I don’t normally approve of just reposting large blocks of text written by someone else, but I’m going to have to make an exception this time because there is nothing I could say here that would improve on what’s already written. To make it perfectly clear, this was written by Mark Sheldon at Reds.com:

Mind-bending catch: Not surprisingly, right fielder Ryan Freel‘s spectacular diving catch on the warning track Tuesday night vs. St. Louis remained a buzzworthy topic Wednesday. It was also prominently featured on television highlight shows.Freel robbed Albert Pujols of a likely two-run extra-base hit in the fifth inning. Although the Reds won by a 10-3 score, it was a potentially game-saving play because Pujols represented the tying run at the time.

When he got home after Tuesday’s game, Freel admitted to watching himself make the catch on TV. Apparently, he wasn’t completely alone during the viewings.

“I thought it was pretty neat watching that play. That was a good catch, Ryan,” Freel said. “The midget in my head is named Farney. ‘Hey Farney, I don’t know if that was you that caught the ball, but it was pretty good if it was you.'”

And for clarification, who is Farney again?

“He’s the little guy in my head who I talk to, and I talk to him,” Freel said. “Everyone thinks I talk to myself, so I tell them I’m talking to Farney.”

So there’s a guy even smaller than Freel in Freel’s head? Damn that Eckstein!

I don't normally approve of just reposting large blocks of text written by someone else, but I'm going to have to make an exception this time because there is nothing I could say here that would improve on what's already written. To make it perfectly clear, this was written by Mark Sheldon at Reds.com:

Mind-bending catch: Not surprisingly, right fielder Ryan Freel's spectacular diving catch on the warning track Tuesday night vs. St. Louis remained a buzzworthy topic Wednesday. It was also prominently featured on television highlight shows.

Freel robbed Albert Pujols of a likely two-run extra-base hit in the fifth inning. Although the Reds won by a 10-3 score, it was a potentially game-saving play because Pujols represented the tying run at the time.

When he got home after Tuesday's game, Freel admitted to watching himself make the catch on TV. Apparently, he wasn't completely alone during the viewings.

“I thought it was pretty neat watching that play. That was a good catch, Ryan,” Freel said. “The midget in my head is named Farney. 'Hey Farney, I don't know if that was you that caught the ball, but it was pretty good if it was you.'”

And for clarification, who is Farney again?

“He's the little guy in my head who I talk to, and I talk to him,” Freel said. “Everyone thinks I talk to myself, so I tell them I'm talking to Farney.”

So there's a guy even smaller than Freel in Freel's head? Damn that Eckstein!

You laughed at the time, but the strategy of letting the Cardinals score a zillion runs in the first game of the series to tire them out seems to be working. Of course, then the Reds went and scored a bunch of runs themselves last night, but they're used to it. They've got scoring stamina. It's an organizational tradition.

Yeah, weak smack, I know. It's been a tough week. Our boys will do the smacking for me tonight anyway.

Ryan Freel beat the Cardinals yesterday by a score of 3-10.

Eric Milton worked six innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits and four walks for the win. David Weathers pitched a hitless, walkless inning. Bill Bray gave up a run (earned) on a couple hits in one. Eddie Guardado wasn't hit in the ninth.

The list of Reds with more than one hit on the night was long, for a change:

• Freel was the freaking awesome, 3-for-4 with three runs scored and the most phenomenal catch in right field that you'll see all damn year.
• Scott Hatteberg was 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored.
• Ken Griffey Jr. went 2-for-4 with a couple runs scored.
• Edwin Encarnación went 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored, so of course he was involved in the double-switch
• Adam Dunn contributed 2-for-4 with a walk and three RBI.
• Rich Aurilia was 2-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored.

The win brings the Reds' record to 58-55. They continue thwacking the Cards tonight as Aaron Harang takes on Chris Carpenter.

When Gary Majewski was put on the DL recently, we all mostly thought it was an excuse to make some room on the roster without actually DFAing the guy. But last night during the game, I was hearing talk that Majewski really is injured and might have been so before he was traded.

There's a story about it on Reds.com.

And now it's escalated to a he said-he said between Krivsky and Bowden about whether Krivsky called Bowden about the health of the reliever, whether the Reds asked for all the pertinent documents, and whether the Nationals provided complete and correct information in a timely manner.

I have many thoughts on this, but the one I come back to over and over again is, “Well duh. Everybody knows you shouldn't trust Bowden.”

That, and “Does this mean we can we get a do-over?”

I'd like to go on, but it's time to head off to the Indians-Bats game. But before I go, I also heard that Bronson Arroyo got the cornrows back, so maybe win number 10 isn't so far off after all.