36 years ago my dad took me to Game 1 of the World Series. In 1990 our family traveled from western New York to Opening Day, the final home stand of the season, the home playoff games, game one of the World Series (just dad and I) and then to get some championship merchandise. I missed so much school that my 6th grade teachers threatened to hold me back. Eric Davis is/was my favorite player of all time and to be in riverfront stadium for his home run is my all time live sports moment. The fact I shared it with my dad made it all the more meaningful.

A few years ago I took my game one ticket stub to an Eric Davis signing in Batavia, New York where he was signing at the same time as Jose Canseco. Davis invited me to sit there with him for like 20-30 minutes talking about his career and giving Canseco grief about the World Series that year.

Including this past year, our family has travelled to Cincinnati 37 years for Opening Day. We missed the Covid year and the year after that as well but dad did have one of the cutouts in the stands.

This team and the ownership absolutely drives us nuts as fans but it has given my family so many memories over the years. I long for the days where maybe I can share the same kind of moment with my daughter. One can hope. Thanks for reading the long post.

Short answer- Corey Kluber

Here is why. If feel like if the Reds were going internal with Tracy or Marin, that would have been announced already. So that leaves external hires. And since we havent gotten any scoops yet about interviews, it makes me think that at least one candidate they want to look at is with one of the remaining teams in the playoffs.

The obvious first team that pops to mind is the Guardians. One of their assistant pitching coaches, Joe ​Torres did work with Francona, and could be a candidate as well. But another name popped out looking at their staff, Corey Kluber. He started with them in 2025 as a special assistant to the pitching staff.

Kluber pitched for Francona for 7 seasons, and they got to be very close. Francona mentioned at the time how difficult it was to make the call to let Kluber know he had been traded.

So obviously, I could be very wrong, but I would keep Kluber in mind as a name that could pop up due to his ties to Francona and the work he's done in a pitching system that keeps cranking out great young pitching.

I look on mlb shop, and it’s only kids size or custom‘s. And they only have white On rallyhouse. Can someone help me understand where the hell the jerseys are. I’m curiou.

As the title says really. We all know the Castilini’s won’t do what needs to be done. But you don’t need any more evidence. Blow it all up

July 23-24 if you want to save yourself a click.

The Bengals infamous postseason win drought that lasted from January 6, 1991 to January 15, 2022, 11,332 days in length has now been tied by the Reds. The Reds last postseason win was on October 6, 1995, 11,332 days.

to win World Series with the Cubbies. Brewers were just starting its build into what the team is now.

Oh well

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Everyone is saying how the success of the Brewers, Guardians, Rays, etc. and the collapse of the Dodgers in the NLCS is showing how there is zero excuse for the Reds to also not be successful. And I understand that argument.

But it honestly feels like this round of playoffs is just pushing us further into the position that we are already in.

Big money Dodgers lose in the playoffs? Small market/money teams make it to the WS?

Ownership: Well I guess that means we can continue to not spend money and just blame it on the players not “clicking” this year. We will try again with the same mindset and a few different players next year.

There is no winning, imo.

The Brewers made money from ticket sales and concessions at their home stadium for an away-game.

Investing to make a good team pays off. Do it, or sell the team.

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Lowe might be talking about that other team in Ohio he played for this year...

I know I'm beating an already decomposed horse. But it's very likely that both World Series teams will be in the bottom half of the payroll. And the AL Team will be either last or second to last in spending.

The narrative that Cincinnati cannot compete with big spenders is just nonsense. All this talk about salary floors and ceilings and half of the remaining teams spend under 100M on payroll.

What the Reds cannot compete with though are scouts, player development, coaching, and front office management.

It's just frustrating to watch these so-called small Market Clubs do so well.

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MIL 6 @ LAD 4 - Bottom 9, 0 Outs

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I got the Seattle colors when they dropped over the summer and I just got the Reds color today. They look sharp! I heard some people think they should have the number he wore here and that would be nice but I can live with the 24 on them.

President of Baseball operations in the dugout doing his job? Nick would NEVER