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Homer Bailey was Cincinnati’s best starting pitcher while the rest of the team was stumbling out of the gate to a 3-18 start. The veteran Reds right-hander was 0-3 through his first five starts after a 4-3 loss at St. Louis on April 21, but he had a respectable 3.68 earned-run average and had delivered several win-worthy starts. As the rest of the Reds started turning things around, so did Bailey...
Jon Lester pitched six dominant innings, Addison Russell tied his career high with four hits and the Chicago Cubs quickly took control with a three-run first inning on the way to an 8-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds in the opener of their four-game series Friday night. Playing in a steady downpour that delayed the start of the game by 93 minutes, Willson Contreras added three hits and six different...
Seven days in California kept the Cincinnati Reds on an upward trajectory. Since firing manager Bryan Price and starting 0-3 under interim manager Jim Riggleman to fall to 3-18 (.143), the Reds are 12-11 (.521). In the big picture, a 15-29 record (.341) doesn’t look good, but if the Reds can continue to win 52.1 percent of their games in the next 118 games, they’ll finish with 77 victories...
Cincinnati Reds president of baseball operations Dick Williams had a positive update on Nick Senzel on Wednesday. Per MLB.com, the team’s top prospect is ready to resume baseball activity a little more than a week after going on the disabled list with symptoms of vertigo. Senzel last played May 3, when he was removed from the game early. The No. 2 overall pick in the 2016 draft...
With the Cincinnati Reds winning five of seven on the West Coast and looking like an actual major-league baseball team more often than not over about a three-week span, taking a peak at the box score in the morning isn’t so terrifying anymore. There was lots to like about Cincinnati’s 6-3 win in San Francisco on Wednesday, but the numbers only told part of the story. This...
Associated Press Of course Scooter Gennett knew he had made that magnificent play all the way. “Yeah, well I’m really fast,” Cincinnati’s second baseman quipped, grinning, “so long distances aren’t really a problem for me. I get there pretty quick.” Scooter sure can scoot. »HARTMAN: Honesty doesn’t pay for Votto »MCCOY: One big inning dooms...
Joey Votto set aside 45 minutes or so for a podcast and some people lost their minds. In case you missed it, the Cincinnati Reds ace batsman opened up about a few things during a long conversation with Yahoo Sports. He spoke about his admiration of Ichiro and Bryce Harper (among others), his view of PED users, his outlook for Shohei Ohtani and more, but lots of writers latched onto his...
Some pointed comments from Joey Votto set the baseball corner of the internet on fire Tuesday, but the part getting the most play wasn’t the most interesting. In case you missed it, Yahoo Sports posted a lengthy conversation between Votto and writer Tim Brown that included the Cincinnati Reds star first baseman noting fans are losing interest in the team in the midst of a historically...
Andrew McCutchen saw no reason to dwell on his 1,500th hit because he hopes to add many more. McCutchen doubled in his first two at-bats to reach the career milestone and the San Francisco Giants snapped the Cincinnati Reds’ six-game winning streak with a 10-7 victory Monday night. “It’s not a big deal because I don’t want to stop at 1,500,” McCutchen said. “It&rsquo...
Monday night in San Francisco the Reds had their starter knocked out of the game early, their six-game winning streak snapped and their best player leave early with back tightness. Also: There was an earthquake. Other than that, the 10-7 loss to the Giants went pretty well. Sure the good times weren’t going to last forever, but that is an awful lot to take in one...
Cincinnati Reds second baseman Scooter Gennett continues to prove his career season a year ago wasn’t a fluke. Gennett was named National League Player of the Week on Monday. He hit .591 (13 for 22) in five games with two doubles, four home runs, seven runs scored and 10 RBIs. He increased his season average from .289 to a team-best .329. He’s tied for fourth in the National League in...
