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The Reds are battling themselves as we speak. I'm in the pressbox and watching the Reds play an intrasquad game. Some guy named Daryl Thompson has just taken the mound, replacing a lefthander by the name of Alexander Smit. Sounds like one of our founding fathers.
It's mostly a game for the young players. No Griffey, no Dunn. They're probably off on the golf course. Johnny Cueto pitched one of the early innings, and struck out a couple of batters.
The true exhibition season, the Grapefruit League starts tomorrow afternoon when the Reds play the Phils at Clearwater.
The public address announced just proclaimed that it's 36 degrees with a light snowfall in Cincinnati. It drew a few groans and some applause. He then announced that it's 79 degrees and sunny in Sarasota. But we all already knew that.
A couple of notes from Dusty Baker this monring. Alex Gonzales bruised a bone on his left knee and he's going to miss the next couple of days. Doc Hollywood is due in town on Friday and he'll assess things at that time. Dusty would rather rest him now than deal with a bigger problem during the regular season.
I'd say there's a few hundred people at the stadium today, who paid $5 for a ticket which will go to the Reds Community Fund. AC/DC is blaring over the loudspeakers at the moment. I imagine most of the fans at the stadium remember their appearance on Lawrence Welk.
I'll check in later today...have a good one.