The Cincinnati
Reds finished the 2006 season at 80-82. The Reds have the potential
to make a run at the NL Central division championship with some big
seasons from key players on the team. The Reds will need career years
from Aaron Harang, Bronson Arroyo, Brandon Phillips, Adam Dunn, and
most importantly Ken Griffey Jr to make a playoff push. The Reds last
played in the playoffs in 1995, sweeping the LA
Dodgers then being swept by the Atlanta Braves
in the NL Championship. The Reds built Great American Ball Park in
2003 and tearing down Riverfront Stadium. The Reds do have a chance
to make a postseason run in 2007, unlikely, but possible. The Reds
last won the world series in 1990
sweeping Mark McGwire
and the Oakland Athletics. Choose from
a nice selection of Cincinnati Reds baseball hats below at American
Sports Outlet.
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In the first ever
professional baseball game the Cincinnati Red Stockings defeated
the Mansfield Independents 48-14 with a total payroll of $11,000.
The star shortstop was George Wright who made $2,000 per year.
The Red Stockings
along with being the first professional baseball team also hold
the record for the longest winning streak at 130 games. Their
streak ended in 1870 as the Brooklyn Atlantics defeated them 8-7
in 11 innings.
Since the formation
of the National League the Reds have won 5 World Championships
in their 9 trips to the World Series including their first in
1919 which was tarnished by the Black Sox scandal.
The Reds hosted the
first Major League night game on May 24, 1935 as they defeat the
Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 in front of 20,422 fans. In their seven
night games that year the Reds attracted an average of 18,000
fans, 13,400 more than the average that day games brought into
the stadium.
The Reds welcomed
fans to the first game played at the Great American Ballpark on
opening day of 2003. The home of the Reds had been Riverfront
Stadium, also known as CINergy field, since 1970. Buy Reds Tickets
2002 was the final season at CINergy field and started off as
it would be very successful. Despite losing Ken Griffey Jr. to
an early knee surgery the Reds were dominating and held on to
first place when Griffey returned. However, the return of Griffey
seemed to drag the Reds down as he hit only 8 HRs and 23 RBIs
in 70 games. The Reds struggled in the 2nd half and finish below
.500 with a 78-84 record. Fans hoped with the opening of their
new stadium the Great American Ballpark would bring the Reds a
winning season to rebound from the struggles of the year before.
Unfortunately the opening day 10-1 loss to the Pirates was a prediction
of the unsuccessful season. The Reds would lose 14 of their first
20 games as Ken Griffey Jr. was injured early once again. April
showers must bring May flowers because as May came the reds won
15 of their next 21 games to climb back over .500. July brought
the return of Griffey as he hit 5 homers in his first 5 games
back. After playing a total of 55 games in 2003, Griffey was forced
to sit out again due to an ankle injury. The Reds finished the
season in 5th place with a record of 69-93.
With a slow trot and steely nerves, Aroldis Chapman and his fire-hot fastball arrived on Aug. 31, 2010. The eighth-inning trip from right field was much less stressful than the one the 22-year-old Chapman took in 2009, when he defected from Cuba during a game in the Netherlands. Everyone, though, feels a few butterflies once they step onto the diamond. Or do they? As Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy stepped away from the plate after Chapman's second pitch, Lucroy knew there would be no debut jitters from this rookie.
<p>The Reds go to St. Louis with an eight-game lead. They've surprised even themselves.</p>
<p>"I don't think anyone imagined the gap would be what it is," third baseman Scott Rolen said. "When (the Cardinals) were here, they outplayed us in every aspect of the game. Everyone kind of felt it was going to go the other way because of the momentum. I'm not a believer in momentum in baseball."</p>
<p>Rolen was referring to series in August in which the Cardinals swept the Reds.</p>
<p>The Reds are 13-4 since. The Cardinals have only won one of the six series they've played since leaving Cincinnati and have gone 5-12 overall.</p>
<p>The two clubs meet for the final time in regular season in a three-game series that starts Friday night in St.
Faster than you can say " Aroldis Chapman," the Cincinnati Reds have an eight-game lead in the NL Central. Chapman prefers to let his fastball do the talking, and Wednesday it was clocked at 103 mph. The Reds responded to their phenom's latest batch of blazing pitches by rallying for six runs in the seventh inning to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-1. Chapman was perfect for the second consecutive night in an inning of work and was credited with the victory.
Philadelphia's Roy Oswalt held Los Angeles hitless until two outs in the sixth inning, guiding the Phillies to a 5-1 win over the Dodgers in the National League on Wednesday. Oswalt (10-13) threw 115 pitches and struck out six. He is 4-1 with a 1.90 ERA in seven starts since the Phillies acquired him from Houston.
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/mlb/SIG=12a1388nd/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=capress-bbn_brewers_reds-4385037"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/capress/a3/thumbe.98147cd8ceb8b27ccbfa4d146dcc672d/capress-bbn_brewers_reds-4385037.jpg" width="130" height="102" alt="Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman(notes) walks to the dugout after pitching the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, in Cincinnati. Chapman was the winning pitcher in the Reds' 6-1 victory." align="left" border="0"></a></p><p>CINCINNATI - No. 1 for Aroldis Chapman. Eight and counting for his new team.</p><br clear="all" />
The Cincinnati Reds called up first baseman Yonder Alonso to give them another power hitter on the bench for their September playoff run. Alonso was the seventh overall pick in the June 2008 draft. He batted .296 with 12 homers and 56 RBIs in 101 games with Triple-A Louisville. Manager Dusty Baker says he'll be used primarily as a pinch-hitter and at first base if Joey Votto needs a day off.
