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Last Update: June 1, 2010
We're back, with a win over the Cardinals to kick off the 2010 regular season. Recaps are updated, as is the history page. Still working on the Trophy Room, schedule and 2009 roster. Hopefully by the weekend.
Last Update: September 15, 2009
The Reds completed a tremendous series against the Cardinals, and are heading to their 4th consecutive Championship Game! This time, it's against an undefeated team that has outscored us 54-19 in 3 games... You might say we're the underdog. Schedule and recaps are updated. August 21, 2009
A win and a loss and THREE DIFFERENT INJURIES?!? Schedule and recaps are updated.
August 13, 2009
The Reds run their winning streak to 4, but their postponed game streak is now at 3... enough rain already.
July 19, 2009
Two wins in a row for the Reds. Schedule and recaps are updated.
July 15, 2009
After rain wreaked havoc with our early schedule, and five straight losses, the steadily improving Reds won their first game of the year. Schedule and recaps are updated.
June 14, 2009
The Reds opened the 2009 regular season with a tie and a default loss. Recaps and schedule are updated.
December 29, 2008
Last update: May 18, 2008 Reds are 3-0 after taking on the newly-renamed Mariners. Recaps and schedule are updated.
May 13, 2008 Reds take a close one against the Dodgers to improve to 2-0. The recaps and schedule are updated and so is the Coaches page.
May 10, 2008 The Reds kicked off the 2008 season with a win against the Cardinals. The recaps and schedule are updated. Slight change in the web address, since www.smytheparkreds.com expired and was purchased (!) So, welcome to www.thelittleredmachine.com.
December 27, 2007 The website is ready to go for season #17. Some spiffy new graphics to reflect that we are now 6-time league and 4-time playoff champs, new banners and records in the trophy room and the 2007 team picture on the history page. Speaking of history, rosters of years past are now available for 1996-2000, 2002-2004 and 2006. Just click on the team picture and you'll see a roster link.
Finally, the 2007 Roster is up on the Roster page. Drop by and visit the back-to-back champs!
September 16, 2007 For the first time in club history, the Reds have repeated as champions in an epic, extra-inning contest against the Dodgers. Recaps are updated. More goodies, like Trophy Room and Roster updates to come.
September 14, 2007 Ontoy blasted the team's first homer of the year in the final round robin playoff game. Now it's off to the Championship.
September 7, 2007 The Little Red Machine will attempt to defend their title, having clinched a berth in the 2007 Mosquito Championship. We've never been able to win the regular season and the championship in the same season OR win back to back titles, so we'll be trying to break a couple of curses here. One more game to go before the championship. Recaps and schedule are updated.
September 5, 2007 The Reds pitching and defense continues to roll as they open the playoffs with a pair of wins. Recaps are updated.
August 23, 2007 The Reds clinched their 6th pennant with a 16-7 win over the Cardinals. The team set a record for fewest regular season losses, with just one. Now it's on to the playoffs, where we will try to add a playoff championship to the regular season title... something we've NEVER been able to do yet. Recaps and final standings are updated. Playoff schedule coming soon.
August 20, 2007 The Reds picked up a pair of wins in makeup games this week, as we head for the home stretch of the regular season. Recaps and standings are updated.
August 13, 2007 The unbeaten streak is over at a club-record 19, but the Reds bounced back to play perhaps their best game of the year. Recaps and schedule are updated (to the relief of some restless parents...)
August 1, 2007 Bats were booming in a big win over the Cardinals. Recaps and schedule are updated.
July 26, 2007 It's been awhile, but the website is back up to speed, with the recaps and schedule pages up to date. The Little Red Machine rolls along with a win over the Jays.
September 26, 2006 The trophy room and history pages are updated, as well as a new picture on the home page, courtesy of The York Guardian. Did you know the Reds are now 20 games over .500 lifetime?
