Nick Masset News

There seems to be a high number of pictures in SBNation's AP photos bank of Dusty defending Willy T. Here is one of them.

It has now been 14 years since the Cincinnati Reds and their fans last felt the excitement of postseason baseball.

The Miami Heat on Monday signed free agent guard Carlos Arroyo. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not released.

I couldnt find a pic of George and Hal from yesterday's game, so I went with this one instead.

Laynce Nix hit the first grand slam of his career Wednesday, pacing Cincinnati to a 6-1 victory over St.

As the sands run out of the hourglass that is the 2009 season, Cincinnati manager Dusty Baker has been taking stock of the good and the bad for the Reds.

Bronson Arroyo held Pittsburgh to one run over seven innings, as the Cincinnati Reds completed a three-game sweep of the Pirates with a 4-1 win at PNC Park.

Nick Masset has been hella good this year, hasnt he? Tip o' the cap to Walt for getting him in the Jr trade.

This is when you know you're on a roll: Your starting pitcher gives up five home runs and you win.

Paul Janish drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning with his third double, leading the Reds to a 5-4 victory over the Astros Tuesday night.

Micah Owings made the effort to get to Chicago, flying in Thursday from Atlanta, and he passed a workout test Friday.

I hope everyone had a nice long weekend. The Reds certainly did. A weekend sweep of the Braves stretched the winning streak to 7, only to be broken in a narrow defeat to the Rockies yesterday.

Homer Bailey took more than his share of the blame for the Reds' 4-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies Monday.

The Pittsburgh Pirates passed a couple of miserable milestones as they got closer to setting a record for losing.

Brandon Phillips . For the second time in the last 3 games, Phillips takes home the honor.

Fewer than 2,000 fans showed up for the first game of a day-night doubleheader at Great American Ball Park, which turned into a red-seat echo chamber.

Right-hander Homer Bailey gave the best performance of his career Friday night, holding the NL's top team scoreless for eight innings, and the Cincinnati Reds held on to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 for their season-high fifth straight win.

It's bad to lose three straight games at home to the Washington Nationals - owners of the worst record in baseball - but to lose the way the Reds lost Sunday is about as bad as it gets.

The Cincinnati Reds almost blew a 4-0 lead and held off a late charge by St. Louis, defeating the Cardinals 5-4. Justin Lehr allowed a run on 11 hits, pitching into the seventh inning to improve to 2 and 0. Albert Pulols made the score 5-2 in the eighth when he hit his 37th home run of the season off Cincinnati's Nick Masset with Yadier Molina ...

The next time Reds reliever Nick Masset crosses the threshold of the bullpen door, he will have tied his career high for games pitched with nearly two months left in the season.