Left-hander Aroldis Chapman's major league debut Tuesday produced eye-popping numbers -- namely, a 103-mph fastball on the radar gun. Chapman, a Cuban defector, pitched one perfect inning for the Cincinnati Reds against the Milwaukee Brewers. Chapman joined the team at Cincinnati's Great American Ballpark after being recalled from Class AAA Louisville, where he had hit 105 mph on Friday. He entered the game in the eighth inning with the Reds up 8-3.
Aroldis Chapman was too fast to hit. Soon, the Cincinnati Reds could be too far ahead to catch. The Cuban defector made an eye-opening big league debut, topping out at 102 mph during his perfect inning, and the Reds added to their rapidly growing lead in the NL Central by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 8-4 on Tuesday night.
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/mlb/SIG=12a3vhsmh/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=capress-bbn_reds_chapman-4370978"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/capress/ae/thumbe.3b4fd341e200cde70fbc46b095933b10/capress-bbn_reds_chapman-4370978.jpg" width="130" height="91" alt="Cincinnati Reds pitcher Aroldis Chapman(notes), center, walks onto the field with closer Francisco Cordero(notes) for batting practice prior to a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, in Cincinnati. Chapman, a Cuban defector, was called up to the Reds from AAA Louisville Tuesday." align="left" border="0"></a></p><p>CINCINNATI - The fire alarm was squealing at Great American Ball Park when left-hander Aroldis Chapman walked through the dugout and stepped onto a major league field for the first time.</p><br clear="all" />
Right fielder Jay Bruce was a late scratch from the Cincinnati Reds' lineup because of pain in his right side. Bruce has been one of the Reds' hottest hitters lately, going 8 for 15 with five homers in his last four games. Bruce homered three times during a 7-1 win over the Cubs on Friday. He led off Monday's 5-4 win over Milwaukee with a homer, then ended it with an RBI single in the...
Cincinnati Reds outfielder Jim Edmonds tells MLB.com he plans to retire after this season . "I'm leaning toward shutting it down and being a family man again," Edmonds, 40, said. "My wife and kids have had enough right now. They're struggling a little bit with it." Edmonds returned to baseball this season after a one-year absence in 2009. He made the Milwaukee Brewers out of spring training as a non-roster player, then was traded to the Reds on Aug.
Jay Bruce started it with a homer and ended it with a hit that put a little more distance in the NL Central race. Win by win, the Cincinnati Reds are pulling away. Bruce led off the first inning with a homer and singled off Trevor Hoffman with two outs in the 10th inning Monday night, rallying the Reds to a 5-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers that extended their lead to a season-high six games...
A tough-hop throwing error helped the Cincinnati Reds get some serious separation from the rest of the NL Central. Kosuke Fukudome's homer tied it in the top of the eighth, but his throw skipped away in the bottom half of the inning and helped Cincinnati rally for a 7-5 victory Sunday that completed the Reds' season-long domination of the Chicago Cubs.
Brandon Phillips was out of the starting lineup for the third straight game Sunday because of a bruised right hand. The Cincinnati Reds' All-Star second baseman was hit by a pitch Wednesday and hasn't played since. Manager Dusty Baker said he was available to pinch run during the final game of a series against the Chicago Cubs.
One bad fastball turned into Bronson Arroyo's undoing. Kosuke Fukudome hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer off Arroyo, and the Chicago Cubs finally ended years of futility against the right-hander by beating the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 on Saturday night. Fukudome's homer in the fifth inning sent Arroyo (14-8) to his first loss against the Cubs since 2007.
Edinson Volquez has lost his spot in the Cincinnati Reds' rotation. The right-hander was moved into the bullpen Saturday, giving him a chance to try to fix problems in his delivery. He retired only two batters in his last start, an 11-2 loss in San Francisco on Monday. The Reds' rotation and middle infield are in flux heading into a pivotal week of their playoff push.
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/mlb/SIG=125jmop9p/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=capress-bbn_roundup-4334929"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/capress/30/thumbe.555416d1e245dc278e4f8de38acc048b/capress-bbn_roundup-4334929.jpg" width="130" height="109" alt="Cincinnati Reds' Jay Bruce(notes) (32) is congratulated by third base coach Mark Berry after hitting a solo home run off Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Tom Gorzelanny(notes) in the third inning of a baseball game, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in Cincinnati." align="left" border="0"></a></p><p>The Cincinnati Reds' impressive drive to the playoffs got a huge boost from Jay Bruce.</p><br clear="all" />
The Cincinnati
Reds finished the 2006 season at 80-82. The Reds have the potential
to make a run at the NL Central division championship with some big
seasons from key players on the team. The Reds will need career years
from Aaron Harang, Bronson Arroyo, Brandon Phillips, Adam Dunn, and
most importantly Ken Griffey Jr to make a playoff push. The Reds last
played in the playoffs in 1995, sweeping the LA
Dodgers then being swept by the Atlanta Braves
in the NL Championship. The Reds built Great American Ball Park in
2003 and tearing down Riverfront Stadium. The Reds do have a chance
to make a postseason run in 2007, unlikely, but possible. The Reds
last won the world series in 1990
sweeping Mark McGwire
and the Oakland Athletics. Choose from
a nice selection of Cincinnati Reds baseball hats below at American
Sports Outlet.
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