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Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Volquez happy, hairless

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Edinson Volquez is one of the happiest people I've ever met, as evidenced by his cheeky grin that not even 40 walks and a 5.74 ERA in 58...
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Friday, June 03, 2011

Two months in, suppress panic button Reds fans

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It's hard to imagine that the 2011 baseball season is just one-third complete, particularly if you're a Reds fan. In two months Dust...
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Thursday, June 02, 2011

Target Field or Bullseye Ballpark?

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The Minnesota Twins' ballpark is aptly named Target Field, for the one seemingly placed squarely on their backs. Ron Gardenhire's cl...

May belongs to Jay (Bruce)

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Reds outfielder Jay Bruce has been named the Budweiser Presents National League Player of the Month for May. In 28 games last month Bruce sl...

Odds & Ends

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Diamondbacks pitcher Armando Galarraga and umpire Jim Joyce have made amends. They shook hands at home plate the day after Joyce's incor...
Saturday, May 28, 2011

Praying for the enemy

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I loathe the 1986 New York Mets. Or at least I did. They were arrogant, brash, the epitome of the Big Apple. They celebrated a division titl...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Clemente's death brought life to Pirates' Walker

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Neil Walker, who plays for the surging Pittsburgh Pirates, is a fan of Pirates legend Roberto Clemente. Walker is getting married in Decembe...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Interleague interlude?

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In preparation for this weekend's laptop-less trip to Cleveland for the Reds/Indians series at Progressive "It will always be Jacob...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

More Killebrew reax ...

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“It is with profound sadness that we share with you that our beloved Harmon passed away this morning. He died peacefully surrounded by Nita ...

RIP Harmon Killebrew

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Harmon Killebrew passed away this morning at his Scottsdale, AZ home. He was 74. Killebrew had been battling esophageal cancer, and he annou...
Monday, May 16, 2011

John Allen to assist MLB in Dodgers operations

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Former Reds CEO John Allen, one of the true good guys in baseball whose vision helped produce Redsfest and laid the foundation for a success...
Sunday, May 15, 2011

The Cuban Misfire

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The Reds invested $30 million in a "Missile" and lately it's been misfiring. Cue the collateral damage. Left-hander Aroldis Ch...
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Charlie still hustling

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Pete Rose was known for head-first slides and an all-out effort which led to his record 4,256 hits. But when it comes to pursuing his reinst...
Saturday, May 14, 2011

Clubhouse culture ... is it real?

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Yes, says Cardinals right fielder Lance Berkman. I spoke with Berkman at length today on a variety of topics for a project on baseball intan...

La Russa's pain is 700 WLW's gain?

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It's radio, where shock value sells. So you have to consider the source. But 700 WLW's latest promo pushes the envelope of good tast...
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Jeff Wallner
Jeff is a freelance sports writer based in Cincinnati. He covers the Reds, Bengals, University of Cincinnati and Xavier University athletics, and local high school sports as a frequent contributor to the Cincinnati Enquirer, MLB.com, Associated Press and Sports XChange. He also has written for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, Boston Herald, Springfield Republican, Baseball America, Chicago Cubs Vine Line, and many other newspapers, publications, and web sites. For 10 years, Jeff served as a sports columnist for Pulse Weekly, formerly the Downtowner Newspaper.
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