Brandon Phillips News

With a new World Series champion now crowned, Major League Baseball is poised to begin a two-week period in which it hands out awards for the 2009 season.

Ramon Hernandez poses with World Series Champion New York Yankee Melky Cabrera. Congratulations BubbaFan! The Fay has been doing Q's and A's for the past week or so and they make for good reading.

Brandon Phillips has been one of the best defenders in the league over the past 3 seasons, and he's looked mighty handsome doing it.

Awe and autograph abound at Redsfest. Photo courtesy of the Cincinnati Reds With the exception of Bronson Arroyo, it is likely there will be more buzz about former Cincinnati Reds players than current ones at this year's Redsfest.

Our dynasty second baseman rankings are similar to the yearly league rankings , but only at the top.

As is their custom each January, the Cincinnati Reds came Saturday and warmed the hearts of baseball fans in Lexington.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have named Ray Searage pitching coach after two seasons in the same position with Triple-A affiliate Indianapolis.

This season has left much to be desired for Reds fans and, as always, has left a lot of concerns to be dealt with.

Could Dusty be the next victim of Banana Bob's storied impatience? I think most of us figured it was a foregone conclusion that Dusty Baker would be back with the team next year But there are rumblings that Banana Bob could ditch him to complete his secret master plan of recreating the Reds in the image of the early-2000's Cardinals .

For good or bad, Paul Janish inherited the position of shortstop after Alex Gonzalez was sent to Boston.

After a season full of injuries, the Cincinnati Reds have to decide what to do next.

After a season full of injuries, the Cincinnati Reds have to decide what to do next.

The Pirates finished their 17th straight losing season, while the Reds ended their ninth in a row.

Cincinnati 10, Houston 4 Cincinnati Top 9th - - Juan Francisco struck out swinging to end the inning.

The Cincinnati Reds completed a three-game series sweep of Pittsburgh, defeating the Pirates 4-1 at PNC Park.

Reds' second baseman Brandon Phillips is next up to be graded on his performance this season.

"This is how many bases I get every time I come up these days." Another quickie recap: Joey Votto went 4-5 with two doubles, two singles, three runs scored and an RBI.

The Cincinnati Reds have used the nine-game losing streak of the Houston Astros as a springboard to tie them for fourth place in the National League's God-awful Central Division.

Joey Votto went 4-for-5, drove in a run and scored three times, Homer Bailey allowed two runs in six innings and the Cincinnati Reds extended the Pittsburgh Pirates' losing streak with a 12-2 win Wednesday night.

What it's like to be a Pittsburgh Pirates fan these days: Six kids were in a concession area, all wearing shirts with names on the back like Bay, McLouth, Wilson, Sanchez, Nady and LaRoche.