What does it take win in baseball?   Pitching, Pitching, and more Pitching!!  Just ask the Reds how valuable pitching depth is.  They go all year with their Fab Five pitching every game except for one, and then they lose their ace in the first inning of the playoffs.  Now I’m not going...

The Cincinnati Reds had just suffered a painful Game 5 NLDS loss to San Francisco, effectively ending a season of such promise and lost they did in dramatic fashion … dramatic if you are a Giants fan, but heartbreaking if you are  Reds loyalist. In this high-tech world the email that...

With the MLB postseason in full swing, I hate to fast forward to a Thanksgiving-like scenario of sorts, one that is a bit like taking out the leftovers the day after you watch the morning parades and of course the Detroit Lions at noon. Oh and of course giving thanks for so many things on...

Reds vs. Cardinals Some of us are very regimented. Medical experts may have another term for it but I shall leave it at that. As is the case each Thursday night and Sunday afternoon during the baseball season I sit behind this keyboard, ponder the world of baseball and let my fingers fly. Well...

The very last time I sat behind a keyboard to write about baseball and felt more like I was writing an obituary was when I covered the 1986 World Series, Game 6 in particular as part of the Boston area media.  This Reds loss feels similar. At least then there wasn’t a finality as there...