Who is your Jeff Treadway?

is Bobby Tolan. They had picked him up in, what I thought was a bad trade, with the Cardinals after the 68 World Series. He was a back up outfielder on a team that had Lou Brock, Curt Flood and Roger Maris in the outfield so the Cards thought they could trade him for a solid veteran outfielder to replace Maris who was retiring after the World Series.

He exploded on the scene with the 69 Reds hitting second in the line-up behind Rose. He finished the season with 194 hits, 26 stolen bases, 21 HR and 94 RBI. He finished the season with 302 total bases and his batting line was .305/ .347/ .474. He was flashy in the outfield and had a unique stance at the plate. The best thing was he was only 23.

1970 was even better, .316/ .384/ .475. as the Reds made it to the Series. He tore an Achilles in 1971 during the off season and missed the entire year. With out him the Reds really struggled. He was the come back player of the year in 1972 but slumped horribly, .206/ .251/ .304, in 1973 when he was moved to right field to make room for Geronimo.

Bad blood ensued over several issues and he was traded to the Padres for Clay Kirby.

I really thought he would become one of the greatest Reds ever.

I remember being big on Mo Sanford and Johnny Ruffin back in the day. Sanford had the best Reds rookie pitching debut that I ever saw until Cueto went off the charts this year.

As a kid I thought Eddie Milner and Gary Redus were the bomb, and i thought they were 2/3 of a winning outfield. Imagine my surprise just a couple years later when Davis, Daniels, O’Neill and the Tracer arrived…..

And I still think the Reds should have selected Lincecum over Stubbs, and Cook over this year’s pick. Pitching, pitching, pitching, pitching, pitching….

Throughout my formative years, I grew up in a small town out in Iowa with a Midwest League team. The team switched affiliations pretty consistently throughout the late 90’s, and I got to see future MLers in the making like Matt Clement, Rodrigo Lopez, Dustin Hermanson, and a young Brad Salmon, but none of them stood out like Jose Acevedo. Acevedo was the man, and when I moved to Cincinnati and read about him advancing through the Reds system, I was stoked to see him get the call in ‘01. I thought he was a future star in the making, and I think most of us here probably remember him having a few promising starts in ‘04.

We all know how this turned out. He ended up getting sent to the Rockies, and getting used in relief, and he hasn’t played since ‘06. His career line: 18-25, 5.74 ERA, 1.45 WHIP.

Luke Hudson burned me the next year as well, doing pretty much the same thing.

Josh Hall was mine. I was at a start in ‘02 when he shut down the Cubs for 7 innings: 7 hits, 2 walks, 8 k’s. I thought he was the next big thing. I was so so so wrong.

he was the kid who lived next door to my best friend growing up. he was year older than us and he loved sloppy joe’s.

He started out like gangbusters and I remember people mentioning how much his delivery and mechanics looked like Tom Seaver. I thought he was going to be a great one.

I liked Milner and Redus, too. I also liked Acevedo more than I should have, but he wasn’t anywhere near the class of Pastore in my mind.

I actually kind of forgot about him, until I read the fanpost about DC. He looked so good for those fleeting moments in 2003. A few flashes in 2004 and 2005, but it looks like 2003 cooked his shoulder.