So Long to the Old Left-Hander

Former Cincinnati Reds player and long-time radio announcer Joe Nuxhall has died.

I listened to Nuxhall (and his main partner, Marty Brenneman) hundreds of times when I was a kid in Ohio. He was definitely old-school, more folksy than analytical. But he was a pleasure to listen to on those hot summer evenings and is as much a part of my memory of the great Big Red Machine teams as Rose, Morgan, Bench, and Perez.

The old left-hander has rounded third and headed for home for the last time. So long, Nuxie.