Riggleman realizes the reality of it all
CINCINNATI — Jim Riggleman has been around baseball long enough to realize that a Major League season is a long and winding road. It does nobody any good to get giddy over a 7-and-3 record over 10...
View ArticleJared Hughes: His locker a must-stop for media
CINCINNATI — Jared Hughes thought he had a claim to fame, something worthy of a small plaque in a corner of the Cooperstown museum. Ever since 2012, when a team plays a doubleheader, it is permitted to...
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LeCure ‘bounces a few things’ off Bailey
Reds starter Homer Bailey pitches against the Mets on Monday, May 7, 2018, at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. David Jablonski/Staff CINCINNATI — It was a quiet Sunday morning in the Cincinnati...
View ArticleNews aplenty: Lorenzen, Brandon Dixon, Barnhart
CINCINNATI — There are days when a baseball writer has to look under clubhouse cushions and under the bat rack to find a story. And then there are days when the writer walks into the clubhouse gets hit...
View ArticleIglesias, Brice land on 10-day disabled list
CINCINNATI — The saying is that no news is good news and the Cincinnati Reds would love to say, “No news today.” Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case Wednesday afternoon and the bad news came from where...
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Ted Power: A reliever who started a really ‘big’ game
Ted Power, the Reds pitching coach, watches Dayton’s Chris Gruler warm up prior to a game in 2005. CINCINNATI — Ted Power was seated comfortably in the Cincinnati Reds bullpen the other day, listening...
View ArticleSuarez hits a grand slam, Castillo slams the door
CINCINNATI — It was La Piedra (‘The Stone’) versus a Nova (shining star) Thursday afternoon in Great American Ball Park and the stone prevailed. Luis Castillo, nicknamed La Piedra, started for the...
View ArticleRockies rock Reds, Harvey with four homers, 8-2
As if they really needed a reminder, Cincinnati Reds starter Matt Harvey and the relief corps discovered what happens in Coors Field if they don’t keep the ball out of the thin milel-high air. The...
View ArticleReds rip 16 hits, lose by seven to D-Backs
Joe Garagiola spent a lifetime behind a microphone, including several years as broadcaster for the Arizona Diamondbacks and he wrote a book entitled, “Baseball is a Funny Game.” Never was it more true...
View ArticleCastillo’s walk on the wild side does him in
The news surrounding the Cincinnati Reds Tuesday was all about pitching. And it wasn’t necessarily good. First of all, Luis Castillo was chasing his fourth straight victory Tuesday night in Chase...
View ArticleDuvall’s grand slam saves Romano’s day
Sal Romano probably was pitching for his rotation life for the Cincinnati Reds Wednesday afternoon in Chase Field. And after two batters it looked ominous. Homer Bailey received word Tuesday that he...
View ArticleMahle pitches a good one as Reds pound Padres, 7-2
One of the fears a major league manager has when his team visits paradise in the U.S., the city of San Diego, is that his players might be distracted. They might slip away for a day of deep sea fishing...
View ArticleCastillo learns a lesson the hard way
The Learning Curve for a young major league pitcher can be as steep as Pike’s Peak and Luis Castillo was force-fed a lesson Sunday afternoon in Petco Park. The message: Do not use your third-best pitch...
View ArticleReds draft U-Florida third baseman in first round
The first knee-jerk reaction to the Cincinnati Reds No. 1 pick in Monday’s amateur free agent draft: What? Why a third baseman? Yes, with their No. 1, fifth overall, the Reds drafted University of...
View ArticleScooters thinks low but performs high
CINCINNATI — Scooter Gennett was genuinely taken aback when he was asked if he knew what day Wednesday would be. He didn’t say, “It will be Wednesday,” which it will be. And he didn’t say, “It will be...
View ArticleWandy has wandered off the track in Reds bullpen
CINCINNATI — Wandy Peralta threw a pitch to Colorado Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez Tuesday night and when the ball came to rest it was 473 feet from home plate, far enough that press box occupants...
View ArticleBailey could return to rotation after rehab starts
CINCINNATI — When the Cincinnati Reds leave town next week, pitcher Homer Bailey will leave town, too. But he won’t be going with the Reds to Kansas City and Pittsburgh. Bailey most likely will be with...
View ArticleThe Cardinals Jinx continues, but barely — 7-6 in 10 innings
And the beat goes on. . .and on and on and on and on. It seems as if the St. Louis Cardinals could put a bunch of life-sized cardboard cutouts of themselves on the field and still beat the Cincinnati...
View ArticleSchebler at leadoff: ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’
CINCINNATI — Jim Riggleman smiled broadly when it was mentioned that it was his stroke of genius to put Scott Schebler at the top of the Cincinnati Reds batting order. “Somebody much smarter than me,...
View ArticleWhat can the Reds do with/about Billy Hamilton?
CINCINNATI — The enigma that is Billy Hamilton continues to perplex everybody involved with the Cincinnati Reds — what to do and what not to do. Manager Jim Riggleman continues his mantra that the Reds...
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