Old-school news, just in time
by Kevin Burton The Cincinnati Reds have been included in the baseball playoffs this year as a wild card, with an 83-79 record. I used to be wild about baseball and the Reds, less so now, but I never have been wild about the wild card. Too many teams mediocre teams get into …
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by Kevin Burton One day I answered the phone and instead of a typical getting I heard, “Your boy’s in jail.” Baseball was one of the few things that my father and I could talk about peacefully. But we had a disagreement about Pete Rose. I loved Rose, who died Sept. 30 …
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By Kevin Burton “How good are the Reds” was the question Sports illustrated famously asked on the cover of its 1976 World Series wrap-up edition. Two more questions: how vital was Tony Perez to that team and how misguided was the trade that sent him to Montreal? It’s Perez’s birthday today. He …
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