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Dusty Baker Believes Bats Will Come Around When Temperatures Increase

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

Dusty Baker's Cincinnati Reds have scored just 12 runs in their last five games, all losses. On a recent 10-game road stint, the Milwaukee Brewers scored just 12 runs. The Philadelphia Phillies have scored just 13 runs while losing six of their last nine games. And those teams aren't alone. The ...

Joey Votto’s MVP Season Was Not a Fluke

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

In 2010, the Reds surprised many people when they knocked the Cardinals off their perch at the top of Central Division. While their pitching came together late in the season, it was the Reds high-powered offense led by MVP Joey Votto that fueled their run to the postseason. The season ...

Dusty Baker Says the Reds Don’t Have Anything to Prove This Season

Monday, February 21st, 2011

Last year was a season where everything came together in Cincinnati. They had one of the most potent offenses in all of baseball led by MVP Joey Votto and their young pitching rotation matured as the season went on. It all led to the Reds making their first postseason appearance ...

Joe Morgan On Life After Sunday Night Baseball “I’m not sure what I want to do in that direction yet.”

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

For twenty-one years baseball fans tuned into their television sets to hear the voices of Jon Miller and Joe Morgan analyze and break down everything there was to be told in Major League Baseball. This broadcast tandem worked together for what seemed to be an eternity when looking at it ...

The Reigning NL MVP Got Rewarded with a New Contract

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Joey Votto had a magical season for the Cincinnati Reds last year. He was second in the National League with a .324 batting average, was third in the league in both home runs and RBI’s, he made the All-Star team for the first time in his career, was the NL ...

Joey Votto Overcame Depression and a Near All-Star Snub To Become an MVP

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

This season Reds first baseman Joey Votto wasn't good enough to get on the National League All-Star roster without a little help from the fans. Votto didn't need any help capturing his first ever NL MVP award. Votto had the best year of his career this past season. He was ...

And This Division Belongs To The Reds

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

What a moment. So what if the team had about a 99.99% chance (I didn't make that up, that's true) of winning the division and making the playoffs going into the day. And so what if a St. Louis Cardinals' loss the same night would have clinched for the team ...

Pete Rose: “Don’t Be Like Me”

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

He's not a great guy and he will never enter the Hall of Fame as long as Bud Selig is commissioner, but Pete Rose actually did something noteworthy last weekend. A funny thing happened on the way to celebrating the 25th anniversary of Rose's record setting all-time hit (4192 to ...

Brandon Phillips Believes Carlos Gonzalez Should Be MVP Front-Runner

Friday, September 10th, 2010

Brandon Phillips has a teammate that is currently locked in the MVP race. He doesn't believe, at least as of today, that that teammate should win the award. Joey Votto, who won over the hearts of many through his campaign to be the last man added to the All-Star team, enters today ...

Dusty Baker Would Be Surprised if the Reds Don’t Make the Playoffs This Year

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

The Cincinnati Reds might be the surprise of the season in Major League Baseball. After finishing in fourth place in the NL Central last year and not having a record above .500 for the last decade, there were not too many expectations for Cincinnati this season from outside the organization. ...