The state of Ohio has enjoyed a good sports run recently. They won the national championship in college football with Ohio State, reached the NBA Finals with the Cleveland Cavaliers and both teams looked primed for a lot more in the seasons to come. Baseball hasn’t gone so well, with the Reds and Indians each […]
The Cincinnati Reds made the postseason for the third time in four years last season, but a late-season fade that cost them the NL Central followed by a poor showing in a wild-card game loss at Pittsburgh, cast a negative cloud on 2013. So negative that the Reds’ front office decided it was time for a managerial change. Dusty Baker is out, Bryan Price is in. Does that make a difference in the Cincinnati fortunes? Here’s the Notebook Nine, our relevant talking points as we stand three weeks from Opening Day…