The Hall of Fame induction ceremony that will see Barry Larkin honored is this weekend and it’s televised. From an MLB Network press release:

Secaucus, N.J., July 18, 2012 – Twelve-time Cincinnati Reds All-Star Barry Larkin and the late former Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox third baseman Ron Santo will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York this Sunday, July 22 in a ceremony telecast exclusively on MLB Network. A special Hall of Fame edition of MLB Tonight will air at 12:30 p.m. ET on Sunday with MLB Network’s Peter Gammons, winner of the 2004 J.G. Taylor Spink Award for baseball writing, Brian Kenny, Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci providing live coverage from Cooperstown, including interviews with Larkin, Hall of Famers in attendance and special features on this year’s inductees.

MLB Network’s exclusive live telecast of the Induction Ceremony will begin at 1:30 p.m. ET, including the acceptance speeches by Larkin and Santo’s widow Vicki Santo, an appearance by Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig, and introductions of an expected 43 returning Hall of Famers, including Larkin’s fellow former Cincinnati Reds Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Tony Perez and Frank Robinson, and Santo’s fellow former Chicago Cubs Ernie Banks, Ferguson Jenkins, Ryne Sandberg, Bruce Sutter and Billy Williams. MLB Network’s live coverage of the Induction Ceremony will be simulcast online on MLB.com and BaseballHall.org. MLB Network will make footage of the ceremony available live via satellite on July 22. Additional details on the satellite feed will be sent to media from MLB Network.

In more mundane televised baseball news, there is a conflict over the time slot on FS Ohio during the Reds game tomorrow. From FS Ohio:

This Saturday, July 21st, the Cincinnati Reds play at 7pm and the Columbus Crew play at 7:30pm. Both games are being made available to air on FOX Sports Ohio.

City	Reds v. Brewers at 7:00pm	Crew v. United at 7:30pm
Cincinnati Dayton Toledo Louisville Lexington Charleston Huntington Wheeling Steubenville Bowling Green, KY Evansville, IN Terre Haute Fort Wayne	The game will be on the main FSOhio cable channels and on FSCincinnati on satellite.	In Toledo and Fort Wayne, the game is being made available to providers to carry on alternate FSOhio channels. Alternate channel information can be found here: Channel Finder
Columbus & Lima areas	The game is being made available to providers to carry on alternate FSOhio channels. Alternate channel information can be found here: Cnalle Finder	The game will be on the main FSOhio cable channels and on FSOhio on satellite in the Columbus, Lima, Cleveland & Youngstown areas

The Reds game will replay on FOX Sports Ohio in all Reds viewing areas late Saturday night at approximately 12:30am, or directly following the Crew replay.

The Crew game will replay on FOX Sports Ohio in all Crew viewing areas Saturday night at the conclusion of Reds Live postgame show, approximately 10:30pm.

As RHM detailed in the game wrap for game 91 for the Cincinnati Reds, Mat Latos and the Reds did not do well.

It was Jay Bruce bobblehead night, which our son really wanted, so we headed out after work. Hearing the gates had opened early because of the thunderstorm that passed through made us a little nervous that they might run out since we were still an hour away, but we shouldn’t have. This giveaway was not nearly enough of a draw to make that happen.

The view from the cheap seats in left field. I’d recommend the cheap seats in right field, since the scoreboard is visible there.

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A lightning storm blew through before the game, prompting the team to open the gates early to let the fans who were already waiting in line for their Jay Bruce bobbledheads find shelter. The rain made the bobblehead boxes soggy, but it didn’t cancel the game, which was maybe too bad for the Reds.

Mat Latos was the starter and he had his worst appearance since that debacle against the Indians last month. He only worked 4.2 innings, but he gave up 5 runs (earned) on 6 hits and 2 walks.

Sam LeCure scorelessly finished the fifth and took on the sixth. Bill Bray got a chance in the seventh and didn’t allow so much as a hit.

Jose Arredondo didn’t fare so well. He gave up 2 more runs (1 earned) on 3 hits before he could get the third out in the eighth. Logan Ondrusek finished off the inning and the game with no more runs, but it was far too late by then.

There wasn’t much scoring to talk about on the Reds’ part, but there were plenty of hits. Drew Stubbs continued his shocking about-face toward goodness by going 2-for-4 with the team’s only RBI.

Todd Frazier, who’s got some pretty big shoes to fill while filling in at first base, also went 2-for-4. His AVG is .277 (second highest in the line-up last night to Brandon Phillips) and his OBP is .343 (second in the line-up last night to Ryan Hannigan). They aren’t Joey Votto numbers by a long shot, but if there’s a silver lining to the arthroscopic cloud, it may be consistent playing time for Frazier.

The loss brings the Reds record to 51-40 and pushes them back into a tie with the Pirates. They try to split the 4-game series today at 12:35 p.m. Mike Leake (3-6, 3.96 ERA) defends against Joe Saunders (4-6, 3.52 ERA).