Ick’s Corner

This day in sports is brought to us by Fred Toney

1917 – Fred Toney (Cincinnati Reds) pitched two complete games in one day.
*No pitch count was harmed in the making of this day in sports* :)

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This day in sports is brought to us by Johnny Bench

1984 – The Cincinnati Reds honored major league All-Star and Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench by retiring his uniform (#5).
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Adam Dunn is leaving a losing Reds team, and heading to a FIRST place Diamondbacks team. This coming after Ken Griffey Jr was traded to the White Sox at the trade deadline. With these two trades, this tells me the Reds are in *Rebuild mode* Dunn heads to Arizona for 3 prospects. I wonder if [...]

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This day in sports is brought to us by, Pete Rose

1978 – Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Red’s broke the National League record for consecutive base hits as he got a hit in 38 straight games.
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This day in sports is brought to us by Marge Schott…

1996 – Baseball’s executive council told Marge Schott, owner of the Cincinnati Reds, to give up day-to-day operations within a week or face a suspension of more than a year. Schott had caused controversy with comments she made concerning Adolph Hitler in an ESPN interview.

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