The Cincinnati Reds have not played their best on the west coast over the years. Momentum dies there. Losing streaks begin. Whether it’s the time difference, the quality of the opponents or the distractions of beaches and mountains and beautiful cities, the list of road trips to forget is a long one. For example, three months before they won the World Series in 1990, the Reds went 2-9 on a trip...
What a difference a week makes — again. The Cincinnati Reds beat the Dodgers 5-3 Sunday in Southern California. That sentence alone would be surprising to anyone very familiar with the recent history of the Reds, but it is just the tip of the iceberg. The victory completed an improbable four-game sweep of the defending National League champions and ran Cincinnati&rsquo...
Hunter Greene won’t look to the past. The 18-year-old phenom doesn’t have time for reminiscing. Just over a year ago, Greene appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated alongside a headline declaring him as the game’s best next prospect. »RELATED: Mondile, Dragons fall to Peoria »RELATED: Schebler’s bomb leads Reds to 5th straight win From there, Greene was drafted...
Scott Schebler began his career with the Dodgers and loved his time with the franchise. Now in his third season with Cincinnati, he admitted his big homer back in Los Angeles had some extra special meaning. Schebler hit a three-run home run in the four-run sixth inning to lead the Reds to a 5-3 win over the Dodgers on Saturday night. “They traded me, they moved on. I’d be lying if I didn&rsquo...
Matt Harvey toed the rubber against Chase Utley and fell behind 3-0 facing his first batter in his Reds debut. His next pitch was a 91-mph strike and then he got Utley to fly out to left for his first out in his first start since April 19. From there, Harvey tossed four innings of one-hit ball and Cincinnati defeated the scuffling Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on Friday night, extending their season-high...
Nick Krall was careful to point out he’s not “taking over” in the Cincinnati Reds front office. He was promoted Thursday from assistant general manager to general manager, but it doesn’t change the basic structure. Dick Williams is still in charge. He just longer has the title of general manager. “It’s a collaborative process with Dick, who will still be president...
Matt Harvey will make his Cincinnati Reds debut on Friday night in Los Angeles. The Reds play the Dodgers at 10:10 p.m. The Reds sent struggling starter Brandon Finnegan, who was 0-3 with a 7.40 ERA in five starts, to Triple-A Louisville on Thursday before the series opener against the Dodgers. The Reds won 4-1 behind a strong start by Tyler Mahle. The Reds acquired Harvey on Wednesday in ...
Pitching close to home, Tyler Mahle wanted to give his family and friends something worth the drive from Orange County. Early on, the Dodgers were running his pitch count high enough that Mahle figured he’d be gone. “That would have been a bummer,” he said. »RELATED: Reds confident Senzel will be back in action soon »RELATED: Reds make change to front office Instead,...
Dick Williams, the Cincinnati Reds’ president of baseball operations, is optimistic top prospect Nick Senzel will return to action soon. The Triple-A Louisville Bats placed Senzel on the seven-day disabled list Tuesday. The move was retroactive to Sunday. He has been suffering from vertigo, an illness that forced him out of action in late August last season. When Senzel is symptom free...
The Cincinnati Reds promoted Nick Krall, who has served as the franchise’s vice president and assistant general manager since 2015, to general manager on Thursday. Dick Williams, who has served as president of baseball operations and general manager, will remain the president of baseball operations. "Nick understands every aspect of our baseball operations. Increasing his authority within...
Nick Senzel has been placed on the seven-day disabled list by the Louisville Bats because of a bout with vertigo. The Cincinnati Reds’ No. 1 prospect and among the top 10 in all of baseball, Senzel last played May 3 when he was removed from a game in Norfolk, Va., with what was reported as dizziness. He also sat out the end of last season at Double-A Pensacola with vertigo. ...
For all the stuff we talk about every day in the sports world, games pretty much always come down to who has the ball in their hands. That’s what we’re focusing on today thanks to Anthony Grant opening up to David Jablonski about his emphasis on building backcourt depth for the future of Dayton basketball. Not only are the Flyers scheduled to be deep in the backcourt in two...
