Reading too much into Cincinnati’s 10-4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night could lead one to conclude GM Wayne Krivsky made huge mistakes in trading for Bill Bray, Rheal Cormier, Gary Majewski, and Kyle Loshe. After all, the bullpen torched a 4-4 game and turned it into a rout. But that...
Read more →Bronson Arroyo’s start with the Cincinnati Reds has been as fantastic a debut as any player has had with a new team in recent memory. Effective and efficient starting pitching coupled with a surprisingly hot bat has quickly lifted Arroyo to psuedo cult hero status among the Reds faithful. But more significant than his...
Read more →Firing manager Dave Miley and pitching coach Don Gullett may seem like the appropriate band-aid to stop the bleeding to Reds management, but typically, changes like these only bring about short-term improvements. Tuesday’s 11-4 win over St. Louis with Jerry Narron as interim manager showed moves such as these can work — but the...
Read more →Drawing an immediate connection between the release of Danny Graves and the Reds three-game sweep of the Washington Nationals would disrespect the effort by Cincinnati to turn around an awful season. It seemed everytime the Reds hit the hypothetical bottom, a new depth would be reached, whether it would manifest itself as a critical...
Read more →The torrent of boos that rained down upon Danny Graves on Sunday afternoon during the ninth inning of the Reds 9-2 loss against Cleveland represented every bit the level of frustration fans have been feeling about the team so far in 2005. Graves surrendered five runs on four hits while retiring only one hitter...
Read more →Only the complete ineptitude of the Indians offense prevented the Cincinnati Reds bullpen from handing Cleveland the win in the first game of the Battle of Ohio. In the critical eighth inning, Ryan Wagner walked two consecutive batters, and before the 25-thousand plus at Great American Ball Park knew what was happening, Reds manager...
Read more →No sooner than I turn the ballgame on the 700 WLW, Adam Dunn finds the moon deck to give the Reds a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the sixth. Might just be enough for Harang, but perhaps Cleveland is just laying back waiting on the Reds bullpen? Note: Why the ballgame is not...
Read more →Both the Indians and the Reds, in less than 40 games, have managed to play themselves into a distance out of first place so remote, they might as well be playing on the island in Lost. A season filled with promise has sunk faster than a busted barge on the Ohio River. And the...
Read more →Some way, some how, the Reds need to find a way to win games against the Central Division’s better teams. As a result of last night’s 5-1 loss in St. Louis, the Reds have slipped to 0-4 against the Cardinals and Astros this sesaon. With a total of 32 games to play against Houston...
Read more →As the season’s first week comes to a close, the pressing questions regarding the Reds and Indians remain unanswered. It’s not as if one week is enough time to consider the evidence, but signals remain mixed. The replay — inconclusive. When the season opened, one had to wonder about the Reds: 1) Do they...
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