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What's not black and white and red all over in 2009?

Ken Griffey's uniform. He won't be with the Reds anymore, of course, and today we learn his option year won't be picked up by the Chicago White Sox for 2009. Where will Griffey end his career?

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Is this what Cincinnatians woke up to in their morning paper?

I am not in Cincinnati anymore, but still check out the Enquirer's coverage of the local teams on line.  Today, I was looking forward to reading about the Reds' impressive showing against the formerlly hotest team in baseball hoping to find some quotes from players and even Dusty to see if there's any evidence he's regained his sanity.

 

So, what do I find?

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The Season hinges on this weekend

The first half of the season has been incredibly frustrating, mostly, because the problems we're used to having - lousy bullpen and no hope for a rotation - aren't the biggest problems, but rather the one thing we could always count on - the offense - has been.  In my mind, I had written this team off.  The season was over about a month ago or so.  Moslty, that is due to my coping mechanisms for dealing with disappointment that won't allow me to get my hopes up too high. 

 

But I am going to try, one more time, to get my hopes up again.  And that means this weekend is the most imortant series of the year.

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Is Today's Lineup THE Lineup?

Here's the lineup from Fay.  Its Reds v. Twins starting right now!

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Bruce has been cut

According to Fay.

Bet that hasn't happened to him before.

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ESPN on Cordero and the Reds' Bullpen

This latest piece by Jayson Stark on ESPN is certainly nothing new and we have hashed it up pretty good when the signing was made, but it is still nice to see a full length piece on ESPN about a team not in New York or Boston.  And that it is about our Reds is even more intriguing.

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SI picks on our Dusty!

How dare they.. though I hesitate to mention that most here will probably agree with the article.  SI's John Donovan has a column today criticizing Dusty Baker for his plans to bat Brandon Phillips fourth this year.  

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Affeldt officially a Red and maybe a starter

Fay's blog has news from the press conference.  Affeldt passed his physical and is officially a Cincinnati Red.

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Crap! Its official.... Buck Coats is gone.

How's that for burying the lead?  Or is it lede?  Anyway... Cordero is a Red officially.  Press conference was scheduled at 5pm.

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Interview with Joey Votto

MLB.com has a nice interview with Joey Votto at the FanFest as part of All-Star weekend.  Votto and Bruce took part in the Futures Game on Sunday and both did pretty well it seems.  Bruce hit a triple and Votto hit a home run for opposite sides.

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