The 3 Old Reds Fans are Jeff Gilbert, Tom Sizer and Kim Jenerette. We love baseball and the Cincinnati Reds, we talk about the Reds as often as we can and we just might have a good insight or two now and then.
The Cincinnati Reds are playing better, but they're going no where this season. So what we all want to know is whether or not these prospects we're banking on will indeed mature into good players. We discuss Castillo, Winker, Senzel, Mahle and Peraza. Looking back, Tom and Kim learn that the baseball draft is relatively new and that the first draft was a good one for the Reds.
There will be a day - and maybe a big event - in honor of Cedarville's only big-leaguer on the 125th anniversary of Bumpus Jones' historic no-hitter. We also discuss a strategy the Cincinnati Reds could pursue in pitcher development, the further failings of Pete Rose, our night at a Dayton Dragons game and we have fun trying to understand the metric called wOBA.
When you're out of contention, what do you watch for to find a way to enjoy the final two months of whatever phase of the rebuild this is for the 2017 Cincinnati Reds? We each share a top three plus a few honorable mentions. We look into the past at a maverick Reds pitcher, Johnny Bench's grand slams, the oldest pitchers to throw shutouts and a tribute to Reds Hall of Famer Lee May. And we get a little funky at the end.
Trade talks involving the Reds are quiet this week, but we throw out a few suggestions for our Cincinnati Reds to consider. Hey, if they'd just listen to us all of their probelms would be solved, right. Isn't that what all fans think? We also delve into the baserunning metric of BsR to give Billy Hamilton a little love, talk about Pete Rose and plate appearances and the significance of shutouts and Hall of Fame pitchers in the 1905 World Series.
Coming off the worst four days of the Cincinnati Reds season we contemplate what to do at the trade deadline, if anything, and hope that all the young starters will get aggressive. Our old friend John Helmick subs for lake-goer Tom and shares the throwback player of the week. We talk about the other Billy Hamilton in baseball history and other fun stuff.
Welcome to our All-Things-Reds All-Star Special. We talk about our hopes for Zack Cozart and Joey Votto in this year's midsummer classic, and we have some bold thoughts about the second half of this season. We recall the greatest Reds All-Star memories of our lifetime, which means we talk a lot about the Big Red Machine. Plus, a list of Reds All-Star firsts and plenty of other fun facts.
After last week's great look back at some fun Cincinnati Reds history, we talk about recent good things, ponder trade possibilities and look at why Joey Votto could've been voted a starter instead of a reserve to the All-Star Game. We talk wRC+, start a new feature called Baseball Card Recollections and reveal last week's trivia answer. Also, instead of a Throwback Player feature, Tom shares a Throwback Unit.
We're joined this week by another Old Reds Fan and a young Cincinnati Reds fan. One fondly rembers the days of Big Klu, Wally Post and Crosley Field. The other wishes she still got to watch Brandon Phillips make dazzling plays at second base. Just call this our throwback episode.
It's been a rough couple weeks for Cincinnati Reds fans, but we're excited to see the return of Homer Bailey, the debut of Luis Castillo and the hope of what Hunter Greene could become. Tom talks about his trip to GABP to see the unveiling of the Pete Rose statue, we talk SIERA and hitting .270 and we look ahead a little to the trade season that gets closer every day.
We talk about a rollercoaster week for the Cincinnati Reds that gave us Scooter mania and the hated Dodgers. Nick Carrington of the Redleg Nation blog joins us as we talk about - what else - starting pitching, the bullpen, Billy batting leadoff and what the rest of the month might be like with a ton of road games for a bad road team.
