It was a game in which you needed a lighthouse and a compass to find your way around the bases — the fog was that bad at Wrigley Field today. But eventually it dissipated and the Reds wo … oh my God, a dead body! Nobody leaves the park!

Their advanced pizza metrics expected this many free pizzas in an entire year. The season just started.

If you’re a Cincinnati Reds fan, you know who Hal McCoy is. If you’re a baseball fan, you probably know who he is. Well, baseball fans, Hal is getting up there in age and could use a little help.

Former Cincinnati Reds utility man Ryan Freel, who believed he had at least “nine or 10″ concussions throughout his playing career, was found dead in his home on Saturday afternoon. He was 36. Details, after the jump.

The San Francisco Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds in Game 5 of the NLDS yesterday, capping off a comeback in which they found themselves down 2-0 facing three straight games on the road. The Giants managed to pull it off, to Brian Wilson’s delight, thanks in large part to Buster Posey’s 6th inning grand slam in Game 5 that propelled San Francisco to a 6-4 victory.

Ah. What would sports be without people with controversial political and religious agendas running onto the field with signs? Well, if you answered “better,” you’d be correct. However, if you answered “it would be better, but there would be less entertaining photos of fans running around like crazy people and eventually getting taken down by the cops,” you’d also be correct.

Things didn’t look good for the San Francisco Giants last night, being down 0-2 and playing on the road and all. But then Hunter Pence gave the type of speech that makes you want to run through a brick wall, and suddenly, they’ve got a puncher’s chance in their NLDS series with the Reds. The speech, after the jump.

The Cincinnati Reds lead the San Francisco Giants 2-0 in the NLDS, snagging a pair of victories in the bay area by a combined score of 14-2. But during the Reds’ 5-2 Game 1 victory, home plate umpire Phil Cuzzi decided to up the intensity with Giants catcher Buster Posey. Maybe he felt bad for San Francisco’s pending demise, or maybe he just wanted to get right up in there close to the action.

After a long dormant period (nine straight losing seasons between 2001 and 2009), it’s pretty damn good to be a Reds fan again. They made the playoffs in 2010, they’re going back this year, and tonight, pitcher Homer Bailey gave the team its first no-hitter in 24 years. See the last out after the jump.