The Cincinnati Reds departed for Los Angeles riding a mini wave of momentum in the form of: Back-to-back wins for the second time this season. A series victory for the second time in 11 tries. And consecutive games allowing two or fewer runs for the second time this year. It’s probably not a coincidence that the little spurt of success began hours after the team
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The New York Mets didn’t have a lot of chances to score Wednesday afternoon during their rubber match against the Cincinnati Reds. Most of that was due to a strong outing by Reds starter Sal Romano. »RELATED: Reds expect newly acquired Harvey to pitch this weekend »WATCH: Johnny Bench spices up Reds-Mets with own brand of commentary »RELATED: Reds trade Mesoraco to Mets before...
Cincinnati Reds interim manager Jim Riggleman said prior to Wednesday’s game against the New York Mets that he expects Matt Harvey to pitch at some point during the four-game series in Los Angeles this weekend. But the exact plan for Harvey, whom the Reds obtained in a trade with the Mets for catcher Devin Mesoraco prior to Tuesday’s game, will not be set until after the team arrives in...
Today’s series finale between the New York Mets and Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park featured a rare inning-ending double in the top of the first. Asdrubal Cabrera sliced a two-out, ground-rule double just inside the left-field line, but because the Mets batted out of order, the inning ended. The lineup card Mets manager Mickey Callaway turned in to the umpires had Cabrera batting...
The Reds are bad this season, but Johnny Bench is still good. He spent a few minutes talking to SportsNet New York about various baseball things and even showed off his play-by-play abilities in between comments. (He definitely was not lacking enthusiasm.) The Hall of Famer also shared some insight into how he began his development into the greatest catcher of all time, the state...
And so it is done: Joe Burrow is leaving Ohio State. That means Urban Meyer’s offense will belong to Dwayne Haskins Jr. this fall barring something unforeseen. Hopefully it works out for everyone. There’s a good chance it will given the talents of both, but it’s still a little said. I have to admit I was rooting for Burrow to be Ohio State’s starter...
The Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets swapped veteran players Devin Mesoraco and Matt Harvey, both 29 and former all-stars, before the second game of a three-game series at Great American Ball Park. The Reds also acquired an undisclosed amount of cash. Mesoraco has played his entire eight-year career with the Reds but has battled injuries in recent years and was backing up Tucker Barnhart this season...
I haven’t seen every special promotion ever held by a professional baseball team, but I am having a hard time imagining one better than one the Louisville Bats have planned for later this month. On May 26, the Cincinnati Reds’ Triple-A affiliate will be known as the Louisville Mashers instead of the Bats. What’s a masher? It could be a baseball player on a hot streak...
The Cincinnati Reds added a fresh arm to the bullpen Monday, promoting Jackson Stephens from Triple-A Louisville and sending Kevin Shackelford to Louisville. They need to make that move after using six relief pitchers Sunday in an 8-5 loss to the Miami Marlins, and a four-inning start by Homer Bailey on Monday resulted in another long night for the bullpen in a 7-6 loss to the New York Mets at Great...
As promised, the college basketball season has been eventful for Dayton and Wright State. The Flyers added another player Monday with a commitment from Rodney Chatman III. He is a transfer from Chattanooga, and yet another small guard who is joining coach Anthony Grant’s program. The 6-foot-1 Chatman, who averaged 13.3 points per game as a college sophomore last season, joins...
Jim Riggleman keeps doing his best to remain optimistic as the Cincinnati Reds season spirals deeper into a pit of despair. Bryan Price was 3-15 when the Reds fired him. Riggleman took over as interim manager and fell to 5-12 on Monday as the Reds lost 7-6 to the New York Mets in the opener of a three-game series at Great American Ball Park. The Reds (8-27) reached 27 losses three weeks earlier than...
