dotsonc
@dotsonc.bsky.social
I write about the Reds for Cincinnati Magazine. Co-wrote a book about the Reds. Newsletter about Cincinnati sports: The Riverfront (chaddotson.com). 20/193
My top 10 movies of 2025 so far:
10. Rental Family
9. The Ballad of Wallis Island
8. Jay Kelly
7. Begonia
6. One Battle After Another
5. Hamnet
4. The Phoenician Scheme
3. Eddington
2. Sinners
1. Train Dreams
10. Rental Family
9. The Ballad of Wallis Island
8. Jay Kelly
7. Begonia
6. One Battle After Another
5. Hamnet
4. The Phoenician Scheme
3. Eddington
2. Sinners
1. Train Dreams
December 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
My top 10 movies of 2025 so far:
10. Rental Family
9. The Ballad of Wallis Island
8. Jay Kelly
7. Begonia
6. One Battle After Another
5. Hamnet
4. The Phoenician Scheme
3. Eddington
2. Sinners
1. Train Dreams
10. Rental Family
9. The Ballad of Wallis Island
8. Jay Kelly
7. Begonia
6. One Battle After Another
5. Hamnet
4. The Phoenician Scheme
3. Eddington
2. Sinners
1. Train Dreams
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A spicy take and almost certainly accurate.
Special Edition Hot Take by Phil (Contact @dougdirt24.bsky.social if you would like to sponsor this space)
The Reds would have signed Kyle Schwarber if @dotsonc.bsky.social would have done his billboard thing this off season, so this entire mess is his fault.
The Reds would have signed Kyle Schwarber if @dotsonc.bsky.social would have done his billboard thing this off season, so this entire mess is his fault.
December 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
A spicy take and almost certainly accurate.
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I just published 1208 words about the Cincinnati #Reds and just how little faith any of us should have in them actually committing to win based on what we learned today
It's getting tougher to believe that the Cincinnati #Reds will ever commit to winning.
It wasn't the lack of signing Kyle Schwarber that leads us here, but the reasoning that they were willing to sign him that is actually a part of the problem
www.redlegnation.com/2025/12/09/i...
It wasn't the lack of signing Kyle Schwarber that leads us here, but the reasoning that they were willing to sign him that is actually a part of the problem
www.redlegnation.com/2025/12/09/i...
It's getting tougher to believe the Reds will ever commit to winning - Redleg Nation
The Cincinnati Reds failure to sign Kyle Schwarber was an indirect line to the thought process of the front office and the problems with it.
www.redlegnation.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I just published 1208 words about the Cincinnati #Reds and just how little faith any of us should have in them actually committing to win based on what we learned today
Someone draw up a good design for a new billboard. Maybe we’ll put it up for Opening Day next year.
December 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Someone draw up a good design for a new billboard. Maybe we’ll put it up for Opening Day next year.
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Must be a Cardinals fan
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Must be a Cardinals fan
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hey, it's Dotso from North Carolina!
July 31, 2025 at 4:06 AM
hey, it's Dotso from North Carolina!
I like this trade.
go reds
go reds
July 31, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I like this trade.
go reds
go reds
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Geno has had his salary dumped *twice* during a contract where he's earned just $79 million across 8 years, socked 247 dingers, and put up 20.2 bWAR in the process
lmao go Reds I suppose
lmao go Reds I suppose
The Mariners trading Eugenio Suárez does not get enough heat as it should. They basically salary dumped him and they’ve since missed the playoffs by one game when they really needed offense, and are on the outside looking in now while he’s on a 60 HR pace.
July 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Geno has had his salary dumped *twice* during a contract where he's earned just $79 million across 8 years, socked 247 dingers, and put up 20.2 bWAR in the process
lmao go Reds I suppose
lmao go Reds I suppose
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@dotsonc.bsky.social do you like this movie
May 30, 2025 at 3:04 AM
@dotsonc.bsky.social do you like this movie
This is embarrassing lol
June 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This is embarrassing lol
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#ImmaculateGrid today was basically name any player, so I picked some random guys.
Where's Quiñones? Right next to Billy Bates. @dotsonc.bsky.social will at least appreciate that reference.
Where's Quiñones? Right next to Billy Bates. @dotsonc.bsky.social will at least appreciate that reference.
April 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#ImmaculateGrid today was basically name any player, so I picked some random guys.
Where's Quiñones? Right next to Billy Bates. @dotsonc.bsky.social will at least appreciate that reference.
Where's Quiñones? Right next to Billy Bates. @dotsonc.bsky.social will at least appreciate that reference.
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Got my author’s copies of the newly-revised edition of The Big 50 today. You can find yours online or at bookstores in Reds Country.
@dotsonc.bsky.social and I updated everything, and added some new chapters covering the exciting 2023 Reds, top rookies, and legendary Reds fastballs.
a.co/d/aqvVWk9
@dotsonc.bsky.social and I updated everything, and added some new chapters covering the exciting 2023 Reds, top rookies, and legendary Reds fastballs.
a.co/d/aqvVWk9
March 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Got my author’s copies of the newly-revised edition of The Big 50 today. You can find yours online or at bookstores in Reds Country.
@dotsonc.bsky.social and I updated everything, and added some new chapters covering the exciting 2023 Reds, top rookies, and legendary Reds fastballs.
a.co/d/aqvVWk9
@dotsonc.bsky.social and I updated everything, and added some new chapters covering the exciting 2023 Reds, top rookies, and legendary Reds fastballs.
a.co/d/aqvVWk9
A tradition unlike any other. My top 25 films of the year, just in time for the Oscars! open.substack.com/pub/chaddots...
My Top 25 Films of 2024 (and the 5 worst)
An Oscars tradition unlike any other
open.substack.com
March 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A tradition unlike any other. My top 25 films of the year, just in time for the Oscars! open.substack.com/pub/chaddots...
#78: Lee May, The Big Bopper! open.substack.com/pub/chaddots...
Top 101 Reds of all time: #48 - Lee May
The Big Bopper!
open.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
#78: Lee May, The Big Bopper! open.substack.com/pub/chaddots...
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Sorry, @dotsonc.bsky.social
People who bet on Dotson to get the first score are about to be super pissed.
February 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Sorry, @dotsonc.bsky.social
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This is a terrific article by Chad. Reds fans will love it.
How is this possible? It has been a quarter-century since Junior Griffey returned home to Cincinnati? open.substack.com/pub/chaddots...
Ken Griffey, Jr.'s homecoming, 25 years later
A day no Reds fan will ever forget
open.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This is a terrific article by Chad. Reds fans will love it.
How is this possible? It has been a quarter-century since Junior Griffey returned home to Cincinnati? open.substack.com/pub/chaddots...
Ken Griffey, Jr.'s homecoming, 25 years later
A day no Reds fan will ever forget
open.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
How is this possible? It has been a quarter-century since Junior Griffey returned home to Cincinnati? open.substack.com/pub/chaddots...
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It’s time for the NBA to return to Cincinnati. open.substack.com/pub/chaddots...
It's time for the NBA to return to Cincinnati
A Royal Dream
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January 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It’s time for the NBA to return to Cincinnati. open.substack.com/pub/chaddots...
Bought summer concert tickets tonight to:
DMB
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Bruce Hornsby
And trying to figure out how to see Goose.
DMB
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Bruce Hornsby
And trying to figure out how to see Goose.
January 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Bought summer concert tickets tonight to:
DMB
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Bruce Hornsby
And trying to figure out how to see Goose.
DMB
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Bruce Hornsby
And trying to figure out how to see Goose.
It’s time for the NBA to return to Cincinnati. open.substack.com/pub/chaddots...
It's time for the NBA to return to Cincinnati
A Royal Dream
open.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It’s time for the NBA to return to Cincinnati. open.substack.com/pub/chaddots...
I have a Wily Mo bobblehead
5000 days ago (May 21, 2011), Wily Mo Pena announces his presence with authority, hitting his first big league homer in nearly three years. Pena hit 26 homers in 336 AB for the Reds as a 22-year-old back in 2004, but has declined since. He hits .358/.440/.712 in AAA in 2011, struggling again in MLB.
January 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I have a Wily Mo bobblehead
I saw The Brutalist this weekend. Best movie of 2024.
January 28, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I saw The Brutalist this weekend. Best movie of 2024.
Top 101 Reds of all time: #49 - Will White
What do you mean you’ve never heard of him? open.substack.com/pub/chaddots...
What do you mean you’ve never heard of him? open.substack.com/pub/chaddots...
Top 101 Reds of all time: #49 - Will White
What do you mean, you've never heard of him? WHOOP-LA!
open.substack.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Top 101 Reds of all time: #49 - Will White
What do you mean you’ve never heard of him? open.substack.com/pub/chaddots...
What do you mean you’ve never heard of him? open.substack.com/pub/chaddots...