What’s the Big Deal?

Alan Schwartz has a very good article in today’s New York Times in which he writes about past World Series’ that have been rained out and delayed. Not to mention a big game in the 1975 Series:
The Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds arrived in Boston to a nor’easter and waited as Friday’s scheduled Game 6 [...]

Frank Robinson in Louisville

The Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory will be holding a reception and silent auction on November 14th for newly anointed “Living Legend” and former Red and Oriole, Frank Robinson.  The auction will be conducted by Hunt Auctions and has some pretty cool items such as an Edinson Volquez signed All-Star Game Workout/Home Run Derby jersey.

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Cursed?

Since when are the Phillies cursed?  Don’t confuse “sucking for 28 years” with “being cursed”.
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Game 6 Live Blog

8:05-We are finally getting started after a three night rain delay.  Fox would have hated this. Here we go. A view of Luis Tiant’s father who pitched against Hubble down in Cuba. Cool.
8:08-Dick Stockton was messing up counts, outs, batters’ names, days of the week, and everything else even back then. Can’t someone see that [...]

Jocketty: Reds pursuing Weathers, Hairston

From John Fay:
Walt Jocketty is reluctant to name the names of all of free agents on the current roster the Reds are talking to, but he confirmed that the club has made proposals to David Weathers and Jerry Hairston Jr.
“We’re waiting to hear back from their agents,” he said.
Weathers, 38, was a key part of the [...]

Fisk’d

October 21, 1975

Since there is no baseball on tonight, I will have to bust out the Game 6 DVD and watch it.  I’m sad that it doesn’t have any of the old commercials.

Bats Game Used Jerseys for Sale

The Louisville Bats are offering up game used jerseys for sale at varying prices and colors (home, away, atlernate) depending on the player.
You could own a Corey Patterson batting practice jersey for the low, low price of $75.  Price does not include a date with Dusty’s daughter.

On This Date in Reds History

On this date in 1990, the Cincinnati Reds completed a four game sweep of the Oakland A’s winning 2-1and won the World Series after going wire-to-wire the entire season.

Please come back, Sweet Lou.

Economy Slows Goodyear Development

An article from the Zanesville Times-Reporter details how the economic downturn has stalled development around the new spring training facilities for the Reds and Indians in Goodyear, Arizona.  I don’t claim to know much about our national economy, but it doesn’t look good.
Extra expenses could include $3.6 million to complete the art, retail and plaza [...]

Five Hours, Twenty Seven Minutes

I love play-off baseball, but Game 2 of the Rays-Red Sox ALCS was entirely too long.  I even was resigned to the fact that if the Rays had not scored in the bottom of the 11th I would have gone to bed.  Exciting? Yes, absolutely.
It is games like these that give fodder to those who [...]