It was evident something different was happening Monday night in Great American Ball Park when several fans were spotted wearing Cincinnati Reds jerseys with ‘Frazier’ and ‘Bruce’ on the backs. Todd Frazier and Jay Bruce, both former Reds, are back in town for the next few days, playing together for the New York Mets. »RELATED: Reds fall 19 games under .500 »RELATED...
The Cincinnati Reds followed a familiar script Monday in losing their third game in a row and 27th game of the 2018 season. A poor performance by a starting pitcher, this time Homer Bailey, left the Reds in a 5-0 hole. Despite a late rally, they lost 7-6 to the New York Mets in the opener of a three-game series at Great American Ball Park. Here’s a quick recap of the game: Big picture: At 8-27...
Despite an 0-3 record and an 8.27 ERA in five starts, Brandon Finnegan will make his next start for the Cincinnati Reds. Interim manager Jim Riggleman wouldn’t make any definitive statements about Finnegan’s future beyond that. “Nothing is jumping out at us as to who would replace him,” Riggleman said Monday, “but I can’t tell you how many more starts we’re...
Cincinnati Reds fans wanting to see Hunter Greene pitch in Dayton again are going to have to wait an extra few days. The Dragons announced Monday afternoon the 2017 first-round pick’s next scheduled will be May 12. His scheduled Tuesday night start will be skipped, “for the purpose of keeping his total number of pitches for the season below a desired number.” The...
The Cincinnati Reds are going nowhere fast this season. Hopes of taking a step forward in their rebuilding process evaporated almost immediately, and it might get worse before it gets better. Meanwhile, Matt Harvey is available after having a falling out with the New York Mets. Here are reasons taking a chance on Harvey would make sense for the Reds. Yes, this is the most...
Well, that was fun while it lasted. The Cincinnati Reds followed their first winning week of the season by getting swept by the Brewers and dropping two of three to a Marlins team that isn’t trying to win this season. Not a great look, even for a bad team. It’s tempting to say the past seven days were the most disappointing of 2018 so far, but of course they&rsquo...
It’s taken longer than expected, but if nothing gets in the way, Homer Bailey will make his 200th career start for the Reds on Monday against the New York Mets. Bailey, who turned 32 on Thursday, seemed poised to reach that level much earlier after the 2013 season, when he made 32 starts. That was one season after he tied for the National League lead with 33 starts, helping Cincinnati win a...
Overshadowed in Reds Country by the hand-wringing about Billy Hamilton’s struggles at the plate has been Adam Duvall’s ongoing slump. While the Cincinnati left fielder went into Saturday’s game leading the team with five home runs and second behind third baseman Eugenio Suarez with 16 runs batted in, he also was hitting a meager .167. »RELATED: Former Dragon eager with another...
The downward spiral of the Cincinnati Reds began one day after they lost a 2013 National League wild card game to the Pittsburgh Pirates. They fired Dusty Baker. They fired the manager who had taken them to the postseason in three of the previous four seasons. They fired him after a 90-win season. They fired him with one year left on his contract. Why? Because in each of those three postseasons they...
At the Miami Duals track meet last month you might have sworn the same runner won the 800 meters and finished fifth in the 400. In actuality these were the respective results of Wright State’s identical twin runners Victoria and Sophia Angelopoulos. When you consider the athletic prowess of their parents, the twins’ success is no surprise. Their mother, Sandra, played volleyball and basketball...
For weeks, the Cincinnati Reds talked a good game about breaking out of their offensive slump. It was all they could do until they starting showing progress at the plate. “Yeah, we’ll get it going,” outfielder Scott Schebler said. “Everybody has those deals. We happened to have it early in the season.” “The way to handle it is to get out of it,” interim manager...
Four days after saying the season would turn for the better because it always does, the season did turn for Bryan Price — just not in the way he meant. The Cincinnati Reds fired Price, the 61st manager in franchise history, on Thursday, ending a five-year stretch in which he managed 666 games. His .419 winning percentage and 279-387 record goes down as the worst for any Reds manager who lasted...
Let’s see if we have this right: The Cincinnati Reds have been rebuilding for two or three years now, trading veterans for prospects/suspects. But last winter they didn’t trade a veteran for any prospects and all they did was add a couple of veteran guys to the world’s worst bullpen, signing Jared Hughes and David Hernandez. Does that mean they are no longer rebuilding? Are they...
The Trotwood boys basketball team routed GWOC foe Northmont, 76-73. Myles Belyeu led all scorers with 30 points in the win. Amari Davis tacked on 16 points and Justin Stephens 13. Jabari Perkins and Jamaal Linson each chipped in 16 points for Northmont in the losing effort. Ryan Foy added on 11. The win moves Trotwood to 7-0 in conference and 10-3 overall. Northmont drops to 1-5 in conference and...
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Gabriel Burns, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Former Braves general manager John Coppolella has been banned for life by Major League Baseball as part of discipline handed down by the league Tuesday for major infractions committed in the international free-agent market. In addition, special assistant Gordon Blakeley has been suspended for one year. In handing down the punishment, the league announced that Braves will forfeit rights to 13 international...
A Dayton native and former Cincinnati Reds player who also was a member of the 1955 World Series Champion Brooklyn Dodgers has died. Bob “Bush” Borkowski, who resided in old north Dayton, died Nov. 18 at the age of 91. Borkowski, a pitcher turned outfielder, spent most of his six seasons in Major League Baseball with the Chicago Cubs and the Reds. Toward the end of his career in 1955,...
Joey Votto delivered a masterpiece of a season for the last-place Cincinnati Reds this year, but he finished second in the race for Major League Baseball’s National League Most Valuable Player. And Reds nation is not happy. It was the closest MVP race since 1979, as Votto finished only two points behind Florida Marlins’ slugger Giancarlo Stanton in voting by the Baseball Writer’s...
The Reds have added to their stock of rookie arms in the big leagues. Cincinnati recalled pitcher Keury Mella and selected pitcher Deck McGuire from Class-AA Pensacola on Tuesday. In other moves, the team reactivated outfielder Jesse Winker from the 10-day disabled list and designated pitcher Barrett Astin for assignment. <div></div><br><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"...
The Cincinnati Bengals made their final cuts, set their practice squad then made a few more moves. They kept seven receivers, and they got a lot younger. The Bengals also got a little smaller on the defensive front, trading high-potential, low-yield Wille Clarke for short-but-productive offseason acquisition Chris Smith. Four of the players drafted in April didn’t make...
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Theresa Seiger, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor visited New York’s Yankee Stadium to watch her beloved team take on the Boston Red Sox on Thursday, and it only made sense that she found herself right at-home in “The Judge’s Chambers.” Sotomayor, a Bronx-native, took a seat in the rooting section named for rookie Aaron Judge as the Yankees beat the Red Sox 6-2, The Washington Post...
Joey Votto wrote another chapter in his growing legacy as one of the greats on and off the field Thursday. The Cincinnati slugger hit a home run to right-center field in the seventh inning against the Mets then handed his bat to a youngster in the front row. That fan, 6-year-old Walter Herbert, is a Votto fan who is battling stage four high-risk neuroblastoma. He also gave Walter...
Ohio State football begins the 2017 season this week, and Indiana presents an appropriate opponent given the biggest story of the offseason: Revamping the Buckeyes offense. This would be true even if Ohio State’s new offensive coordinator weren’t the Hoosiers’ old coach, but of course that adds another interesting layer to the proceedings set for Bloomington on Thursday night...
The further criminalization of physical contact in the NFL caught up with the Bengals late Sunday night when news broke Vontaze Burfict is facing a five-game suspension. My knee-jerk reaction was five games seems like an awful lot, even for a repeat offender. I thought I should sleep on it, and this morning I still feel that way. But, hey, rules are rules, right? Well...
