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The Reds started a countdown to a 2015 All-Star game on Wednesday by breaking out the bunting and bursting into a standing ovation.
Reds owner Bob Castellini couldn't imagine Dusty Baker leaving.
eds owner Bob Castellini couldn't imagine Dusty Baker leaving.
Dusty Baker won't manage the Cincinnati Reds until the final series in St. Louis, giving him time to recover from an irregular heartbeat that left him hospitalized last week.
Reds manager Dusty Baker had a mini-stroke in addition to his irregular heartbeat last week and will need another week of rest before he's able to rejoin the team for the final regular season series and the playoffs.
Jay Bruce was Mr. Clinch again, hitting the homer that got the Reds' championship party started on the second try.
Joey Votto got a big payday by staying in a small market, agreeing to a $251.5 million, 12-year deal with the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday that is the longest guaranteed contract in major league history.
Joey Votto got the big payday by staying in a small market, agreeing to a 12-year deal with the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday that is the longest guaranteed contract in major league history.
Sparky who? Reds fans were taken aback when Sparky Anderson showed up for his first day as a big league manager, an unknown taking over baseball's first professional team. Most had never heard of him.
Sparky who? Reds fans were taken aback when Sparky Anderson showed up for his first day as a big league manager, an unknown taking over baseball's first professional team. Most had never heard of him.
An hour later, the Cincinnati Reds' long overdue party was still going full-spray in the infield.
"If we'd been able to bring the Reds along to where they're a perennial contender _ which we feel we're on the verge of doing _ that has to be the biggest challenge we've had in this ownership," Castellini said. "Then to have a jewel of having the All-Star game _ we can only surpass that by having the World Series."
"This is Dusty's team," Castellini said. "These fellas are poised to go deeper and deeper in the season. To not bring Dusty back or not ask Dusty to come back was out of the question."
