How Cincinnati Reds got this far and landed where they did on final day of MLB season
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Reds MLB playoffs locker room celebration Red players, coaches and staff pop bottles in the visitors clubhouse at American Family Field after clinching a 2025 National League wild card berth. MILWAUKEE – Urgency. That was the undisputed message the Cincinnati Reds sent fans, players and the rest of baseball when they hired Terry Francona out of retirement last fall. Three hundred fifty-nine days later, there it was. Nothing says urgency like a Game 162 with an entire season’s work, aim and impossible dreams on the line. “I don’t think I’ve ever been in a situation where it’s gone down to the wire this much,” said Gavin Lux, the six-year Dodger who made it 7-for-7 in playoff berths in his...

