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Hall of Fame baseball writer Hal McCoy is in his 37th year of covering the Cincinnati Reds, the longest tenure for any active writer covering one team.

The skipper who led the Reds to their last World Series will be at Redsfest. Current Cubs manager Lou Piniella, who helmed the 1990 championship team was confirmed as an attendee on Wednesday and he will be on hand on opening night, Friday, Dec.

Cincinnati Reds The Reds have a ballpark built for hitting and they have a set of prospects coming up through the system that promise to be productive major leaguers.

First, Diamond Dick Pole was sackeda 'well, that was during the last weekA of playA .A Anybody would be better than Pole.A While many Reds' faithful were clamoring for Ted Power or Mario Soto, Bryan PriceA is aA swell hire.

Hall of Fame baseball writer Hal McCoy is in his 37th year of covering the Cincinnati Reds, the longest tenure for any active writer covering one team.

When the season ended, the Reds had a full 40-man roster plus 4 players on the 60-day DL who did not count toward the 40-man roster.

Hal McCoy is spending plenty of time watching the baseball playoffs. He's not sure who will win the World Series, but he is sure of this: He hopes it's not the Yankees.

Add Arthur Rhodes to list of the players finished for the season. Rhodes broke his left big toe on Sept.

Baseball Prospectus' Pre-season Projection : 79-83, fourth place Current record: 77-84, fourth place Dusty Baker sure wouldn't mind having Barry Bonds at the fourth slot in this lineup.

The Reds relieved pitching coach Dick Pole of his duties on Friday and announced that the rest of the coaching staff were renewed for 2010.

The ball soared in majestic flight from home plate halfway up the right-field seats at Angel Stadium on Monday night, caroming down one of the fan portals there with half a dozen fans in hot pursuit.

You have gone through a full season now, save for this final week-plus ahead of us.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, Carlos Zambrano Hypothetical Trade #3 So after scouring Cot's Baseball Contracts , we have come up with a number of hypothetical trades for the Cubs and Zambrano this offseason that might, or might not, make sense.

There have been very few watchable things about the Brewers this year. Yovani Gallardo turning in a very good season a year after tearing his ACL is one of them.

Like a set of Duracell batteries, Johnny Cueto's tired arm appeared recharged on Monday and ready to finish the season.

Yeah, the bullpen fell apart, but at least we got to see Joey do his thang. The starting rotation is a shadow of it's former self Remember at the beginning of the year when some were saying the Reds could have one of the top 5 rotations in the NL? Now the next three games will be started by Kip Wells , Justin Lehr , and likely Homer Bailey .

Remember when the Cincinnati Reds led the league in starting pitching, oh, back in April and May? What in the name of Grover Cleveland Alexander happened? Suddenly, they are 12th out of 14 and scrambling like a kid who dropped his popcorn in a dark movie theaatre.

Cincinnati Reds right-hander Aaron Harang will miss the balance of the 2009 baseball season after undergoing an emergency appendectomy.

Classic problem for pitchers Maybe it's just a coincidence, but nearly two dozen of the big league pitchers who participated in last spring's World Baseball Classic have landed on the disabled list this season, including six of 15 who pitched for the U.S. One of those was the Angels' Scot Shields , who was largely ineffective through 20 appearances ...

The Cincinnati Reds are struggling. At 50-69, the Reds are in fourth place in the National League Central division and own the third-worst record in the NL overall.