Recent Posts Tagged With 'jay bruce'

• The New Attitude in Cincinnati

  Posted on Friday May 29th, 2009 at 16:14 in Bronson Arroyo, ramon hernandez, clutch, dusty baker, cincinnati reds, aaron harang, hustle, jay bruce, joey votto, micah owings, edinson volquez, johnny cueto

  In case you haven't noticed there's a new attitude in Cincinnati. It's marked by confident, hard-working, young talent bearing the names of Votto, Bruce, Volquez, and Cueto, complemented by quality veteran leadership like Hernandez, Harang, and Arroy...

• Pirates put on a clinic in Cincinnati

  Posted on Saturday April 11th, 2009 at 15:31 in ramon hernandez, pittsburgh pirates, ryan doumit, nyjer morgan, paul maholm, cincinnati reds, hustle, nate mclouth, baserunning, jay bruce, brandon phillips, stolen bases

  The Pirates put on a baseball clinic in front of the Reds and their fans at GABP this afternoon. The Reds definitely looked the part of the novice in the 10-2 Pittsburgh win.Pirates outfielder Nyjer Morgan especially put on a show, going 3-for-4 with...

• Today is a good day

  Posted on Friday February 13th, 2009 at 16:04 in video, Cleveland Indians, pittsburgh pirates, spring training, cincinnati reds, grady sizemore, jay bruce, hal mccoy

  Spring Training has arrived! Jay Bruce is at Reds camp early. Hal McCoy reports from the beach. Grady Sizemore has already hit a homer in the Tribe's new park in Goodyear. Maybe Indians' batting practice went a little like this. The Pirates have a lo...

• Reds think speed

  Posted on Sunday December 28th, 2008 at 09:49 in speed, fundamentals, defense, dusty baker, cincinnati reds, edwin encarnacion, baserunning, jay bruce, joey votto, jeff keppinger, brandon phillips, willy taveras

  With the signing of Willy Taveras to a 2-year deal, it looks like the Reds are thinking speed and defense rather than the usual slug-em-up outfield of the Griffey-Dunn era. Taveras is certainly a defensive upgrade over what the Reds have had the past...

• A year since the Mitchell Report: The arrival of the "six tool" player

  Posted on Wednesday December 17th, 2008 at 13:54 in barry bonds, character, curtis granderson, sammy sosa, mark mcgwire, josh hamilton, grady sizemore, mark teixeira, jay bruce, mitchell report, performance-enhancing drugs, six-tools

  I was just over a year ago today on December 13, 2007 that the Mitchell Report was released. It seems longer than that don't you think? Why is that?My theory is that we have put that era behind us. We've quickly moved on to valuing total and complete...

• Cincinnati children in need of clothing

  Posted on Tuesday August 12th, 2008 at 07:45 in fans, cincinnati reds, ken griffey jr., adam dunn, jay bruce, brandon phillips

  In the wake of the Reds' trade of Ken Griffey Jr. and Adam Dunn, the youth of Cincinnati need an extreme makeover. If you have been to a Cincinnati game over the past 5 years or so you have noticed that probably 75% of children wearing Reds gear are ...

• Back in the (bitter) loop

  Posted on Thursday July 31st, 2008 at 11:30 in logos, minor league baseball, pittsburgh pirates, trade rumors, defense, cincinnati reds, ken griffey jr., jason bay, adam dunn, jay bruce

  I've been away for a few days and I'm just now getting back in the loop and back to (bitter) reality... Ken Griffey Jr. has been traded. Unlike many Reds fans I have never wavered in my support of Junior... he was always my favorite Red. Sure he has ...

• Bruce continues to impress

  Posted on Friday May 30th, 2008 at 21:36 in Atlanta Braves, cincinnati reds, jay bruce

  Jay Bruce went 4-for-5 tonight and scored the winning run in extra innings. The Redlegs prevail over the Bravos, 3-2 in 11 innings....

• Jay Bruce: A Six-Tool Player

  Posted on Wednesday May 28th, 2008 at 22:38 in cincinnati reds, jay bruce, five-tools, six-tools

  Cincinnati's Jay Bruce exhibits all of baseball's five tools: 1. hitting for average, 2. power, 3. baserunning, 4. throwing, and 5. fielding. Bruce also has a sixth tool, an excellent batter's eye. After drawing two walks last night in his major lea...

• Central Division Excitement

  Posted on Wednesday May 28th, 2008 at 11:43 in pittsburgh pirates, minnesota twins, curtis granderson, humility, cincinnati reds, kansas city royals, grady sizemore, jay bruce, mark teahen, nick blackburn, five-tools

  Both the National and American Leagues experienced some intra-divisional excitement in their Central divisions on Tuesday night. For the NL Central it was Cincinnati's Jay Bruce making his major league debut at GABP in a contest with the Pittsburgh P...

• Both Pirates and Reds fans will get a treat tonight

  Posted on Tuesday May 27th, 2008 at 11:11 in pittsburgh pirates, defense, cincinnati reds, jack wilson, xm radio, roberto clemente, jay bruce, corey patterson, scott hatteberg

  Pirates and Reds fans probably won't get to see one of the epic battles that they were graced with in the 1970s between the Lumber Company and the Big Red Machine but both sets of fans will get a treat.For Pirates fans, it's the return of shortstop J...

• GABP does Reds more harm than good

  Posted on Monday May 12th, 2008 at 10:20 in fundamentals, defense, cincinnati reds, homer bailey, jay bruce, joey votto, brandon phillips, edinson volquez, playing the game the right way, johnny cueto, drew stubs

  GABP's homer-friendly atmosphere does more harm than good for the Reds. Craig Barnes, writing for the South Florida Sun Sentinel, reveals the stats: In the five-plus years since Great American opened, opponents have hit 633 homers and the Reds have h...