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Reds Offense 2008
The Cincinnati Reds were 12th in the NL in runs scored for 2008, and that's with playing in a good hitters' park. In reality, they were pretty near the bottom. The offense that ended the year little resembled the offense that began the year. Cincinnati's offense at the beginning was based around ...
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Thursday Playoff Thread
Red Reporter — ... about the Brewers-Phillies series as well.  Which all but guarantees that we'll see a Dodgers-Angels series.  Yawn. If you are not all into this playoff stuff and are just hoping for a shread of Reds information, well Doug has been thinking about Drew Stubbs.  No mention of Stubbs's chances at winning the NL Cy Young this year though... And Shawn has been reviewing the season (SPOILER ALERT: they sucked).  You can see what he says about the offense, pitching, and defense all at his site.

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