Instant Replay To Be Used Thursday

According to this story from ESPN.com, instant replay will be used in series starting Thursday and Friday.  Replay will only be used for boundary calls (home runs and foul balls) and will be controlled by the central office of MLBMedia in New York.  The crew chief of the umpiring crew will view the video and [...]

YES WE CAN!

Organize for change!
H/T RLN and Chris Sabo’s Goggles

Will Carroll Discusses Bob’s Letter

Will Caroll from Baseball Prospectus doesn’t buy into what Walt and Bob C are selling.
Ok, the high expectations might just be overvaluing your team, which is understandable. What I don’t see is that injuries have played a major part in the downfall of the Reds. Griffey and Dunn were both healthy. The ‘key’ players they [...]

Pole: We’re Not Shutting Down Harang

MLB.com beat writer Mark Sheldon was in the radio booth tonight during the second inning and reported that he spoke with pitching coach Dick Pole (heh heh).  Sheldon explicitly said that Pole believes that Harang will pitch until the end of the season in order to “get him right” and have a strong end to [...]

Erardi is My Hero

It is so weird how the debate over Adam Dunn won’t die.  Many in the Reds’ blogosphere still see a lot of value in having Adam Dunn on the team and all of them have little or no confidence in the management of the organization in terms of what the future holds.
John Erardi (along with [...]

Sunday Deep Thoughts

Just to wrap-up the week that was in Reds baseball.
Chris Dickerson is looking really good, but I don’t expect it to last and neither does Red Leg Nation.  Sometimes athleticism can be viewed as baseball skills and that seems to be the case with Dickerson.  He may have a hot start, but is he or [...]

3 Reds Minor Leaguers Suspended for Drugs

….and the hits keep on coming….
From MSNBC.com:
NEW YORK (AP) -Three Cincinnati Reds minor leaguers were suspended 50 games each Monday after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.

All three players were part of the Reds’ Dominican summer league teams. Pitchers Jonathan Correa and Elvin Silvestre were penalized for using Boldenone and outfielder Cesar Colmenares tested positive for [...]

Reds Hire Bavasi as Assistant to GM Jocketty

From the Seattle Times:
Bavasi was hired by the Mariners before the 2004 season. They finished last in the AL West his first three years before winning 88 games and placing second in 2007, raising expectations for this year. But the Mariners struggled to a 24-45 record when he was fired after a three-game sweep by [...]

Forbes Ranks “Most Loyal” Fans

Forbes has once again delved into the sporting world and is now trying to prove (or disprove) fan loyalty in Major League Baseball.  The methodology is a little cumbersome and it does not include expansion teams.  (You have to be truly loyal to be one of the 10,000 Marlin fans that show up each night)
One [...]

Skip Caray Passing

Long-time Braves broadcaster Skip Caray passed yesterday in his sleep after 33 years in the broadcast booth.  He wasn’t the best broadcaster at times, but he made summers very enjoyable.  When the Braves’ broadcasts were aired on TBS for many years, and before the Reds were on FSN Ohio regularly, Caray and others were the [...]