Line-ups courtesy of C. Trent:
27 Chris Denorfia ………………RF
21 Scott Hatteberg ……………. 1B
4 Brandon Phillips …………… 2B
19 Jeff Conine …………………..DH
17 Javier Valentin ……………….. C
46 Mark Bellhorn ………………. 3B
9 Juan Castro ………………….SS
16 Bubba Crosby ……………….LF
34 Jerry Gil ……………………….CF
40 Paul Wilson …………………… P

Here are the pitchers making the trip:
51 Burton, Jared ………………..RHP
65 Coutlangus, Jon …………….LHP
66 Dumatrait, Phil ………………LHP
48 Gosling, Michael ……………LHP
58 Medlock, Calvin ……………..RHP
35 Saarloos, Kirk ………………..RHP
53 Salmon, Brad ………………..RHP
64 Shearn, Tom ………………….RHP
40 Wilson, Paul ………………….RHP

Woo-hoo! My turn to start a game thread. Sweet.

The lineups, as always, provided by C.

Indians
Sizemore CF
Francisco RF
Dellucci LF
Garko 1B
Blake 3B
Shoppach C
Rouse 2B
Rivas SS
Adam Miller P

Reds
Freel CF
Hamilton RF
Encarnacion 3B
Dunn LF
Conine 1B
Gonzalez SS
Ross C
Castro
Arroyo P

Brandon Phillips was originally going to be playing 2b, but was a late scratch. Even so, this is a lineup we might have to get used to during the season this year.

Line-ups courtesy of C. Trent.

Reds
Freel CF
Hateberg 1B
Encarnacion 3B
Dunn LF
Phillips 2B
Hamilton RF
Gonzalez SS
Ross C
Harang P

Tigers
Granderson CF
Polanco 2B
Sheffield LF
Ordonez RF
Rodriguez C
Inge 3B
Shelton 1B
Infante SS
Robertson P

In the comments on this story linked on Fark.com appears the Crack Technical Staff's amazing imagining of Aaron Harang as a goth. No attribution, but still an honor. The story's interesting too:

Since '56, every NL pitcher who led in strikeouts and wins won the Cy Young award. Until last year, the Siberian Flamethrower missed by one vote. One vote shy of even getting a vote.

Michael Radano of the Courier Post Online must have used Monday's meeting between the Reds and Phillies as an opportunity to chat up Rheal Cormier about his Philadelphia memories:

In his 5 1/2 seasons with the Phillies, Rheal Cormier has come to understand the city and its people. Admittedly, some players don't miss their time along the Delaware River, but Cormier isn't one of them.”When you play 5 1/2 years, you get accustomed to the fans, and when you perform, they'll cheer, and when you don't, they'll boo. I had both,” Cormier said.

My favorite part of the story is when Radano points out that Cormier is only the second-oldest Red:

Cormier, who is a member of a veteran bullpen … is the second oldest Red after another former Phillie in Jeff Conine.

There isn't much smart alecky to say about the story; Cormier comes off sounding very mature and reasonable. I wonder how Bronson Arroyo would respond if his team had told him point blank that they had “no intention of bringing [him] back.”