I am heading to Sao Paulo, Brazil tomorrow for the week, so I wanted to say bye for a few days, and also thanks for a fun couple of weeks here at RR.  I have been a reader off and on for the past two and a half years and it has been a really good experience to finally begin to participate in conversations actively.  

Thanks to everyone who gave feedback on my posts about sabermetrics and social change, especially the comments about dead hooker body parts- that was really special.  Activism and organizing is what I do (in addition to being Red- uh, I mean a Reds fan) so expect some more attempts at consciousness raising via baseball themes.

Anyway, I wanted to leave a prediction for our opening day 25 man roster and starting lineup.  I am not sure how close I will be able to follow things for the next week and there could (hopefully) be some interesting surprises when I get back.  Probably not though, so this is what I think Sweaterpants and Fistbands will end up with:

Starting Pitchers
1.    Harang
2.    Arroyo
3.    Cueto
4.    Fogg
5.    Bellilse

The Pen
6.    Cordero
7.    Weathers
8.    Burton
9.    Coffey
10.     Stanton
11.     Affeldt
12.     Volquez

The Starting Lineup
13.    Patterson, CF
14.     Keppinger, SS
15.    Griffey, RR
16.    Phillips, 2B
17.    Dunn, LF
18.    EdE, 3B
19.    Hatteberg, 1B
20.     Bako, C

Utility/Platoon
21.     Freel
22.     Hopper
23.     Votto
24.     Valentine
25.     Castro

What are you all thinking? No, not you Pops. You keep your thoughts to yourself.