The Jay Bruce Blog

Well, it has happened. After holding a nightly candlelight vigil since spring training, Jay Bruce was finally called up on Monday to be on the roster. A corresponding move will be made later today along with a very intriguing 4:00 press conference followed by GM Walt Jocketty being available in the dugout prior to tonight’s [...]

The Least Exciting Comeback Victory Ever

I really don’t know any other way to describe last nights 3-2 victory over the Padres.
Despite Adam Dunn’s monster shot off all-time saves leader Trevor Hoffman in a 2-2 tie in the top of the ninth, there wasn’t much emotion and that is sad. You would think that in a night where both starting [...]

“The Other Guy” in Volquez Trade

An interesting article by C.L. Brown, the Louisville Bats beat writer, about Danny Herrera, the “throw-in” guy that was sent by the Texas Rangers along with Edison Volquez for Josh Hamilton.

New Radio Affiliate in Louisville Brings New Problem

When we wrote earlier about the problems we were having with our local Reds on Radio affiliate being a very weak station and we were happy to hear that a new partner had stepped up.  93.9 WQKC FM “The Ticket” will be the new radio affiliate for the Reds in Louisville.  That’s good news.  A [...]

Reds Prospects: Maloney Named Pitcher of Week

Tripe-A Louisville’s Matt Maloney was named Pitcher of the Week for the week of May 12-18.  Maloney was acquired by the Reds for pitcher Kyle Loshe from Philidelphia.
This past week Maloney was 2-0 with an ERA of 1.35.  He gave up 7 hits,  2 runs, and 3 walks while recording 11 strikeouts in 13.1 innings [...]

A Response for John Fay

Reds beat reporter for the Cincinnati Enquirer recently asked the question on his Reds Insider blog why fans weren’t coming to the games citing a drop in attendance so far this season at GABP.
So what we did was to calculate the cost of going to a Reds game, for one person, from Louisville, cost of [...]

Bruce Tops BA’s Hot Sheet

For the week of May 9-15th, Jay Bruce has absolutely been crushing it here in Louisville, and so he was named to the top spot in this week’s Baseball America’s Hot Sheet List.
Bruce was so good this week that superlatives alone cannot do him justice. (A 2.103 OPS—are you kidding?) In last week’s Hot Sheet, [...]

Kelch Impressive in Debut

Jim Kelch made his first fill-in appearance last night on the Reds broadcast as part of a 14 game run starting with the Marlins series in Cincinnati. Kelch will occupy the radio booth with a mix of Marty Brennaman, Jeff Brantley, or Thom Brennaman.
This is Kelch’s 20th year with the Louisville Bats, the Triple A [...]

Cueto the Coverboy of BA

We just picked up the new issue of Baseball America and to our surprise and excitement, Johnny Cueto is on the cover with the headline, “Red Dawn: Hopes Are High in Cincinnati With an Infusion of Young Talent Like Pitching Sensation Johnny Cueto”
Glad they put this out before his last start in New York.
The article [...]

Triple-A All-Star Game

As we look to fill a rather dreary night after Game 1 of the Reds-Mets series was postponed due to rain (they will make it up in a day-night double header starting at 1 and 8 PM Saturday) we look a bit ahead to the Triple-A All-Star Game to be played at Louisville Slugger Field [...]