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1917 New York Giants season

August 18, 1917: Jim Thorpe was returned to the Giants by the Cincinnati Reds.

1972 National League Championship Series

The Pittsburgh bullpen stopped the Reds offense, though, and the Pirates came back to make it a 4–3 game with single runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth, as Milt May, Roberto Clemente and Dave Cash picked up RBIs.

1975 National League Championship Series

Pete Rose then blasted a home run to put the Reds ahead, 3–2.

2007 San Jose Grand Prix at Redback Raceway

Unfortunately for him, Jani was driving this final stint on the soft Bridgestone "reds", and he was soon struggling for grip.

Alberto da Costa Pereira

In the latter, against Inter Milan at the San Siro, a Jair attempt late into the first half slid under his body and entered the net, for the game's only goal – he was also injured shortly after, and the Reds played more than 30 minutes with ten players.

Alphonso Ford

Ford signed the deal and the results were immediate: he led the Reds to a Greek Cup trophy by having 20 points, 7 assists and 3 rebounds in the semifinal against Bodiroga's Panathinaikos and 24 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists in the final game to defeat Maroussi 66–74.

Bank Street Grounds

A new Reds franchise was formed as an American Association club in 1882.

In 1884, a former prominent member of the Reds front-office, a man named Justus Thorner, invested in the new Union Association club.

Bobby Tolan

The Reds swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NLCS in three games; in the second game, Tolan scored all three runs in a 3-1 victory, including hitting a fifth-inning home run off starter Luke Walker.

Castilian-Leonese cuisine

Major wines in Castilian-Leonese cuisine include the robust wine of Toro, reds from Ribera del Duero, whites from Rueda, and clarets from Cigales.

Chung Dong-ha

In March, 25th Anniversary: Retrospect II was released and Chung participated in cheer supporting album of 2010 FIFA World Cup called The Shouts Of Reds. United Korea.

Dann Stupp

He is co-author of Tom Browning's Tales from the Reds Dugout (2006, Sports Publishing LLC, ISBN 1-59670-046-7), and author of Opening Day at Great American Ball Park (Sports Publishing LLC, ISBN 1-58261-724-4, 2003).

Dave Bristol

Not long after being fired by the Reds, Bristol was hired by the Seattle Pilots as the second manager in their history.

Dave Burba

On July 21, 1995, he was traded by the San Francisco Giants with Darren Lewis and Mark Portugal to the Cincinnati Reds for Ricky Pickett, John Roper, Deion Sanders, Scott Service, and David McCarty.

Dave Sisler

The Reds were the NL champions in 1961, and with the addition of Sisler, Dave Hillman, and Moe Drabowsky to ensure stability to their pitching staff in 1962, the team's management had high hopes of a return to the World Series.

Declan Mullin

Mullin was hired by the Cincinnati Reds in 2000 to manage facility and game-day operations at Cinergy Field, and has continued that position at the Reds’ new home, Great American Ball Park.

Ed Armbrister

Originally in the Houston Astros system, he was traded to the Reds in the deal that also sent Joe Morgan, César Gerónimo, Denis Menke and Jack Billingham to Cincinnati for Lee May, Tommy Helms and Jimmy Stewart.

Frickin' A

The band also sings "The Reds Are on the Radio," the theme for the Cincinnati Reds radio network.

Hal McCoy

He was at the forefront of the Pete Rose investigation, breaking many stories during the 1989 season while also covering the Reds on a daily basis.

James McLaughlin

Kid McLaughlin (James Anson McLaughlin, 1888–1934), baseball player for the 1914 Cincinnati Reds

Jim Kelch

Prior to joined the Reds broadcast team, he called games for the Louisville Bats, Peoria Chiefs, Chattanooga Lookouts, Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball, NCAA Division II men's basketball semifinal championships, Louisville Cardinals football, men's basketball, women's basketball, Bellarmine University, and called the 2009 NCAA Women's national championship game.

Joining Kelch on the broadcast team for the Reds are Marty Brennaman, Thom Brennaman, Chris Welsh, George Grande and, occasionally, Sean Casey.

Jimmie Wilson

Released along with Reds manager Bill McKechnie at the end of the 1946 season, Wilson moved to Florida and entered the citrus growing business.

Katie Uhlaender

In memory of her father, she wears around her neck his ring of the 1972 Cincinnati Reds season in which the Reds won the National League pennant.

Ken Burkhart

With one out in the sixth inning and two Cincinnati Reds runners on base – Tommy Helms at first and Bernie Carbo at third – pinch-hitter Ty Cline batted a pitch off Jim Palmer in front of the plate.