Writers are told not to use exclamation points often, if at all, but today I’m making an exception because there is nothing like high school football in Ohio. The season is only one day old, and we already have some surprising results. Fairmont ended 13 years of misery by upsetting rival Alter 13-12 last night in the Battle of Kettering. While that is undoubtedly a big...
Joey Votto walked into the Reds Great American Ball Park clubhouse before Thursday’s three-game series finale against the Chicago Cubs and Rob Butcher, the club’s vice president of media relations, greeted him with a “Congratulations, Joey.” The Reds’ first baseman responded with a smile, “Now I get my full pension.” Votto officially reached 10 years of major...
The Cincinnati Reds are really working hard to erase all the positives they established in the first half of the season. OK, that’s probably overstating it a bit. Maybe. As things stand, they still have proven they have solid-or-better players at all eight every-day positions with Jesse Winker still a wild card and Nick Senzel on the way. The overburdened bullpen has had some...
Luis Castillo was lifted after four innings Sunday because of a high early pitch count and took the loss, but he gave up two runs on four hits and two walks in four innings. In the shortest of his 12 starts with the Reds, the rookie showed he can battle. That is a trait that has been sorely lacking from many of the youngsters Cincinnati has taken a look at so far on the mound this season...
Was that a wild time in Chicago for the Reds or what? Too bad the series is over because it’s anyone’s guess what insanity might have happened if there were a rubber match in the Friendly Confines today. What else can you say when a series goes 15-5, 2-1, 7-6 and 13-10? The Reds earned a split in improbable fashion Thursday with Phil Ervin’s 2-run homer proving...
The training camp performances of a pair of rookie pass rushers indicate the Cincinnati Bengals knew what they were doing when they waited until the third and fourth rounds to address that area of need in the draft. Jordan Willis is in the spotlight today after Carl Lawson hogged it for much of the early part of camp (not to mention offseason workouts). At 6-foot-2, 261 pounds, Lawson...
Unless it costs them a slot in the draft next summer, the Reds' 2-1 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field on Tuesday night doesn't mean anything. But it sure was fun. Tight. Tense. Tremendous. Unless you hate pitcher's duels, this one had everything. An exciting young starter (Luis Castillo) making a strong appearance at an iconic ballpark against the defending World Series champions...
Cincinnati Bengals fans, the long wait for preseason game No. 1 ends tonight with Marvin Lewis’ team hosting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Jay Morrison already laid out his six things to watch tonight and hit all the most important aspects of the game I can see, such as they are when the outcome doesn’t matter. I am with Jay in wanting to see how Trey Hopkins performs on the offensive...
If you’re really into the whole, “Hunter Greene is the next face of baseball,” thing, well, last night was a good night for you. The Reds’ first-round draft pick made his professional debut last night in Billings, Mont., and he stroked a two-run triple for his first hit as a Mustang. Greene is a prospect as a pitcher and a shortstop, but he got his feet wet...
Former major-league baseball star Don Baylor died Monday morning after a long struggle with multiple myeloma. He was 68. Baylor died at 4:25 a.m. Monday at St. David’s South Hospital in his native Austin, Texas, his son confirmed to the Austin American-Statesman. Baylor graduated from Austin High School as one of the first African-Americans to attend the school and the very first to play...
Friday night, the Cincinnati Bengals defense got rave reviews. The pass rushers and the defensive backs were among the standouts, which of course is a double-edged sword when your own guys are working against each other. We have reason to believe protection could be a problem for the Bengals’ offense this season, but the team’s pass rush was also in need of an upgrade. ...
We got a reminder yesterday about how quickly fortunes can turn in the NFL. One day you’re rookie Joe Mixon making headlines for running past defenders, the next you’re rookie Joe Mixon watching from a cart with a banged up heel. Of course there is good news here on two fronts: It appears he is fine, and Giovani Bernard’s faster-than-expected recovery from ACL surgery...
