Reds trade OF Norris Hopper to the White Sox for catcher Corky Miller, a former Red. Miller will report to Louisville. The Reds needed a catcher in AAA, and Miller is a veteran that makes some sense. I still think...
Blogs: C. Trent Rosecrans: June 2009 Archives
So, some technical difficulties at Casa de Rosecrans today, but we'll work through them. * Yeah, might as well give you the rundown -- for the next week or so, I'll be on vacation. Vacation? you say? Yeah, vacation. How...
Being American, there's really not that often we can ever feel like underdogs in international sport -- that's just one of the many reasons I love the US Men's National Team. In soccer, we are underdogs. And yesterday, the underdogs...
I was sitting at dinner one night and all of a sudden the world crashed in -- I couldn't breathe, my heart raced and I couldn't focus on anything. Luckily, I didn't drive -- I couldn't have stayed on the...
From the Bengals: FRIDAY, JULY 31 --Complex opens at 1:30 p.m. and closes 30 minutes after practice ends. --Practice from 3-5 p.m. SATURDAY, AUG. 1 --Complex opens at 8 a.m. and closes 30 minutes after practice ends. --Practice from 9-11...
The wait is over -- the Reds have activated first baseman Joey Votto, who had been on the disabled list for nearly a month with "stress-related issues." Votto is scheduled to speak to the media at 4 p.m. The Reds...
Great news for the Reds getting Joey Votto back today. The reports are he was on the team plane and in the team hotel in Toronto. I doubt it's a vacation home. I do think it's interesting for stress-related issues...
Great news from Dayton, where Joey Votto says he feels really good after two games with the Dragons. Votto said in Marc Katz's article that if he were asked if he was ready to head back up to the big...
Dhani Jones said today he's taking off tomorrow to start shooting season 2 of his Travel Channel show, Dhani Tackles The Globe. The first stop, Iceland. The second season, like the first, will be 10 episodes....
Yesterday's first day of minicamp was really, really different than a year ago. First of all, there wasn't the circus of Chad, like last year when ringleader Drew Rosenhaus was being a distraction and there were dueling press releases from...
Bengals minicamp begins today -- and honestly, I don't see too many questions that will be answered in these couple of days. The biggest question -- the offensive line -- won't be changed much in three practices. That will be...
The Reds have placed Mike Lincoln on the DL with a bulging disc in his neck and called up RHP Josh Roenicke. Roenicke is 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA this season for Class AAA Louisville. In 24 innings, he has...
Sorry about yesterday, but, you know, you get what you pay for... And, I was tired and had some other stuff. Unfortunately not a haircut, that's later this week. I may even get the layoff beard gone -- we'll see....
at the racist mascots' game for ricky vaughn bobblehead night...
Tonight: Rick Vaughn Bobblehead Night and The Hold Steady! Yep, I'm headed to Cleveland. THS is sold out, but I'll find a ticket, I'm convinced. If you got one, let me know. Seriously, so awesome. I'm psyched. Heck of a...
Wilco tonight! * Also, Game 7! Sucks, though, I'll be at Wilco and miss the game. However, I just don't see Pittsburgh winning in Detroit, so I don't have much doubt as to what will happen tonight. But if it...
But I don't... From @OGOchoCinco: "The entire twitt world and media outlets got punked, that was my twitt joke from yesterday, they follow I'll have fun with it." Who told you that? Who saw that? Yeah, you know. Yet,...
Are face tattoos really news? Oh, gotta love the new world order. I guess they are. Ugh. I wonder if Chad did it (or claimed to do it) just to see who jumped up and down about it. For the...
The MLB Draft starts again today at noon. Last year the Reds got Juan Carlos Salburan on the second day because they were willing to spend the money for him. And when you hear about people talking about the draft...
Chad Ochocinco's back in Cincinnati. After missing much of the Bengals' OTAs training on his own in Los Angeles, Ochocinco wanted to get back into town and participate in a couple of practices before the team's minicamp next week....
The Reds finished Day 1 of the draft, taking four players. The draft is scheduled for 50 rounds, ending on Thursday. From the Reds: RHP Bradley Broxberger (6-2, 200) from the University of Southern California was selected with the 43rd...
Just got off the conference call with first-round pick Mike Leake. * On the Reds: "Right now I'm going to buy some books. I do know a lot about (the Reds) but I'm excited to learn a lot more by...
I've said it many times, but any reaction to the MLB Draft is an overreaction. If you look at the history of the draft, it's more or less a crapshoot. That said, you can get a look at the Reds'...
I've always enjoyed all the drafts -- NFL, NBA and even baseball. This year MLB Network will be televising two-and-a-half hours worth of the draft, that is now spanning three days. But I'm not sure the increase is a good...
I'm convinced that Roger Federer is the best ever. I know, it's a silly argument that too many try to make for too many sports, and it may even be sillier in tennis, where the game has changed so much...
OK, we're short today, because family is in town and have to do the whole tour guide thing -- not having a job, I have no excuse, you know? Damn. Tomorrow, though, will be my return to Great American Ball...
From ESPN.com: Oh, Chien-Ming Wang, headline writers just can't resist......
Doing my job... well, not my job, since I don't have a job, but well, you know what I mean... anyway, one thing I often lose is my chance to be a fan. I can still root on my alma...
I don't have the NFL Network, so I didn't see the Chad Ochocinco stuff, but at least one person bought it -- ESPN's James Walker. It will be interesting to see if Chad can back up his talk when he...
Yikes, not good for Edinson Volquez -- but Matt Maloney is 4-3 with a 2.00 ERA and pitched Monday. Wouldn't be shocked to see a reliever up for a couple of days and Maloney up in four days when needed....
Still not making money off of this -- not in the "business of" well, not-blogging... you know, in case any lawyers are reading this. * The Joey Votto saga is pretty strange. I don't know any more than what I've...
