Archive for June, 2007

Bye Bye, Mr. Milton

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

Some mid week notes:

The demise of Eric Milton’s season ends his career as a Red, there is no possible way that the Reds continue on with the Milton era after he leaves.
His 24 million dollar contract will go down as the worst free agent signing in team history, and possibly in baseball history. Maybe not […]

Draft Minutia

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

A more candid view of the draft would probably rank it right next to the ring toss and three-card monte as a con job. It looks easy. But in reality, it’s brutally hard. One fact sums it up: Since ‘65, only three of the sport’s No. 1 overall draft picks are currently worthy of Cooperstown […]

Reds History - Third Base - What a Mess

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

For a franchise that has been around since the beginning of professional baseball the Reds have a few odd quirks in their history that display a major hole in their teams makeup over the numerous eras that the game has morphed through.
In fact this season we’re getting first hand look at the trouble this hole […]