https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/mlb/reds/2024/11/22/cincinnati-reds-trade-jonathan-india-joey-wiemer-to-kc-for-brady-singer-2025/76509318007/

He came to the Reds in the trade that sent P Ross Grimsley to the Orioles in Dec. 1973, and was on the Big Red Machine's first championship team in '75.

He was traded to the Padres in April of 1976.

The photo on the right is from Game 2 of the '75 WS where he popped out pinch-hitting for Will McEnaney in the 8th inning.

Reds signed Nick Martinez to a 2 year deal, with an opt-out clause after 1 year

Nick Martinez, Reds agree to deal (mlb.com)

Found this Gem.

This guy was a hero of my childhood, along with a bunch of other Reds: Frank R., Vada, Jim Maloney, Bench, Perez, and oddly enough, Bobby Tolan. Loved the Reds then, not so much now.

Doc is worth watching. It pulls no punches and still shows a kind of human side to Rose. Came out of it feeling sad for this man who was inspiring between the lines and just a sad, poorly educated, schlub outside of them. My feeling is summarized by this twist of a cliche: "I'd like him with a ten foot pole." And I, too, believe he belongs in the Hall of Fame.

He was my mom’s favorite Reds pitcher. My very first game was the night that Don Gullett took a Larvell Blanks line drive off of his thumb, breaking it and causing him to miss 2 months of the 1975 season. 😢That wound up being the impetus for Sparky Anderson to become “Captain Hook “. He blamed himself for leaving him in too long. 

Greene with his 100mph pitches cant throw enough strikes to last 6 inns.

100 loss season once again.

Castellinnis have ruined this team...

Surely there's a buyer out there.

Gambling was the major prohibitive

rule..

He chose to gamble anyway.

That was 37yrs ago.

Gambling has changed in sports.

Bet on anything you like.

Its not that sacred code of conduct anymore..

Rose turned 82 ..

Time to let 'Charlie Hustle' into the Hall with his peers..

Last night why did each team get a free runner on 2nd base to start to the 10th?  When did this become a thing? 

Theyll sign mediocre talent and trade decent players away.

This team will dwell in the basement until owners sell..

Please sell!

and looking like a team that's unable of pulling out if it

I have selected a team damn near as bad to race for the worst team. Maybe ever award..

Detroit Tigers

worst record besides the Reds ..

Cincinnati....7-24

Detroit......   9-22

Let the race begin..

...

Hunter Green just broke the record for most 100+ mph balls thrown in a single game, he hit 39

https://www.mlb.com/news/hunter-greene-breaks-record-for-most-100-mph-pitches-in-a-game

Reds obtain LHP Brandon Williamson.

4-1 SO/W rate..

Tops at 96mph but nasty slider and good changeup _(80moh) 

A starter that should start in AA and move to AAA quickly..

Petty is 18yrs old with a fastball up to 100mph..

Very good prospect in return for Gray plus his salary off the books..

I like it..

Miley alkready gone with Gray and Castillo not far behind..

Castellanos is looking foe a hefty pay raise so hes gone too...

They offered him the 18mil deal to obtain a comp pick for him ..

Moustakis was a huge mistake..

I see Hunter Green and Mahle Lodolo and Gutierrez as starters next year..

Wouldnt be surprised if the owner 

sheds more salaries and sell the team soon..

during new contract negotiations..

What will owners and players ask for?

Id like to see owners get a cap on spending..

Competitive balance is essential..

He could be something special..

Hope they dont make him a closer

like Chapman...

Oldest living member of HOF...

Great great player he was..

an infield of...

1B...Votto

2B ..India

SS...Suerez

3B...Moustakis

Horrible defense looms..

What they can't find a shortstop to stop this insanity of a defensive infield??

Wooooo Hooooo!

He was a natural hitter..

He could have been one of the greats.

Drugs took him down to the depths many times..

He fought those demons but he couldnt 

sustain his will against them..

His cursed habit might have led to his daughter using..or worse..

Hes one of the tormented souls ..

I wish him peace someday. 

With this, “Moose”, and Akiyama it looks like they are trying to put a good team on the field this season!

Whats up?

https://eu.cincinnati.com/story/sports/mlb/reds/2019/09/29/what-happens-when-pro-athlete-clinically-depressed-ask-danny-graves/2128637001/

What a bust Puig is so far. Not one hit yet and 7 games deep. 

Time to trade Votto for some AA players. 

I can't believe anyone would pay let alone donate their time to go watch this sorry ass team. Every seat should be empty for home games. Let these bums smash the Expos poor attendance records. 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/12494312/pete-rose-makes-formal-request-mlb-commissioner-rob-manfred-lift-life-ban

Thoughts?  Don't know much about him and haven't really followed the Reds for a few years.

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So, the Warriors have added their All-Stars for the offseason, the TB12 diet has been beaten to death, and Tim Tebow is still in Binghamton. Unfortunately, this means that our network will be forced to broadcast an MLB game. There is a procedure in place for such emergencies. Follow these guidelines, and you will be able to effectively use a baseball game to kill time between segments on Ohio State's backup QB.

