Arroyo is the only part that doesn't rock.

Alex Gonzalez, the defensive expert that the Reds brought in this off-season to replace Felipe Lopez, rejoined the team yesterday after spending five days in Miami with his hospitalized seven-month-old son, according to Reds.com:

Gonzalez's return doesn't mean all the news is good back at the hospital. Johan is scheduled to have surgery for his undisclosed ailment. It is possible the boy could be transported to have the operation performed at Children's Hospital in Cincinnati.

I can't even imagine how frightening and painful it must be to be away from his family for Gonzalez during this. When my son had to spend the night in the oxygen tent in the hospital when he was three, he was older and his condition not as apparently serious as little Johan's, but I could hardly take it.

I hope that everything works out OK and that an excellent season makes a good get-well present.

While Gonzalez was on bereavement leave, Enrique Cruz took his place with the team. He was DFA'd again to make room.

Cincinnati
Ryan Freel 3B
Josh Hamilton CF
Adam Dunn LF
Ken Griffey Jr. RF
Brandon Phillips 2B
Scott Hatteberg 1B
Alex Gonzalez SS
David Ross C
Aaron Harang P
= Due up

This is crazy: not only am I putting up a game thread for the second night in a row but I've got the windows open while I do it. Finally. This is what baseball's supposed to be about.

Here's the line-ups. Thanks, C. Trent:

Reds
Ryan Freel 3B
Josh Hamilton CF
Adam Dunn LF
Ken Griffey Jr. RF
Brandon Phillips 2B
Scott Hatteberg 1B
Alex Gonzalez SS
Javier Valentín C
Matt Belisle P

Brewers
Rickie Weeks 2B
J.J. Hardy SS
Prince Fielder 1B
Bill Hall CF
Johnny Estrada C
Geoff Jenkins LF
Kevin Mench RF
Craig Counsell 3B
Dave Bush P

Woo-hoo! I'm home and available for a game thread! It feels like it's been forever.

C. Trent's got the line-ups:
Brewers
Weeks 2B
Hardy SS
Fielder 1B
Hall CF
Estrada C
Mench LF
Hart RF
Graffanino 3B
Capuano P

Reds
Ryan Freel
Brandon Phillps
Adam Dunn
Jeff Conine
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Edwin Encarnación
Juan Castro
David Ross
Eric Milton

We're two outs in and Milton hasn't given up a run yet. Freel had a bad-ass play.