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Joey Votto's return: Some case studies

RijoSaboCaseyWKRP Aug 30 2012, 11:06a

Joey Votto is a human, even if his numbers have suggested otherwise. Unfortunately, it's still pretty hard to predict how long humans will take to heal.

Game 125: Reds @ Phillies. 90s Night.

RijoSaboCaseyWKRP Aug 22 2012, 5:00p

It's the '90s!

Reds wRiting Klassix - On the Road '76

RijoSaboCaseyWKRP Aug 15 2012, 3:45p

A weekly look into the archives of Reds writing past.

Today in Padres History: PADRES WIN THE PENNANT. Next year in Padres History: WIN THE F_CKING PENNANT

Dex Gaslamp Ball Sep 20 2011, 12:06p

27 years ago today, the Padres clinched their first of two National League pennants. At the time, San Diego said, "There's no looking back now!" Chicago said, "F_ck this game!" The rest of the...

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I asked if Crutchfield ever played for the Cardinals, since they were the nearest big league team....

posted by Yadi2Second, Jul 25, 2011

I asked if Crutchfield ever played for the Cardinals, since they were the nearest big league team. Eventually they explained to me about the segregation of the time.

— Peoria native Jeremy Krock, who took it upon himself to begin the Negro Leagues Baseball Grave Marker Project. [July 25, 2011 Sports Illustrated, by Phil Taylor]

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Communism, Whores, And Streetcars: An Oral History of the Suicide Squeeze

posted by DanUpBaby, Jun 17, 2011

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"Rogers Horsnby: So Doc chickened out and helped Skip with this plan to bring down democracy [by inventing the suicide squeeze], so I tell Doc, as soon as he got back to the dugout "You're an embarrassment to your father." And, sure enough, he looks up in the stands and his father is crying." Alex Fritz uses a time machine to learn more about the invention of the suicide squeeze; SB Nation St. Louis's travel budget is permanently exhausted.

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