September 22, 2006 It's the first of the post-season updates, as we finally unveil the 2006 Championship roster. Check out the roster page and meet the Reds. A new banner is hanging in the trophy room. As for the individual awards, they'll have to wait, since we won so darned many of them...
September 18, 2006 That's right, after a 5-year drought, the Reds are once again Mosquito Champs! A great game to end a fantastic season. Read all about it in the recaps. More updates coming soon, including the unveiling of the 2006 roster.
September 8, 2006 After a thrilling, hard-fought win over the Cardinals, the Reds have clinched a spot in the Championship final for the first time since 2002. Recaps and schedule are updated.
August 30, 2006 Wow, two updates in the same calendar year! The Little Red Machine rolls to a 2-0 playoff record. Details in the recaps.
August 25, 2006 Hmmm. Seems like these updates are becoming annual events. We're going to work on that. The 2006 Reds are enjoying a fine season, and the playoffs are here. The schedule, history, trophy room and recaps pages are all updated. 2006 Roster to be posted soon - we promise.
June 7, 2005 Has it really been this long since our last update? Yikes. The home of the Little Red Machine is back, and so are the Reds, who've jumped out to a 5-0 start in the 2005 campaign. The recaps, schedule, history, trophy and coaches pages are all updated. At long last.
August 31, 2004 It's been a while between updates, but the Reds finished the regular season with a number of close games, and look to even our playoff series with the Cardinals at a game apiece. The recaps and schedule are updated, and the trophy room has been updated with a rare feat that a pair of Reds pulled off last season.
July 28, 2004 The Reds enjoyed a big week, going 4-0 to run the team's record to 9-11. Smytheparkreds.com also received its 1500th visitor since the counter was installed. The recaps and schedule have been updated.
July 23, 2004 The Reds snapped off a 5-game losing streak by sweeping a Sunday afternoon double header. Players are starting to drift back from vacation, and we may actually have a lineup and a bench soon. Our latest game featured a big comeback win over the Dodgers.
July 12, 2004 Yikes. So THESE are the dog days of summer. Two players in Thunder Bay, one in Montreal, one in Malta, one in New Jersey and one with a broken wrist. Decimated by vacations and injuries, the Reds have been fielding about 7.5 players per game lately, and just trying to get through the month without defaulting. On the bright side, we've added another player, and she's going to be a good one. Recaps and schedule pages are updated.
June 16, 2004 Even with three of our top hitters out of the lineup, the Little Red Machine kept rolling, with a 16-6 win over the Dodgers. Recaps and schedule are updated.
June 11, 2004 The Reds split a home and home series with the first place Pirates, putting up 21 runs in the second game, the most we've scored in ... well, a long time. The recaps and coaches pages are updated.
June 6, 2004 After a 1-5 May, the Little Red Machine is heating up, pounding the ball in recent games and scoring 9, 11 and 15 runs. How high can we go? After roughing up Dodgers pitching for 26 runs in two games, we're still not quite hitting on all cylinders yet. Be afraid... be very afraid.
May 25, 2004 The 2004 season is officially underway. The Reds are 1-4 so far, but the record belies the big improvements we've seen both on the mound and at the plate in recent games. Recaps and the schedule are updated.
March 28, 2004 Well, it's been awhile. The season didn't end exactly as we'd envisioned, but we still enjoyed a record setting year and had a great time. The recaps of our last 6 games are finally posted, as is the 2003 roster. The trophy room is updated with a shiny new banner, and updated records. On the history page we have both the 2003 team photo and the long-lost 1993 picture. Also posted is the 2002 Team of the Week picture from the Toronto Sun. On the coaches page, we have two new coaches, while two more have been inducted in the Hall of Fame.
The site is ready for its 9th year of operation, and the Reds are looking forward to the 2004 season.
August 12, 2003
That's right, after a 12-5 win over the Cardinals, the Reds have clinched first place. This is the first time we've ever had the best record in the league in a single division format. The 16th win is also a new club record. The recaps, schedule and standings pages are all updated.
