Verka Serduchka

Every now and again it hits you, you know, those moments where you remember you're blessed to be alive and taking in every detail carefully and consciously.  In my younger days, I would often find...

To be honest, it was one of the more boring baseball games I have ever seen.  The normal chaos that is watching Dominican baseball was surprisingly absent.  The stadium was maybe 4/5 empty and...

It has been a particularly complicated year.  Checking the date of my last fanpost, it strikes me that the world has made quite a few rotations in its annual slow-steady progression around the sun...

I have just returned home from my local colmado where I witnessed an interesting moment in the Reds' offseason: The people's wagon, Edinson Vólquez, on the mound against the one and only Niño...

From the Diaro Libre last Tuesday, November 18:   SANTO DOMINGO. El comité organizador del equipo dominicano que participará en el Clásico Mundial 2009 presentó este lunes a Mario Soto...

Ok, so I am started to really getting into thinking about what is the best statistical measure of offensive ability.I realize I had a very mistaken impression of slugging.  I thought walks were...

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I have been in the Cincinnati for a few weeks now and the weather here has been incredible.  I have enjoyed seeing the family, and friends, and have spent many evenings playing soccer late into...

On Wednesday I started my trek from Santo Domingo back to Cincinnati.  I flew through Miami into Richmond, VA where a friend came down from DC (yup, BDuk the friend with the sweet potato butter...

Today, the Listin Diario ran an article based on an interview with Edwin Encarnacion.  I am translating from the paper and for some reason there is no link to the article on the net.  Some...

First, the ugly:  My house was robbed on Sunday afternoon and my labtop was stolen.  If that wasn't bad enough, I happened to be in my home when the 3 thieves entered.  They held me, my...

In my opinion, there is something about community that makes everything better.  I think that is no less true when it comes to rooting for the Reds. Let me explain.  For about two years, I...

    Cueto was all over the Dominican press this morning including a color photo on the top left corner of the front page of Hoy. The headline reads "Johnny Cueto- Un debut como los grandes,"...

Brazil was really a great place to be for a week.  I had a great time visiting friends and seeing Sao Paulo a bit, before going through a really intense training to be a staffer at an...

I am heading to Sao Paulo, Brazil tomorrow for the week, so I wanted to say bye for a few days, and also thanks for a fun couple of weeks here at RR.  I have been a reader off and on for the past...

In addition to thinking a lot about baseball, I also spend a lot of time thinking about and working towards social change. I would like to share some insights about sabermetrics, the scientific...

The Dominican Winter League series final ended yesterday with the Aguilas Cibaeñas taking the championship in 8 games, with a 2-1 victory over the Licey Tigres.  I had a chance to go to game 7,...

EdE had a big night for the Eagles yesterday in the DR Winter League:"SANTO DOMINGO.- Las Águilas Cibaeñas atacaron a palos limpios el pitcheo azul en las tres primeras entradas con una ofensiva...

I'm a long time Reds fan and have been a silent observer here at RR for over a year now.  I recently moved to the Dominican Republic to teach English and work with an organization doing grass...