Lance McAlister

Tonight's Question: What's a cool name in sports?

Earlier today, the Cincinnati Bengals signed free agent cornerback Matthew McDoom, from Cincinnati Bearcats Football.

One of my favorite Notre Dame players was linebacker Michael Stonebreaker!

How about:
C**t McCoy
Milton Bradley
Coco Crisp
Major Applewhite
Kool-Aid McKinstry
Vida Blue
D'Brickashaw Ferguson
Nitro Tuggle

Cincinnati Reds Saturday night lineup sheet.

Whaaaaaaat is happening? The Cardinals called up their No. 3 prospect, 23-year old Joshua Baez. He's making his MLB debut at Wrigley:

1st AB: HR
2nd AB: HR
3rd AB: HR
5 RBI

He is the only player in the last 125 seasons with 3 home runs in his major league debut.

He hit 34 HR with 90 in 103 games at AAA.

OTD 1984: The Cincinnati Reds stun baseball by announcing Pete Rose will return to his hometown as player-manager.

GM Bob Howsam informed manager Very Rapp that he'd been fired just prior to the game vs St. Louis that night.

The Reds acquired Rose in a trade with the Expos in exchange for Tom Lawless.

At the time, the Reds were 51-70 under Rapp. They would go 19-22 the rest of the season under Rose.

From the Cincinnati Bengals
The Bengals today signed free agent CB Matthew McDoom. McDoom (5-9, 180), a rookie from Cincinnati Bearcats Football originally signed with Baltimore as a college free agent in May. He was waived by the Ravens on Aug. 8.

The Bengals also announced CB Ceyair Wright has left the team to pursue other opportunities. He will be placed on the Exempt/Left Squad list and will not count against the 90-man roster.

Hard to believe: The Hunter Greene/Nick Lodolo era.

The Cincinnati Reds drafted Nick Lodolo No. 7 overall in 2019, and Hunter Greene No. 2 overall in 2017.

Since 2022, each has pitched in five MLB seasons with the Reds.

Combined numbers/184 MLB starts

W-L record: 54-55 (Greene: 27-31, Lodolo: 27-24)

999.2 MLB innings (Greene 523.1, Lodolo 476.1)

3.98 ERA (Greene 3.82, Lodolo 4.18)

Reds record when they've started (85-99 .462)
(Lodolo 45-43/Greene (40-56)

Injured list appearances since being drafted, including minor league: Lodolo: 10, Greene: 9

Well..............how about this stat from Opta Stats, X?
Cincinnati Reds

From Cincinnati Bengals
B.J. Hill has passed a physical and is cleared to practice. Hill had been placed on the Active/Physically Unable to Perform list on July 25.

How about the Friday night duo of Pagan and Burke?

Emilio Pagán picked up his 15th save of the season after working a perfect 9th inning.

He has earned a win or save in each of his last 10 appearances, the longest-such streak of his career and longest by any Reds pitcher since Aroldis Chapman (16, 2012).

He's converted each of his last 9 save opportunities, tied for the longest streak of his career..

He has worked a season-high 10 straight scoreless
appearances.

Since being activated from the 15-day injured list on June 30, he has a 1.35 ERA with 9 saves in 14 games.

Brock Burke made his National League-leading 62nd appearance of the season, tied for 2nd most among all MLB pitchers (Mason Fluhart).

He struck out the side in the 8th inning, the fifth time he punched out all 3 batters faced in an inning in his Major League career.

He has allowed 1 hit or fewer in 53 of his 62 games this season, tied for the most instances among all Major League pitchers.

Cincinnati Reds

Go figure....
The Cincinnati Reds improved to 16-10 (.615) since the All-Star break, tied with the Brewers for the fourth-best record among all National League teams in that time.

They moved to 36-20 (.643) in games decided by 2 runs or fewer this season, the best winning percentage among all Major League teams.

Their last six wins, and 8 of 9 have come by one run.

0verall, they are 20-12 in 1-run games.

36 wins by 2 runs or fewer.
20 1-run wins.
28 losses by at least 5 runs.