August 1, 2003 The win streak has reached 11. 15 wins tie the regular season record. All 15 Reds have now hit the ball this season, no small feat in Mosquito houseleague. The Reds are on the brink of clinching the pennant. If this is just a beautiful dream, don't wake us 'til October.
July 23, 2003 There's been quite a bit of activity since the last update. A pair of Cardinals games have been postponed due to rain and scheduling conflicts. On Friday, July 11, the York Pioneers rep teams trekked down to SkyDome to play for 2 hours - the reward for a fundraiser. Four Reds - Andrew, Bryan, John and Kyle - took part, as well as eight Reds alumni at the Peewee and Bantam levels. Highlights included Kyle striking out a Peewee player, and making a diving stab of a line drive, and converting it into a double play with a strong throw to John. Bryan got a good workout behind the plate with the major league distance backstop. All 4 Reds scored at least one run. We should have pictures posted soon.
Back in the land of houseleague, the Reds continue to roll, sweeping the season series against the tough Pirates and establishing a new team record with 9 straight wins. The Reds are 13-1 and comfortably in first place. The thirteen wins rank second in team history. And guess what? The Reds are now above .500 as a franchise. Combining regular season and playoff games, the team is now 122-119-14 all-time.
July 9, 2003 7 in a row, as the Reds bats just keep going and going...
July 5, 2003 Six straight wins for the Reds, after toppling the Pirates 10-8. Recaps and schedule are updated.
June 27, 2003 More than a week off didn't affect the Little Red Machine, as they beat the Dodgers 16-6, thanks to some brand new pitching help. The recaps are updated, and so is the schedule, with 3 changes in July. It's going to be a busy month.
June 13, 2003 Pitching depth and a 7-run outburst keyed a Reds win over the Cardinals. The recaps are updated, and so is the schedule with some important changes.
June 8, 2003 The Reds picked up a new player this week, as Reema debuted and, except for a little experiment switch-hitting, did just fine in her first game, a 12-7 win over the Dodgers. Read all about it in the recaps.
June 3, 2003 A great all around effort by the Little Red Machine kicked off June. Hitting, pitching and defense was all present in a big win over the Yankees. The recaps and schedule are updated.
May 31, 2003 The Reds completed the month of June at 5-1, in their brand new Reds jerseys. We followed up a tight loss to the Cardinals with a big hitting performance against the Dodgers, on a damp night with bugs swarming in the outfield. The schedule and recaps have been updated.
May 23, 2003 The Reds celebrated their first game played in sunshine (woohoo!) with a 13-9 win over the Yankees. The schedule and recaps are updated.
May 15, 2003 Despite some inattentive defense, the Reds picked up a 3rd straight win, beating the Pirates 6-3. Details can be found in the recaps section.
May 14, 2003 The Reds continued their assault on pitching against the Yankees, in a game that featured the team's first home run since 2000. Thanks to our 2002 team captain and MVP Adam Chapman, for donating the bat. The schedule and recaps are updated.
May 12, 2003 The 2003 season is here, and the Reds are back in action, complete with a pair of new coaches and a host of new players. The website has a fresh coat of paint and is ready for its eighth year of operation.
Smythe Park Red Sox??? Hmmm. Imagine our surprise when we saw our brand new white, blue and red shirts emblazoned with the name Red Sox. We're an understanding bunch, but you don't spit in the wind, you don't tug on Superman's cape, and you don't mess with the identity of a sporting tradition. Replacement jerseys are on the way...
Despite the alien uniforms, the Reds looked just fine on Opening Day, clicking on all cylinders in a big win over the Cardinals. The recaps, schedule, standings, history and coaches pages are all updated, with more website spring cleaning on the way.
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Apologies for the lack of updates, but it was a wonderful season for the Little Red Machine, as the team captured its 2nd straight pennant and 3rd straight playoff crown. Not to mention our 200th victory, the league MVP and batting champion. The standings, trophy room and roster are all updated. We'll do our level best to be a little more regular with updates next season.