During his life in baseball, Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell has never made the words “small ball” a part of his vocabulary.
He views “small ball” as a label that doesn’t properly capture what the term is all about. There’s nothing “little” about getting on base, moving runners over and running the bases aggressively. Bell was a “small ball” type of player during his MLB career, and he knows the impact that details can have during a game.
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Even if Bell doesn’t use the term, the 2023 Reds are set up to play more small ball than any Reds team that Bell has coached.