1. First and foremost, baseball fans should consider themselves lucky we’re taking time out of our busy schedule of eternally debating LeBron’s legacy and showing you Sam Darnold throw screen passes in shorts at Jets’ training camp.
2. Baseball fans romanticize about baseball played on a warm summer day. For them, watching baseball is the perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon. For this reason, ESPN games should be broadcast in the dead of night. As late as you can possibly go. Whenever the witching hour is, that’s when you should put the games on.
3. Sneaking the game on to the network under the cover of darkness has several important benefits:
   1. Makes watching the end of the game a burden on anyone who has to wake up on Monday.
   2. Limits the ability of children to watch, which is fine because children don’t buy things.
   3. Puts people at the stadiums through literal hell. Why have people combat the Major Deegan Expressway at 4:00 pm when they could do it at midnight?
   4. Screws over any team that needs to travel to a game (or two) the next day.
   5. Allows no flexibility in case of rain. Rain is an Act of God, and if He wants the game cancelled, who are we to leave extra time in the day to make the game playable.
4. The lateness of games is made acceptable because a game of Baseball is divided into 4 15:00 minute quarters, and the game can end in a tie, so there is no chance of the games going later than intended.
5. Game Selection: It’s the Yankees. Always pick the Yankees, their games account for 87% of the Sunday Night Baseball profit margin. They also have that tall fellow we like.
   1. New York is the best market, which is why the start time is optimized for the West Coast.
   2. Yankee-Red Sox games are perhaps the only thing in baseball more appealing than a Grizzlies-Pelicans NBA Summer League game, so sink your talons deep into that one.
   3. The Mets are lucky they have Tebow, or we wouldn’t recognize them as a professional team, let alone put them on the air.
   4. The only thing better than a Yankee game is the Red Sox game before their 11:00 am Patriot's Day game. April nights in Boston are famously comfortable, and the team will be thrilled to play 11 hours after the conclusion of their last game.
   5. Canada doesn't count for our ratings, but if the Yankees have a double-header the next day, we'll move our whole broadcast up to Toronto.
6. Pregame: The Pregame show should be dedicated to discussing the teams entirely through platitudes and preconceived notions. For instance, introduce the fact that Yankees Right-Fielder Aaron Judge is formidable hitter because of his prodigious power. Then, remind the audience that his power is rendered useless by strikeouts (the most heinous of outs), that the Yankees hit too many home runs to be good, and that they will not be able to hit home runs in the playoffs. This analysis is important because while those statements are false, they are also irrelevant. Be sure to say things like “Good pitching always stops good hitting,” as though it would add to the conversation.
7. On-Air Personalities: Baseball is a naturally boring exhibition. For this reason, our broadcast booth should try to distract the audience from the game as much as possible.
   1. The ideal booth should contain a play-by-play man, a former softball player, and a retired baseball legend. The softball player and the retired legend should have plenty of baseball knowledge, but nobody will be interested in that. If the softball player has some middling anecdotes about the city where the game is being played, great. If the retired legend’s hot rock-star girlfriend shows up, even better.
   2. The booth should always be talking. Banter and half-baked analysis can be used to distract viewers from the dullness of the sport they are watching. Silence is the enemy. Commentators should always try and start a sentence, even if there is no ending in mind. Articulation and relevancy are of no concern. Television is a visual media, so the viewers will be very distressed to watch a few seconds of baseball unaccompanied by disembodied voices.
   3. Audiences are used to commentators who call only their teams games. These announcers have more knowledge about the team than our own commentators, but we believe that busier graphics and J-Lo in tight pants make up for losing an announcer who watches the team every day.
   4. At least we don't have A.J. Pierzynski.
8. Interviews: For 120 years, fans contentedly followed the MLB without needing interviews from the dugout. However ESPN now offers fans the opportunity to listen to MLB managers offer non-responses, like "That's a good ball-club over there," "We're having really competitive at-bats," and "We just have to keep grinding," to the most bland questions in sports history. Again, this allows us to take attention away from the baseball game being played, which is what we and the audience prefer.
9. Remotes: Here at ESPN, we assume that the national baseball audience hates baseball as much as we do. For this reason, we will cut away from entire innings in order to bring the audience remote segments with baseball guys. For instance, if a marquis matchup between historic franchises is tied at 1 in the 6th inning, that is a good time to air a tour of the away manager’s mobile home. Remember, your audience are not baseball fans, they are RV fans in need of rescue.
10. Marketing your stars: The MLB has this generational talent that they have a ton of trouble marketing for some reason. He’s the most important player, but no one in America knows who he is. What’s his name? You know him. He’s the thumb-looking guy. It starts with a T?
11. That’s right, it’s Todd Frazier. America needs to know everything about Todd Frazier. Preach Todd Frazier’s Little League World Series appearance from the mountaintop like it’s our new messiah. Todd is our prophet, and Tom’s River is our Mecca. You see, the fact that Todd has played 1.5 of his 7 major league seasons near his house is the feel-good story needed to salvage this piece-of-shit sport. Did you know he met Derek Jeter in Yankee Stadium as a 10-year old? Soon, all of America will know.
12. Camerawork: Because our equipment travels to new stadiums every week, we sometimes struggle to call up correct camera angles, and keep the action in frame. In order to maintain the infrastructure to make this quality of production possible, each MLB team would need its own dedicated TV crews, with possibly their own TV Networks. Unfortunately, no such provisions exist here in 2018, and so TV audiences must be satisfied with the level of production we provide. We have a box that shows the strike-zone superimposed over the game footage. This box is not necessarily accurate, and has no bearing on how balls and strikes will be called by the umpire, but its a very nice box. Its okay if you lose fly-balls in the corner. Fans are not very interested in the path of a fly-ball near the wall.

 

C: Johnny Bench

1B: Tony Perez

2B: Brandon Phillips

SS: Barry Larkin

3B: Chris Sabo

LF: George Foster

CF: Eric Davis

RF: Jay Bruce

P: Jonny Cueto