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My Favorite Things about the 2022 Reds Season
Gather round everyone, let’s relive this nightmare of a season. I won’t lie. This was borderline impossible to compose. In the spirit of trying to look at things in a more “glass-half full” approach, I tried to come up with the moments/things (as few as there were) that I actually enjoyed. Hunter Greene’s First start…
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Judge should win MVP, But Ohtani should win MOP (if it existed)
Winning the bet seemed fairly reasonable. Shohei Ohtani hit 46 home runs last year. Aaron Judge hit 39 home runs last year. Naturally in March, I drove to Indiana to place a wager on Ohtani to hit more home runs than Judge for the 2022 season. Six months later, I sit here down 20 dollars…
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It’s OK to Have Mixed Emotions about the Reds Deadline Moves
“We will bring championship baseball back to Cincinnati.” Those words uttered by Reds owner Bob Castellini shortly after his group bought the team in 2006 will continue to go unfulfilled over the next couple of years after the Reds continued firesale at this deadline. It’s acceptable to hold an ownership group accountable for failing to…
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If This is the end for Luis Castillo as a Red, it’s been a pleasure.
January 19, 2017. I sit in a half-empty classroom during my senior year of high school. An alert pops up on my phone “Reds trade Dan Straily to Marlins.” In hindsight, it was a miracle how the Reds ended up turning Straily into much of a return at all, but a 24-year-old from Bani, Dominican…
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Trading Luis Castillo is the Right Thing to Do
As the Reds dropped another series Thursday to the vaunted Dodgers, it’s hard to think about anything other than the trade deadline at this point. The Reds are 23-46 and 15.5 games back of first place in the NL Central. The Reds have some assets to move at the deadline. Tyler Mahle comes to mind.…
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“Where Are You Gonna Go?”: Why Phil Castellini’s Comments Disappointed Me
In baseball, they say “hope springs eternal.” Each year, baseball fans of every team can squint hard enough and try to run through all the scenarios in which their hometown team can compete. That’s the beauty of baseball. It’s a long season and there will be ups and downs for every team. Usually, ownership and…
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Trying to Make Sense of A Bizarre Reds Off-season
I’m going to be honest. I had two blog posts ready to be published last week before all hell broke loose. The first one described why I thought it made sense for the Reds to keep Tyler Mahle. The Reds then traded Sonny Gray. The second one was a reaction to the Reds trading Sonny…
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I think Wes Miller will get this right
80 minutes may seem like a long time, but in the grand scheme of a college basketball season, it’s nothing more than a blip. Those 80 minutes of basketball in Kansas City versus Illinois (20-point win) and Arkansas (six point loss) made this team look like something it’s not — an NCAA tournament team. The…
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Baseball will be back but it won’t be the same
I need to write more. I vow to write at least another one of these by April 28th. (Eh, we’ll see) Baseball is dead for now. I’m confident we’ll have some sort of season. However, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced the cancellation of the first two series of the 2022 season. I never thought it…
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My Favorite Play from Each UC Game of the 2021 season
A look back at the plays that shaped UC’s 13-0 season I’ve included hyperlinks and the timecode for each play. Game 1: Miami (OH) (:20 second mark) Desmond Ridder 81-yard TD pass to Tyler Scott (7-0 Cincinnati with 14:15 left in the first quarter) Well that’s one way to start a season. A terrific throw…
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