teams and players it has been business as usual, with baseball’s daily smorgasbord punctuated by a number of surprises, most recently the failure of the Evil […]
