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by JD Arney on Sep 6, 2006 3:52 AM EDT in News

Ken Griffey Jr. on his dislocated toe:
"I knew it wasn't my ankle and it wasn't the same spot that I had the problem last year. I knew exactly where it was at. What it felt like was just a knot on the bottom of my foot."
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"They had to put it back. No biting bullets, Doc just grabbed it and pulled it and it went back in its place."
Redleg Nation has a long look at The Trade, which just seems to get uglier and uglier as the season wears on.
ESPN on the deadline deals:
Good deals:

In Arroyo and Lohse, Krivsky provides a lesson for his fellow NL executives -- if you have a chance to add a pitcher who has had any success in the American League, get him.

Not so good:

Krivsky dealt for Majewski knowing he had been used heavily by Nationals manager Frank Robinson in the first half of the season, but it wasn't revealed that he had needed a cortisone shot in his shoulder shortly before the All-Star break and the trade.

Lots more on the Reds two trades at the above link.
Interesting interview with Tony Perez. I seriously doubt it could ever happen, but he's a guy who really deserves another shot at managing the Reds. What Jim Bowden did to him was criminal.
It apparently takes at least a $100 million payroll to have any shot at the AL East these days.
Guess who's in last place?
Long article from ESPN on the Jeff Reardon story and it's seriously heart wrenching stuff. I really hope as many people hear about what's happened to him as hear about the initial robbery, because he certainly doesn't deserve to be looked down upon. I'm certainly not a Tom Cruise type who believes psychiatric medicine is more harmful than helpful, but Reardon was on 12 different medications when he robbed the jewelry store, which is a little ridiculous.

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It still hurts

all these years later. Bowden, in 1994, fires Tony Perez after 40 some games. He'd been the hitting coach for many years and deserved a real chance to manage the Reds. I've always thought Bowden got rid of him because Tony's English wasn't that good. It was not because Tony wasn't popular with the fans - probably the most liked guy to ever put on a Reds uniform. Real nice to see Perez talk well about Pete Rose; Hall of Fame or not, he's still the greatest!

by TR on Sep 6, 2006 12:30 PM EDT reply actions

Tony

Yeah it was wrong what Leather Pants did to Tony. Heck, right now I would take Tony back here in a second if that meant Narron was gone.

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by SpaethC on Sep 6, 2006 6:17 PM EDT reply actions

Perez

They screwed him to be sure. The guy who was the unquestioned leader in the clubhouse of the Greatest team ever, deserved better. And they did it twice. When they dumped him in 77 it was the end of the Big Red Machine.

"Your shower shoes have fungus on them. You'll never make it to the bigs with fungus on your shower shoes." - Crash Davis

by Caleb on Sep 6, 2006 8:36 PM EDT reply actions

tony perez

What was it like playing for those great Reds teams in the 1970s?

We had eight guys who wanted to go out and play every day and a good pitching staff, good enough for us to win. And we knew how to play the game to win, do everything we needed to win games. You learned a lot, because you learned from the other guys. You saw guys like Pete Rose, who hustled all the time. If you played for that team, you hustled, too. You had to play the same way he did. If you didn't, somebody was going to point a finger at you.

Maybe this team needs a leader like Perez? Maybe this team needs a history lesson. Maybe Wayne should call on the Ghosts of Baseball past, bring in the Great 8 and educate the young men on todays team.

"Your shower shoes have fungus on them. You'll never make it to the bigs with fungus on your shower shoes." - Crash Davis

by Caleb on Sep 7, 2006 1:12 PM EDT reply actions