Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona already had the respect of the players in his clubhouse, but his gesture to the team on May 11 might have heightened the respect his players have for him.

The Cincinnati Reds had a four-run lead and their ace on the mound. It was an ideal start to facing the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs in the first of six head-to-head games through June 1.

The Cincinnati Reds had a four-run lead and their ace on the mound. It was an ideal start to facing the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs in the first of six head-to-head games through June 1.

By the time Sparky Anderson got the Reds job as a no-name, first-time big-league manager ahead of the 1970 season he found what might have been the ideal ally on his roster in the toughened ...

By the time Sparky Anderson got the Reds job as a no-name, first-time big-league manager ahead of the 1970 season he found what might have been the ideal ally on his roster in the toughened ...

By the time Sparky Anderson got the Reds job as a no-name, first-time big-league manager ahead of the 1970 season he found what might have been the ideal ally on his roster in the toughened ...

By the time Sparky Anderson got the Reds job as a no-name, first-time big-league manager ahead of the 1970 season he found what might have been the ideal ally on his roster in the toughened ...

By the time Sparky Anderson got the Reds job as a no-name, first-time big-league manager ahead of the 1970 season he found what might have been the ideal ally on his roster in the toughened ...

DETROIT – Cincinnati Reds ace Hunter Greene is officially on the “slower than last time” schedule for a return from the groin injury he aggravated June 3. The team has nothing close to a ...