Baseball Minutia

December 3, 1990
Eddie Taubensee drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1990 rule V draft.
Eddie Taubensee is eleventh in at bats (for a catcher) in Reds team history. A left handed slugger Eddie was obviously wanted by the Reds, wanted enough that they drafted for him twice, and traded for him after they lost […]

January 12, 1981
Signed Larry Biittner as a free agent.
Before the strike marred 1981 season the Reds were once again slow to move on player transactions. The key off-season move was the Reds dipping their toe into the free agent market for the first time when they signed 35-year-old Larry Biittner, coming off a .249/.294/.319 season […]