On Monday the Reds sent down Brian Shackelford, Brad Salmon, and later we learned that Paul Janish joined them. Today the Reds also released Paul Wilson.

Too bad about Pauly; it would have been great to have seen him come back. A couple of my very first fake news stories featured Wilson: Freel, Wilson Still Sorry and Wilson Loses Arms, Says He's Fine.

Now the Wilson era, apparently like the fake news era, appears to be at an end. Maybe he'll pick up somewhere. He could hook up with Jason LaRue in KC.

Much to my dismay, I'm able to listen to the game today from home, thanks to the kid coming home sick from school. You parents can probably sympathize with my feeling that my son has been sick since the beginning of time and my life will never be normal again.

Anyway, C. Trent's got the line-ups:

Redlegs
Chris Denorfia LF
Alex Gonzalez SS
Brandon Phillips 2B
Adam Dunn DH
Edwin Encarnacion 3B
Jeff Conine 1B
David Ross C
Norris Hopper RF
Dewayne Wise CF
Bronson Arroyo P

Tigers
Curtis Granderson CF
Placido Polanco 2B
Ivan Rodriguez C
Gary Sheffield LF
Magglio Ordonez RF
Sean Casey 1B
Craig Monroe DH
Neifi Perez 3B
Ramon Santiago SS

C. Trent has the line-ups for today's game:

Reds
Alex Gonzalez SS
Scott Hatteberg 1B
Brandon Phillips 2B
Adam Dunn LF
Edwin Encarnación 3B
Josh Hamilton CF
Jeff Conine RF
David Ross C
Aaron Harang RHP

Braves
Kelly Johnson 2B
Pete Orr 3B
Jeff Francoeur RF
Matt Diaz LF
Doug Clark CF
Scott Thorman 1B
Brayan Pena C
Tony Pena SS
Buddy Carlyle P

Looks pretty close to what the Reds are going to be running out there on a semi-regular basis this season. C. Trent also says that the Reds who have been hurtin'--Ryan Freel, Bubba Crosby, Elizardo Ramirez, Bill Bray, and maybe Gary Majewski--ought to be available by Wednesday.

It's my brother-in-law's birthday party today, so I'll miss at least part of the game in favor of cake and ice cream, but if anyone's feeling like commenting on the game here, I'd love to read what you have to say.

Kyle Lohse was the story yesterday as the Reds beat the Red Sox 2-1.

Lohse went five innings and allowed zero runs on three hits. He struck out three. Now, I'm not one to get all excited over one spring training start, but YIPEE!! I'd love to see Eric Milton pushed down to the fourth starter. He'd be pretty good for a fourth starter. Overpaid to be sure, but what are you going to do?

Dustin Hermanson pitched a hitless sixth. Jon Coutlangus gave up two hits in a scoreless seventh. Jared Burton allowed Alex Ochoa to cross the plate in the eighth for the Sox' one run. Victor Santos got the save in the ninth with a hitless inning, including a K.

When the Red Sox face the Reds, I'm interested to know how ol' Wily Mo Peña is doing. Yesterday he went 2-for-3 with a double. How nice for him.

On the Reds' side, Chris Denorfia scored both of the Reds' runs. The first one was a homer to lead off the game. The second came in the third inning when Adam Dunn knocked him in. Deno was also the only Red with more than one hit. Also very nice for him.

The win brings the Reds' spring training record to 13-3. Damn I hope they can keep this going into the season. Today Aaron Harang and the Reds host the Atlanta Braves.

The Most Valuable Network has landed a new celebrity blogger to write about the Reds in Shawn Weaver at Redlegs Rundown. If you spend any amount of time reading Reds blogs, you're certainly already familiar with Shawn's work over at Cincinnati Reds Blog, since it's been there about forever. One benefit of the Redlegs Rundown blog, though, is that you can see the titles of the entries. Which is nice, because Shawn writes some pretty good titles.