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If the New Red Machine needed servicing, vis-à-vis an oil change, they got it at the right time. Fresh (or shall I say stale) from a sweep at the hands of the lowly Seattle Mariners, the Reds borrowed the broom from the M's and took it to Oakland with them. They swept the A's, salvaging a split of the six-game road trip. Being only a half-game ...

If you are a true baseball fan, you're probably a regular visitor to Baseball-Reference.com.  If you are a sports writer, you most likely set your sails for Baseball-Reference.com prior to writing your baseball pieces. What exactly is Baseball-Reference.com? It is a virtual warehouse of statistics covering every player who has played an inning of Major League Baseball. It is the vast file cabinet where all baseball numbers reside, waiting to be ...

Hot hitting has been the reason for the Reds' success to this point. It may astonish you to know that four of the top 11 batters in the National League wear Cincinnati uniforms. That is correct. Scott Rolen is currently fifth in the league at .309, Brandon Phillips is ninth at .304, while Jonny Gomes and Joey Votto are tied at 10th, both batting .301. I haven't ...

The San Franisco Giants are exploiting the Reds vulnerability, the bullpen.For the second straight night the Reds were either ahead or behind by one when the starter turned the keys to the car over to the bullpen. Mistake!  Don't turn a close game over to this bullpen, it will be hazardous to your health.On Monday it was Bobby Shantz look-alike Danny Ray Herrera getting roughed up and absorbing the loss. ...

The Cincinnati Reds have a very good baseball team. That isn't opinion, it is fact. Coming into Atlanta on Wednesday they had won nine of their last 10 games, were seven games above .500 and in first place of the National League's Central Division. The starting pitching had been superb, the hitting was outstanding and their defense was second to none. The Braves slowed their roll on Wednesday night with a walk-off win ...

For a man considered by many to be very talented, Milton Bradley has called eight cities "home" in 11 seasons in MLB. I realize there have been other players who have become "shop worn" over the years. Kenny Lofton pops into my mind first. He played for 11 different squads in his very good 17-year career. With Lofton 10 of those teams came in his final seven seasons after spending ...

This is my most recent endeavor. I am compiling All-Franchise Teams based on African Americans. The idea came to me as a result of the recent hiring of Joe Morgan by the Cincinnati Reds. Morgan brought to light the decline in African-American players in MLB. I have decided to start with the Yankees. It is part of my master plan to complete the American and National Leagues if I live long ...

Ramon Hernandez knocked in the winning run in the last of the eighth inning as the Cincinnati Reds did what they do best. They came from behind to score the winning run in their last at-bat for the seventh time in eight wins. The Reds evened their homestand at 3-3, while putting the skids on the San Diego Padres win streak at eight. They won the series against the Los Angeles Dodgers ...

I know that is a weird title for an article, but I didn't know what else to call it.It is a subject most of us never think about or simply didn't know about them.I am referring to the RBI that are left after a ball caroms off the wall with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th or extra innings walk offs in a tie-game or come from ...

Where do I begin? How do you talk about ending a love-hate relationship?That is where I am with Francisco "Coco" Cordero. If you watched Saturday night's loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates, you should already be in league with me.Johnny Cueto left after five complete innings pitched and a one run lead. He was in line for the first win for a Reds starter in the young season.Three pitchers (Daniel Harrera, Logan ...