Krvisky Discusess Decisions with McCoy

In an article written by Hal McCoy with the Dayton Daily News, former Reds GM Wayne Krivsky discusses some of his decisions that he made during his tenure with the Reds.
While most of the quotes don’t represent any groundbreaking news for those who follow the team closely, one did stand out as a possible insight [...]

Bray Called Up, Coffey Sent Down

From Mark Sheldon at Reds.com
ST. LOUIS — The Reds swapped out a struggling right-hander on Monday for a lefty with a hot hand.
The right-hander, Todd Coffey, was optioned to Triple-A Louisville and lefty Bill Bray was recalled from Louisville to take his place.
Bray posted a 1.04 ERA with one save in his eight games for [...]

Good Edwin, Bad Edwin

Today we take a look at Edwin Encarnacion and try to figure out why he has become the media’s whipping boy when trying to find what has gone wrong with the Reds so far this season.

We wanted to take a look at how he compares to other third basemen in the National League.

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Krivsky Fired, Jocketty Named GM

Today the Reds announce the firing of General Manager Wayne Krivsky and the promotion of Walt Jocketty to the General Manager position as well as president of baseball operations. Jocketty, a former GM with the St. Louis Cardinals, was serving as special assistant to owner Bob Castellini.

The move comes as a surprise, not a shock. [...]

A Word on Jackie Robinson Day

While this is a very important remembering when Jackie made his way up the dugout steps that day, we feel that the media, when addressing issues such as race, the dwindling numbers of African Americans in MLB (8% is often the most repeated number), and what MLB is doing to correct the problem such as [...]

Reds Prospects: Lehr Named IL Pitcher of the Week

Right handed pitcher Justin Lehr was named International League Pitcher of the Week ending Sunday April 13th.
In 15 IP at class Triple-A Louisville, Lehr posted a 6H, 1ER, 1BB, 10 K line.
During his first start against Scranton/Wilkes-Berre, Lehr took a perfect game into the 8th inning before surrendering a home run to Jason Lane. [...]

Something to Read While Stuck On Base

If you were one of the 32 (THIRTY-TWO!) men left on base while your team hit 6-35 (1.71) with RISP during a three game set with the Pirates, then here are some items of interest to read while you wait for a big hit.
A Dodger/Red Sox blogger writes about “Blogger Night” at Dodger Stadium.
(Can someone [...]

WKRD and the Reds on Radio

For those of you not aware of the situation here in Louisville, the Reds radio affiliate WKRD 790-AM/101.7 FM has been a sore point of contention starting last year when the station became the primary radio affiliate for the Triple-A Louisville Bats leaving Reds fans out in the cold.
WKRD 790 AM, a much stronger station, [...]

Goodyear Vote Today (Updated)

Goodyear city council members will be voting today to allow funding for the $33 million dollar spring training facility in Goodyear, Arizona. The funding will allow the Reds to have a separate training facility with fields, offices, and other amenities while sharing the 10,000 seat stadium that is currently being built for the Clevland [...]

Jeff Brantley Is Not Clutch

Normally we feel bad for Jeff Brantley. Night in and night out he gets ragged on by fellow announcers on both TV and radio. George Grande (FSN Ohio), Thom Brennaman (Radio and FSN Ohio), and the grand poobah of Reds media Marty Brennaman (Radio) constantly tease him about his southern drawl and cowboy [...]