Wednesday Quick Hits

by JD Arney on Apr 2, 2008 2:44 PM EDT Comment 10 comments

- Jeff Conine is up to some interesting things post baseball.

- This may have already been linked somewhere on Red Reporter, but Jonah Keri recently took an interesting look at the 1990 Reds as a failed dynasty. I really hadn't ever thought about how young that team was, it is kind of surprising how far they fell in '91. Lot of career years in 1990.

- And finally, Bill James took questions over at Freakanomics. Good, pretty much as always.

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The Fay says

Votto and Bako are in today.

I'm thirsty.

by Pops Daniels on Apr 2, 2008 3:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Excellent links

And Votto in is good news as well.

by buckeye22fox on Apr 2, 2008 4:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I wonder if Dusty is punishing Javy

or if he just really likes Paul Bako. Probably a combination of the two, but Paul Bako is way worse than we give him credit for.

by Geki on Apr 2, 2008 4:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He said

he's worried about Arizona's speed. I guess he's going with the guy with the better arm.

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Apr 2, 2008 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Conine

Jeff Conine isn't exactly retired. No, he's training for the 140.6 miles of the Ford Ironman World Championship — 112 biking, 2.4 swimming and 26.2 running. The event will take place Oct. 11 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

Eep! That's my hometown.

According to a press release announcing Conine's plans, his 3,081 career total bases amounted to 277,290 feet worth of running. The Ironman journey consists of 742,368 feet — more than three times his major-league output.