Should we put the Twitter machine to bed when we’re in the middle of an interview? Yeah, probably. Not that we will. Or can? These are thoughts I had when I saw Texas coach Tom Herman (a Cincinnati-born former Ohio State assistant) is banning social media posts from reporters while they talk to his guys. I may be in the minority, but I don't hate this at all. I wasn't...
For the middle of the first week of August, we’ve got all kinds of stuff going on — including knuckleheads for the Bengals and Flyers. But first a reminder: Never do anything wrong in 2017 because there will be video. This applies to you, me and people who play for the Bengals and the University of Dayton basketball team. The moving pictures from the Greene County Jail are...
The star of day four of Cincinnati Bengals training camp was Joe Mixon if social media is any indication. He put on a show at practice, reminding everyone he has a unique blend of size, speed and open-field elusiveness. Mixon moves very fluidly, especially for a 228-pounder. If he can give the Bengals a breakaway runner to go with the vertical receiving threats of A.J. Green and...
The Cincinnati Bengals got going over the weekend down on the riverfront and…. so far, so good. On offense, the big story was thought to be Tyler Eifert and John Ross getting clean bills of health. Then everyone saw Giovani Bernard looking like, well, Giovani Bernard despite having ACL surgery less than eight months ago. This is a huge development for a team with...
Cincinnati Reds fans are mourning as Reds Hall-of-Famer Lee May has died. He was 74. The Reds organization issued a statement, extending condolences to the family, friends and former teammates of Lee May, who played for the home team from 1965 to 1971. "We are deeply saddened to lose the Big Bopper,” Rick Walls, executive director of the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum said in a prepared statement...
It’s a long way from low-A to the Major Leagues, but Anthony DeSclafani took a step toward rejoining the Reds rotation with a rehab start for the Dayton Dragons on Saturday night. DeSclafani gave up one hit and struck out six batters in four innings of work against on the road at Fort Wayne TinCaps. The right-hander threw 46 pitches, 33 of them for strikes, and faced 14 hitters. DeSclafani suffered...
If you have ever wanted a Cincinnati Reds hat with the University of Dayton logo on it, now is your chance to get one. For the second consecutive year, the Reds are holding a college weekend in late summer (Aug. 25-27). For the first time, Dayton is part of the fun. Per the Reds: Dayton joins the University of Cincinnati, Xavier, Thomas More, Kentucky and Northern Kentucky...
Jose Siri didn’t waste any time extending his hitting streak in Lansing on Wednesday night. The Dragons outfielder slammed the first pitch of the game over the left field wall, pushing the longest streak in baseball this season to 31 games. The blast was Siri’s 17th home run of the season, and the 11th since the streak began on June 22nd. It was also the 10th time in the 31 games that...
Welcome to what counts around here (and this is my column) as the official start of football season: The first day of Big Ten football media days. The Bengals formally start the season tomorrow with a media luncheon (more on them later), and we’ve got our series of the best high school football players from many area schools going strong. Later this week, I’m heading to Canton...
Today’s top headline is a reminder spite can be a very dangerous thing. If you know literally the first thing about defamation suits involving public figures, the fact a judge could agree someone might have defamed Pete Rose is stunning. This someone went to law school, no less. It borders on unbelievable this could happen. That is because in the case of public figures...
The end of the first half of the MLB season put a huge dent in the Cincinnati Reds chances of squeaking into contention in the division earlier than expected. The beginning of the second half is a reminder how far they are from actually being any kind of postseason threat. At times over the weekend the Reds and Washington Nationals looked like they might be playing a different sport. ...
Jose Siri said he’s been a leader on every team he’s been on and doesn’t have any nerves in tight situations. He put those qualities on display again on Sunday against the Fort Wayne TinCaps. With two runners in scoring position and Dayton trailing by a run in the sixth inning, Siri hit a single to right field that gave Dayton the lead for good in a 5-4 win. It’s the third...
