The tinier half of the Reds' dynamic duo of catchers will be late to spring training this season as he awaits the imminent birth of his second child, according to a subhead way down at the bottom of the story Room with a View for Castellini in the Cincinnati Post.

DUE ANY DAY - Backup catcher Javier Valentin will not report with the rest of his fellow receivers today, but his absence has been excused.

Valentin's wife, Ingrid, is due to give birth to the couple's second child at any time. If the birth doesn't occur naturally by today, they probably will induce labor so Valentin can make his way to Florida from Puerto Rico by Saturday or Sunday.

Just think: someday that kid will tell people about how the doctors broke mom's water so that pop could give him or her a kiss before heading off to spring training. How would you like to be able to claim a baseball story like that? As if it wouldn't already be cool enough to have the Latin Love Machine for a father!