Kolchak army offensive

The purpose of northern advancing was to connect with North Russia Front and to strike on Petrograd; the purpose of southern advancing was to crush the front of Reds on the middle Volga river and to strike on Moscow.

Kristian Sarkies

Days after his arrival, captain Ross Aloisi signed with new team Wellington Phoenix, paving the way for Sarkies to become a key player in the Reds midfield brigade.

Micah Hoffpauir

He also played right field due to the absence of Milton Bradley, hitting his first home run of the season on April 21 at home against the Cincinnati Reds.

Miguel Cairo

In February 2013 Cairo was named a special assistant to Cincinnati Reds General Manager Walt Jocketty, and in April 2013 it was announced that Cairo would fill in as Bench Coach during the absence of Mark Berry while Berry receives treatment for throat cancer.

Mr. Red

In 1999, the Reds re-designed their uniform and "Mr. Red" was reintroduced as a sleeve patch on the undershirt.

Olympiacos F.C. in European football

Olympiacos opened the second round of the group stage with a draw 0–0 to Real Madrid at the Karaiskakis Stadium and kept alive the record of being undefeated by Real Madrid in Athens in four matches, while the Reds moved a step closer to qualifying for the last 16 after coming from behind to defeat Lazio 2–1 in Stadio Olimpico.

Palace of the Fans

The "Findlay and Western" intersection was the home field of the Reds from 1884 through June 24, 1970, when the team moved to Riverfront Stadium.

Pink Panther jewel

The pink diamond comes in shades ranging from a pastel rose, such as the Pink Orchid, to intense purple-reds such as the Moussaieff Red Diamond.

Ray Mueller

He did not catch every inning for the 1944 Reds (backups Len Rice, Joe Just and Johnny Riddle handled 17 total chances) but Mueller handled 545 chances, threw out 39 percent of would-be base-stealers, and batted a career-high .286 with ten home runs and 73 runs batted in.

Rhode Island Reds

Riverpoint Royals, a former team of the New England Collegiate Baseball League which used Rhode Island Reds as its original name

Providence Reds, a former team of the Canadian-American Hockey League and American Hockey League which later changed its name to Rhode Island Reds

Rick Hummel

Hummel was sent in his place and ended up covering a historic game as Hall of Famer Tom Seaver pitched his only career no-hitter in a 4-0 victory for the Reds.

Rocket Red

The term "Rocket Reds" refers to any member of the Rocket Red Brigade; the name in the singular is used to refer to the three individual characters named Rocket Red who were members of the Justice League.

Salt Rock, West Virginia

Ezra Midkiff – Major League Baseball player who played for the Cincinnati Reds (1909) and New York Yankees (1912-1913)

Skrappys

As a music venue, Skrappy's saw the rise of many Tucson native bands such as The Bled, Versus the Mirror, Blues, The American Black Lung, Line of Fire, The Mean Reds, Beyond the Citadel of Coup de Grace and many others.

Stirling Dickinson

On 29 August 1957 the New York Herald Tribune ran an article titled More than 100 Expatriate Reds in Mexico Viewed as Peril to US.

The Honourable Man

Godfrey again expresses his antipathy to "the reds" and so urges that the welcome should be unextravagant, and the vicar refuses to allow his choir to sing "The Red Flag".

The Willows

The Willows, Salford, home of Salford City Reds & Swinton Lions Rugby League clubs, in Salford, England

Tom Kramer

Despite starting the 1995 season with a record of twelve wins and one loss and a 3.33 earned run average in 127.0 innings pitched for the Reds' then-AA affiliate, the Chattanooga Lookouts, Kramer was traded to the Detroit Tigers midway through the season, finishing out the season pitching for then-AAA affiliate Toledo.

Tommy Thevenow

Five days later, Thevenow would hit another inside-the-park home run, the second and final regular season home run of his career, as the Cardinals beat the Brooklyn Dodgers by a score of 15–7, putting the Cardinals 2½ games ahead of the Reds for first place in the National League.

Walk East on Beacon

Professor Albert Kafer (Finlay Currie) a scientist who is being blackmailed by the Reds into cooperating with them, while Alexi Laschenkov (Karel Stepanek) is the top Eastern-Bloc spy.

Willard Hershberger

The following afternoon, Reds publicist and traveling secretary Gabe Paul called Hershberger's room at the Copley Plaza Hotel after Hershberger missed batting practice.

Wistert

Whitey Wistert (1912–1985), 1933 All-American, 1967 College Football Hall of Fame inductee, 1934 Big Ten Baseball MVP, Cincinnati Reds player


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