The ball Pete Rose smashed to left center field for his record-breaking hit No. 4,192 sold Saturday for more than $403,000 on Leland’s Auctions. Rose drove the ball for a single on Sept. 11, 1985, at the former Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati to break the record of lifetime hits set by Ty Cobb in 1910. The ball comes with documentation, including copies of a notarized letter signed by Cincinnati...
Cleveland hasn’t dominated the AL Central as it was expected to in 2017, but the outlook of the division is encouraging. The Detroit Tigers, a formidable foe for the last decade, might finally wave the white flag. Justin Verlander is becoming a more serious trade candidate, according to Jeff Passan at Yahoo.com, and the team could finally commence a rebuild. Verlander hasn’t asked...
Joey Votto is fifth among National League first basemen in All-Star voting, but the Reds aren’t slowing their campaign for the first baseman. Votto is third among qualifiers in batting average (.304) and hits (84), trailing leader Ryan Zimmerman of the Nationals and Paul Goldschmidt of the Diamondbacks in both categories. His 55 runs and .414 OBP are second only to Goldschmidt (68, .443). ...
Bronson Arroyo sat down earlier this season in the Cincinnati Reds clubhouse with a member of the media and told stories about random former teammates as their names were pulled out of a hat. Arroyo went on and on about each of the 10 players whose names were read. Arroyo will go into the Reds Hall of Fame someday for his pitching accomplishments, but he could easily be inducted for his quotes alone...
The Dayton Dragons blew off some steam in the locker room in Ft. Wayne on Friday night after earning a spot in the Midwest League playoffs for the first time since 2011. The Dragons started the weekend road trip with a magic number of two to lock up second place in the Eastern Division in the first half of the season. Luis Bolivar’s team cut that down to one with a win over the TinCaps on Friday...
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Asher Wojciechowski was designated for assignment Sunday one day after he allowed five earned runs in 2 1/3 innings in a 10-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Wojciechowski had started four games and made two relief appearances since being promoted to the Reds on May 20. His ERA climbed to 6.75 Saturday as the Reds lost their eighth straight game. They play the Dodgers again...
The Cincinnati Reds celebrated one of the greatest offensive performances in baseball history Friday, honoring Scooter Gennett 10 days after he hit four home runs and drove in 10 runs in a game against the St. Louis Cardinals. In a pregame ceremony at Great American Ball Park, the Reds replayed Gennett’s four home runs on the big screen as he watched with General Manager Dick Williams and Chief...
Scooter Gennett became the first player in the long history of the Cincinnati Reds to hit four home runs in a game Tuesday in a 13-1 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals at Great American Ball Park. Gennett not only made Reds history, he made baseball history. He’s the first player to go 5-for-5 with four home runs and 10 RBIs. Gennett’s night started with an RBI single in the first...
Cincinnati Reds shortstop Zack Cozart moved from third to second in voting for the All-Star Game, Major League Baseball announced Monday. With 547,750 votes, Cozart trails only the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Corey Seager (604,783). Cozart passed the Chicago Cubs’ Addison Russell (537,688). Since the release of the first voting update last week, Cozart has received 283,234 votes. Seager has received...
No shortstop in the National League has played better than Zack Cozart, but he ranks third at that position in voting for the National League All-Star team. He was the only Cincinnati Reds player to make the first list of leaders released Tuesday. With 264,516 votes, Cozart trails the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Corey Seager (399,347) and the Chicago Cubs’ Addison Russell (379,640). Cozart leads...
It’s been a while since the Dayton Dragons have been involved in a “big” series at any time during a season, but that’s exactly what will unfold down at Fifth Third Field this weekend. The West Michigan Whitecaps roll into town for a four-game series over the holiday weekend. The Detroit Tigers affiliate is now the frontrunner in the Midwest League’s East Division with...
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