The Reds rich pitching era changed after the 1926 season, this decline was accented by the Reds moving Home Plate. The Reds hoped to enrich their scoring numbers by moving the dish up 20 feet and this move immediately shortened the distances down the lines considerably. After accumulating only 45 home runs from the home […]
As the 4th ball cleared the wall Reds announcer Chris Welsh told fellow announcer George Grande that the home run barrage was the sort of thing in one inning that would not have happened back in the old days, the pitcher would nail someone claimed Welsh… someone would have to pay.
That of course was in […]
scrap·py (skrp)
adj. scrap·pi·er, scrap·pi·est
1. Quarrelsome; contentious.
2. Full of fighting spirit.
One of the most long running love affairs in Baseball is the love usually showered on the “Scrappy” player. We all know who they are, where they come from (usually nowhere) and what they do to get our attention (chances are it involves […]