Since the world championship year of 1990, we all know the Reds have fallen on some hard times.  Including that magical season up to the present 20 years later, we have seen the team go through 10 different managerial changes which has also caused for some new faces in the dugout on the coaching staff side of things. 

This quiz is to test your knowledge about how well you remember the managers and coaches.  Some of their names will be very easy to remember while others may take a while.  Not including the managers, there have actually been (to my best estimate) 32 other regular coaches, 2 interim coaches, and 3 bullpen catchers.  Hint...remember that 5 of the coaches went on to later become the manager of the Reds.  You've got 20 minutes to see how good you can do.  Good luck and GO REDS!!!

http://www.sporcle.com/games/kenttekulve/redsmanagerscoaches

Although the players listed in this quiz may have appeared in either the 1980's or the 2000's for the Reds, they each only played one season for the team during the 1990's.  Many of them will come to mind very quickly as others may surprise you.  Each are listed alphabetically by last names and their initials have been included to help you along the way.  Good luck and, as always, GO REDS!!!

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We've all seen the games about trying to guess the Reds' Opening Day lineups from year to year.  Let's see how well you remember all the Reds of the past decade in this quiz regarding how the lineups looked on the last regular home game of each season from 2000 to 2009.  It is much more difficult than one would think.  Good luck to each of you who try this and here's hoping we all enjoy Reds postseason baseball very soon!

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Let's see how well you remember the Reds of the 1980's.  Sandwiched in between the Big Red Machine glory years of the 70's and the World Series Championship club in 1990, most of these players are often forgotten.  This quiz includes all players who appeared in at least one game for the Reds during the decade however a few also appeared in the neighboring decade as well (i.e. some listed in 1980 also appeared in the 70s while others listed in 1989 may have also played for the Reds in 1990, etc.).  Due to players changing uniform numbers, some players may appear twice when they are typed in.  Last names are acceptable and you'll have 20 minutes so good luck! 

 http://www.sporcle.com/games/kenttekulve/redsofthe80s

Today's trivia deals with the Cincinnati championship teams of 1975, 1976, and 1990.  A lot of you may be able to recall several key players on those series-winning teams when you think of the Big Red Machine and the Nasty Boys bullpen but can you remember some of the other players who played smaller roles for the team?  By opening the link Reds World Champ Rosters you will have 20 minutes to test your knowledge of the only three Reds teams within the last 35 years to bring home a world championship.  How many Reds fans can remember the players?  Do you really know as much about the Reds championship teams as you originally believed?  Try this for fun to see just how many you can come up with and please post your comments to show everyone how well you done.  Last names are always acceptable.  As always, GO REDS!!!!

Today's challenging trivia is concerning the Reds and their uniform numbers.  Just how much did you really pay attention to some of the jerseys of the team in the last decade?  Some of these clues are relatively easy and others will really take some considation.  Click on the following link Reds by uniform number to see just how many you can get correct with 10:00.  Good luck to you and, as always, GO REDS!!!!

Hello again, Reds fans!  Today's trivia centers around the Reds free agents of the 2000s in a test of knowledge to see how much you can remember about the Reds players of the last decade.  85 times during the past 10 years, the Reds "dipped into the free agent pool" and signed someone who would go one and make at least one appearance for the big league team throughout last season.  How many can you name is this 20:00 quiz?

The year each player was signed, his former club, and position are listed as clues on the left column.  Last names are acceptable.  Several players were signed as minor league free agents and two other players were even signed twice on different occasions (hint).  This quiz does not include the players that were originally with the team (such as draft picks, amateur free agents, etc.) and later resigned as free agents and it also does not include players who were out of major league baseball when they signed their 21st century Reds contract. 

The quiz is pretty fun as there's surely some guys you won't remember.  Good luck and GO REDS!!!!!! 

Here's some more Reds trivia for you all to try to figure out.  Click on this link Reds of the 2000's and test your knowledge to see how many of the 100 players or pitchers you can come up with that were acquired by the Reds (some of them before the 2000 season) and made at least one appearance for them in a game at some point in the past decade.  This quiz does not include free agent acquisitions, waiver claims, etc. however "trades only".  Here's 20:00 so let's see how you can do and, as I said before on the last quiz I submitted, please post your score in the comments.  GO REDS!!!!!  

Hey Reds fans, here's some fun trivia to keep you going while we endure the cold weather and await the long winter season and on up until Opening Day 2010 to see what goes down for our beloved Reds.  Click on the following link Reds of the 2000's and test your knowledge about the Reds to see how many former and current position players (not including pitchers) you can name in twenty minutes or less.  Without cheating, how many can you actually remember who played with the team during the last decade? 

Try the quiz out to see how much you do remember about them.  It's more difficult that you would think as 122 different position players appeared in at least one game for Cincinnati.  There will be hints listed for each one of them to help you along the way.  Please post your scores when you're finished so everyone can see how you did. 

Good luck and here's hoping that the 2010 season will see a return to the playoffs... 

Just for fun, I ask that you don't look this up and just see if you can guess the answer.  Just to pass some time, I was going through some old scorecards the other day and I remember watching this game from 1988.  I didn't see the info. anywhere on the net and wanted to see if anyone else was as attentive to this as I was at the time.

Jeff Reed was traded from the Expos to the Reds and wore uniform # 34 throughout his Reds' career except for his debut.  Can anyone remember what number he wore during his first game as a Red???  I can recall the television announcer saying that he would soon be assigned the # 34 but he couldn't wear it during the game because I believe it had something to do with his name not being sewed on yet.  Just thought it was interesting! 

Centerfielder Willy Taveras!!!  Guys it's the handwriting on the wall.  Did you see the Cincinnati Enquirer's comment today that "the Reds called him as soon as he became a free agent" last week?

He's 2009's version of Corey Patterson all over again.  If he don't put up some spectacular numbers (and I don't expect he will so I won't be disappointed if he doesn't live up to my expectations) then I just don't know.

I know we haven't signed him yet but his name is all I'm hearing.  I believe another RR poster pointed out just the other day that Jocketty pretty much gave excuses as to why we possible won't be signing Wigginton or Miles but seemed like he was already giving the CF job to Taveras.  At least they didn't have to trade a prospect (or two) to get him back last month.

Whatever happened to the Adrian Beltre idea?  Unless Seattle asks for the moon, that seems like the best scenario to me.  We get a RH power bat with vastly improved 3B defense, can try to move EE to left field, and put Dickerson/Hopper in CF, with Bruce in RF.  What do you all think???

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