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Not literally, but the Cincinnati Reds do need to do it figuratively.Memorial Day weekend is just a few days away—marking the unofficial start to Summer—and for baseball, this weekend also marks the "real" start to the season. The pretenders begin to show their true colors, and the contenders grab the bull by the horns as the temperatures rise.For the last decade, Reds fans have been used to watching their teams melt ...

Remember that scene in the movie Bull Durham when Crash Davis (aka Kevin Costner) tells the manager what he should do to get his team to respond? Funny, you see those kinds of tricks work in the movies. But believe it or not, the Cincinnati Reds manager may have hit a home run of his own with such a tantrum back in April. If you don't remember from the movie, ...

The Reds need some help smoothing out those rough edges that have been a thorn in their side thus far. Those rough edges creep up in all facets of their game, but luckily they have not been an every day, every game occurrence. You have to give the starting pitching a ton of credit for their performance over the last two weeks though. In the last nine games from April 26 through today ...

I'll take this as a tongue-in-cheek joke, because it is funny, but I really hope Aaron Harang doesn't really believe this: “We're close enough to Kentucky. I should be able to find a horseshoe,” Harang said, insisting that bad luck has as much to do with his record as anything else. This was after Harang tossed the Reds' first quality start in nine games and became just the second starter to pick ...

Like most Reds diehards, I'm treading lightly on praise right now, but it is soooooo hard to hide the enthusiasm. Oh, and this from the Enquirer today on twitter: @Cincienquirer Aroldis Chapman will make his debut in Louisville Friday. Tickets are, predictably, going fast: http://bit.ly/csEHc0 To tell you the truth, I do not think Cincinnati needs to have Chapman test the big leagues, along with Mike Leake (if it comes ...

It is clear the National League is behind the American League when it comes to overall power and hitting numbers, but they equal the playing field because they have better pitching and defense, both of which are major concerns for Cincinnati.The Reds have proven at times this year that your pitching does not have to be spectacular to win games (although it helps), but you can't win games when you ...

Cincinnati tends to get that string of bad luck right around mid season where injuries pile up and lineup mainstays are replaced by rookies & journeymen from their farm system. Then there's the phase when executives realize the season is obviously lost and begin trading the leftovers from the Reds' opening day starting nine to teams in contention for unproven prospects. This has taken place each of the past, it seems ...