Reds.com has updated their banner and background. There's much less black now and the background has stripes of different shades of red. It looks like wrapping paper.

Hopefully that's not the best present the organization's going to give us this off-season.

On Monday, November 20, 2006, Marc Lancaster reported on his blog (and a Royals press release confirmed) that the Reds traded Jason LaRue to Kansas City for a player to be named later:

According to a baseball source, the Reds are on the verge of trading catcher Jason LaRue to the Kansas City Royals. The Reds will receive a player to be named later. No cash involved in the deal.

Later, we found out that the Reds did actually send a mystery amount of cash along with LaRue.

Even though he fell out of favor with some of the more fickle fan base, a whole lot of people always liked him. We at RHM wish LaRue the best of luck and will be watching his progress with the Royals with much interest.

On Monday, November 20, 2006, Marc Lancaster reported on his blog (and a Royals press release confirmed) that the Reds traded Jason LaRue to Kansas City for a player to be named later:

According to a baseball source, the Reds are on the verge of trading catcher Jason LaRue to the Kansas City Royals. The Reds will receive a player to be named later. No cash involved in the deal.

Later, we found out that the Reds did actually send a mystery amount of cash along with LaRue.

Even though he fell out of favor with some of the more fickle fan base, a whole lot of people always liked him. We at RHM wish LaRue the best of luck and will be watching his progress with the Royals with much interest.

Things I'm thankful for:

• Time with my family.
• Sunsets on the beach.
• The new ownership.

Time to eat some more. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

The “little guy” inside Ryan Freel's head, Farney, is a #16 seed in the Sportshuman of the Year contest at Deadspin.com. He's up against Chris Berman, who is favored to win not because he's really more deserving but because they've got a little thing about him over at Deadspin. It's like if we pitted Farney against the LLM here on RHM.

But I say enough's enough! Farney is a truly freaky character in sports today, and deserves recognition! Please join me in supporting Farney.