Jim’s Journal

This evening the Reds, coming off a 3 games to 1 near-sweep of the Colorado Rockies, are home for their final series leading into the All-Star break, hosting the Miami Marlins.  Miami’s struggling with a […]

After rolling pretty easily over the Colorado Rockies in their first 2 games of the series in Cincinnati, the Reds didn’t expect the game they got Wednesday night, which turned into a surprising loss, 6-5 […]

After a rain delay of 44 minutes last night, the Reds and Rockies got back on the field at the Ballpark, Cincinnati going on to grab the win, 12-6.  It was the 2nd straight victory […]

Monday was a big diamond night for the Reds, opening their home series against the Colorado Rockies with a shutout win, 6-0.  Offense and strong pitching were both on display, with left-handed starter Andrew Abbott […]

Congrats to Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz, who was just named Sunday to next week’s National League All-Star team as a substitute.  Even for those roles in next week’s midsummer classic, you have to […]

More media are starting to pick up the good news for Batesville native, right-handed pitcher Bryan Hoeing.  MLB.com was first to report that Hoeing was to be taken off the 15-day injured list today.  Those […]

The Reds held on for a victory last night, topping the Yankees 5-4 in New York.  The winning pitcher was the Reds’ Graham Ashcraft, who’s now 5 & 4 on the season.  New York’s Luis […]

The Reds will be back on a diamond tonight, when they begin their visit to the Yankees in New York.  Cincinnati will be coming off that odd 2 & 2 series with the Cardinals, hoping […]

The Reds’ didn’t have a consistent weekend on offense at all, with 2 huge wins, and 2 wimpy losses.  Does it seem odd they could outscore St. Lou 20 to 11 over 4 games, but […]