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Overcoming an early four-run deficit, the Mets rallied for a walk-off 7-6 win against the Yankees on May 19, 2006, after a classic confrontation between two of the biggest names in New York baseball during the early years of the twenty-first century. The fireworks began long before the two teams even took the field. “A […]

On January 26, 1997, the New England Patriots and the Green Bay Packers played in Super Bowl XXXI in front of a jam-packed Louisiana Superdome. At a South Florida Domino’s Pizza, a full crew was processing about a thousand orders in a three-hour period to football fans anxious to see the two best football teams […]

The New York Mets entered the 1985 season looking to build on their success (second-place finish in the NL East) under manager Davey Johnson the year before. Indeed, the Mets became embroiled in a battle for the division title for most of the season, and ultimately it came down to a two-team race between the […]

Offensive firepower made the San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds favorites to capture the first NL West crown in the inaugural season of division play in 1969. The heavy-hitting teams looked to profit from baseball’s decision to lower the height of the mound from 15 to 10 inches to increase scoring after the “Year of […]

On a stormy Friday night in Cincinnati, the Reds won a dramatic victory over the Milwaukee Braves on a grand slam by catcher Ed Bailey in a tie game with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. The Reds overcame a five-run deficit built by two home runs from the Braves’ Eddie Mathews […]

“Ah just fired fast ball after fast ball at ’em in the ninth,” declared Ewell Blackwell in his Western drawl after tossing a no-hitter. “Because ah will admit, ah was a trifle nervous when the last round started.”1 The Reds first-year skipper Johnny Neun was looking for a pick-me-up following the sixth-place (26-30) Reds’ humiliating […]

Before a Saturday Ladies Day crowd of 5,247 at Crosley Field, “Frankie and Vada waved the big sticks as the powerhouse Reds battered out a 16-4 decision over the Los Angeles Dodgers.”1 Frank Robinson hit for the cycle and Vada Pinson contributed a 3-for-4 day as the duo knocked in nine of Cincinnati’s 16 runs. […]

History may assign this mid-September match-up between the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates to the scrapheap of thousands of supposedly meaningless late-season games between clubs whose postseason and title aspirations had long disappeared. But such a judgment overlooks the players, who competed not just for their next one-year contract, but also for their teammates and […]

Before the 1940 World Series began, it might have seemed as if the Cincinnati Reds were the clear favorites. The Reds won 100 games, finishing 12 games ahead of the Brooklyn Dodgers. First baseman Frank McCormick was the National League MVP, leading the league in hits and doubles. Catcher Ernie Lombardi hit .319, the team […]

Baseball fans are usually divided into two camps: those who enjoy good hitting and those who enjoy good pitching.1 On a hot and humid Saturday afternoon at Crosley Field, fans saw both. The Brooklyn Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds played the second game of a four-game series, and it seemed as though three Dodgers pitchers served […]

It certainly felt like mid-summer to the 39,578 fans attending this 4:10 Saturday-afternoon game as it was 87 degrees and humid. This was the third game of a four-game series with Atlanta taking the first two. Coming into Atlanta, Washington (33-24) had led the NL East by one game, but after the two losses, Atlanta […]

After the brilliant high of winning the first World Series championship in franchise history in 1919, the Reds remained competitive. Under the steady leadership of manager Pat Moran, the Reds finished in second or third in three of the next four years, a period of sustained success that was nearly unprecedented in the Queen City.1 […]

It began just after 3:00 in the afternoon when Cincinnati’s ace, Eppa Rixey, served one up to Cubs second baseman Sparky Adams. Sixteen innings later it ended after Charley Dressen scored on a single by Wally Pipp. Between those two pitches, the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs battled through the longest and one of […]

The Cincinnati Reds were one of the surprise teams in baseball as they prepared to take on the Boston Bees in the Queen City on June 11. After 11 consecutive losing seasons, including five last-place finishes, the Reds (23-20) were in third place, 5½ games behind the New York Giants. One reason for the good […]

The Cincinnati Reds could be forgiven for celebrating too hard after beating the Chicago White Sox in four of the first five games of the 1919 World Series. After all, no one had expected them to dominate Chicago’s ace pitchers, Eddie Cicotte and Lefty Williams, in back-to-back starts — let alone to do it twice. […]

After wins in Games Six and Seven in Cincinnati by scores of 5-4 and 4-1, respectively, it was clear the Chicago White Sox were no longer playing to lose. Dickey Kerr wasn’t as brilliant in Game Six as he was in Game Three, but he went the distance in a 10-inning affair that saw the […]

Boasting a three-games-to-one lead after four tilts, the Reds had all but started counting their share of the 1919 World Series take. “With three victories to our credit, nothing will stop the Reds now of winning the world’s championship,” Cincinnati skipper Pat Moran declared before they were to face the White Sox at Comiskey Park […]

Thanks to Dickey Kerr serving his teammates a dose of rejuvenating elixir in Game Three, the Chicago White Sox had regained their confidence and were ready to take Game Four of the 1919 World Series at Comiskey Park. “Reassured by yesterday’s shutout of the Reds, the White Sox today declared they were ready to back […]

After the Chicago White Sox lost the first two games of the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati, the Series shifted to Chicago’s Comiskey Park for the next three tilts. Though Reds manager Pat Moran admitted his team was lucky to have beaten Lefty Williams in Game Two, he also insisted the […]

The Cincinnati Reds started the 1912 season in a new venue, one that didn’t yet have a name, when they defeated the Chicago Cubs on Opening Day, April 11, before the largest crowd to witness a baseball game to date in the Queen City. The new ballpark was designed for 23,000 spectators, but 26,336 occupied […]

The 32,040 fans who came to Royals Stadium for a Monday night game in late June were in for a treat, as they saw California’s 39-year-old Dave Winfield become the oldest major leaguer to hit for the cycle. In addition, Kansas City’s Bill Pecota was involved in a few rare occurrences of his own. While […]

The Brooklyn Dodgers had their backs to the wall. After coming back from a two-game deficit in the World Series, they lost the fifth game to the New York Yankees at Ebbets Field. Now they were back at Yankee Stadium and needed to win to keep the Series alive. After Spec Shea’s four-hit complete game […]

A pair of rare events were accomplished by a pair of future Hall of Famers at the Hubert. H. Humphrey Metrodome on August 1, 1986. The Minnesota Twins were spending the weekend celebrating their 25th anniversary, beginning with this contest against the Oakland A’s. In a rout of the Athletics, the Twins’ Kirby Puckett and […]

The San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals began a three-game series on Memorial Day, May 26, 1975. The visiting Padres won the first contest, 9-6. A moderate crowd of 10,060 came through the gates at Busch Stadium to watch the second game. The Cardinals (16-23) had lost seven of their last 10 games and […]