Tag: Cincinnati Reds

I Won’t Rest

Friend of the blog (and me!) John in the comments from yesterday’s post: Can’t remember if Bobby Jenks was a bargain but I sure hope he was. I found it amusing that he mentioned this because last night I realized…

Pick One?

Still processing that the season for the Sox has ended.  Watching “Four Days in October” last night helped and hearing Don Orsillo calling the Rangers/Rays game does too. Given that I don’t really dislike any of the teams in the…

Shot to the heart

I cried last night.  It surprised me too.  It was well after the Red Sox had been eliminated and it came upon me suddenly.  I didn’t sob for hours on end, but in the middle of a conversation about the…

Look how far we’ve come

71 years ago today the first live major league baseball broadcast hit the television airwaves.  It was a Saturday double-header between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbetts Field.  Red Barber called both games with the Reds winning…