THE RELENTLESS CINCINNATI REDS

9.6.10
BY:MEH
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THE RELENTLESS CINCINNATI REDS

The new Reds play defense and ignore the couches. They bounce around the clubhouse, mingling with each other and ducking the schoolboy shenanigans of Leake, a scruffy sort who looks like he made it to the ballpark after playing hooky in high school, probably by riding his skateboard out of there. I watched Leake in the Reds' clubhouse for 20 seconds before the game Wednesday, and in those 20 seconds he slapped the naked ass of Reds executive and Hall of Famer Joe Morgan and playfully goosed a (dressed) teammate with a bat handle.

From: Cincinnati deserves this fun, successful Reds team By:Greg Doyel

As the youthful Cincinnati Reds surprisingly roll to what would be their first National League Central Division title in 15 years, general manager Walt Jocketty admits, "I guess maybe we're a little ahead of schedule. But it's hard to tell when you've got a younger club."

This is to say that with youth, sometimes timetables are immaterial.

"We felt we had a good club that would be competitive," said Jocketty. "But it's come together fast."

From: Edmonds calls Reds relentless By:Rick Hummel

While the Reds have the best hitting team in the National League, their fielding is the best in all of baseball. As a team, they have the fewest errors and the best fielding percentage in the majors. No starter has more than ten errors (Orlando Cabrera, the team's shortstop, has ten exactly) or a fielding percentage lower than .977.

From: Cincinnati can go to the World Series By:Andy Brown

No rookie is immune from the pink backpack, not even the one with the $30 million contract and the shiny Lamborghini and the biggest fastball anyone can remember seeing. Aroldis Chapman is the greatest thing since … well, since Stephen Strasburg, which doesn’t constitute a whole lot of time, but whatever. Greatness can’t spare Chapman from carrying a bag covered in pastels and princesses.

It is also filled with sunflower seeds and gum and drinks and candy, and because he is a rookie and the youngest player among Cincinnati Reds relievers, it is Chapman’s duty to haul the sack to the bullpen before every game no matter how silly it looks. And it looks downright ridiculous, the long, lithe Chapman with a knapsack meant for a teenage girl strapped across his back.

From: Reds phenom Chapman is pretty in pink By:Jeff Passan

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-Home field big advantage to Triple Crown JIM WALKER
-Reds not shutting down Leake CBS SPORTS
-Stubbs and K's BLOG RED MACHINE
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