For the Twitter addicts among us, you might be interested in a new service: Twackle. Twackle aggregates Twitter comments about your favorites sports into one convenient place. Plus, you can contribute to the the stream of tweets (twacks?) and subject every other Twackle user to your uninformed sports opinions. Just like having a blog!

Digging through my neglected RHM inbox uncovers another gem that’s of no particular interest to me but I know there are tons of baseball fans out there who will love it. And since I’m so far behind in posting it, it’ll hardly even seem redundant if any other blogs you read posted it.

Over at Sully Baseball, Sully had taken on an odd task: creating a roster of the best homegrown Cincinnati players throughout history and a roster of the best traded-for Cincinnati players throughout history. Brandon Phillips makes an appearance.

Check it out at http://sullybaseball.blogspot.com/2009/02/cincinnati-reds-all-time-home-grown.html

Watching the trailer, the pace seems a little slow for my particular tastes, but I know there are plenty of baseball historians out there who would love nothing more than to spend their evening watching a documentary about Cobb field. And there are some faces that Reds fans will recognize.

Intrigued? Check out the post on Church of Baseball.

BubbaFan was kind enough to post pictures from a spring training game she attended, including some of one of my favorites, Ray “Little Ray Ray” Olmedo. And my, how’s he’s grown. Compare her photo to one from his Cincinnati days:

I suppose it’s not that surprising to see a guy fill out at age 28, but it’s just a little startling to me when I’m so used to thinking of the guy as “little Ray Ray.”

CINCINNATI (March 16, 2009) — Reds fans can bid now on reds.com for seats in the new Champions Club Boxes on Opening Day.

The Champion Club Boxes feature an outdoor bar area and in-seat service, in addition to access to the new all-inclusive FOX Sports Ohio Champions Club and its unlimited food and non-alcoholic beverages.

Packages of four, six and eight tickets are available, with auctions ending either Friday, March 20, at noon ET or Friday, March 27, at noon ET.

Place your bids here on the auction site.

The FOX Sports Ohio Champions Club (formerly known as the FSN Ohio Club 4192) is located on the first base side of GABP. The 2009 Opening Day game is Monday, April 6 vs the New York Mets. First pitch is 1:10 p.m.

All proceeds from the Champions Club Box auctions will benefit the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum. All winning bids will receive annual memberships to the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum.