From the Reds marketing email this week:

Send your questions for Bronson Arroyo
Get your questions in now for our next Redlegs Q&A – this time with Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo! Better Off Red’s Jamie Ramsey will sit down with Bronson later this month to get answers to questions from you. Send yours to redlegsnews@reds.com and be sure to include your name and where you’re from!

Corn rows, crappy ’90s guitar music, nutritional supplements, pining for Boston, the likelihood that he won’t be around next season…the list of potential topics for questions is practically limitless. Ask him how it feels to hang around with great starting pitchers for a change.

MLB NETWORK TO AIR MORE THAN FIVE HOURS OF LIVE TRADE DEADLINE COVERAGE ON SATURDAY, JULY 31

Gammons, Hart, Heyman, Reynolds, Verducci & Others Part of Coverage Starting at 11:00 a.m. ET

MLB Network to Countdown the 40 Most Memorable Trades in MLB History at 6:00 p.m. ET

Secaucus, N.J., July 28, 2010 – MLB Network will provide more than five hours of live coverage of the MLB Trade Deadline on Saturday, July 31 from 11:00 a.m. ET until 4:30 p.m. ET. Greg Amsinger, Matt Vasgersian, Peter Gammons, John Hart, Jon Heyman, Joe Magrane, Dan Plesac, Harold Reynolds and Tom Verducci will cover every move leading up to the 4:00 p.m. ET deadline. MLB.com senior writer Jonathan Mayo and MLB Network Insiders and sportswriters Phil Rogers, Richard Justice and Tracy Ringolsby will contribute analysis on-air throughout the day. Saturday’s coverage follows MLB Network’s hour-long Path to the Trade Deadline specials airing daily this week before MLB Tonight.

MLB Network will air MLB Network Countdown: The 40 Most Memorable Trades in MLB History, an hour-long show recapping the most influential trades that led to Hall of Fame careers, pennants, World Series titles and other significant franchise moments. Narrated by Vasgersian, the countdown includes: John Smoltz being traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Atlanta Braves in 1987, the New York Mets trading Hall of Famer Tom Seaver to the Cincinnati Reds in 1977, the Texas Rangers trading Alex Rodriguez to the New York Yankees for Alfonso Soriano in 2004, Hall of Famer Nellie Fox’s trade to the Chicago White Sox from the Philadelphia Athletics in 1949, and the Cincinnati Reds trading Hall of Famer and pitching great Christy Mathewson to the New York Giants in 1900.

Saturday Night Baseball at 7:00 p.m. ET will feature the AL first-place New York Yankees at division rival Tampa Bay Rays, with select television markets seeing the Oakland Athletics at Chicago White Sox at 7:00 p.m. ET. Immediately following the game, MLB Tonight will return live for one hour, while MLB Network’s Hazel Mae will recap the day’s game action on Quick Pitch at 11:00 p.m. ET.

For more information and to find MLB Network in your area, go to:

• www.MLBNetwork.com
• www.Facebook.com/MLBNetwork
• www.Twitter.com/MLBNetwork

The first 30,000 people through the gates this Saturday, July 31 to see the Reds take on the Atlanta Braves will take home this lovely Homer Bailey bobblehead, or, at least, will have the opportunity to sell it to some guy with a big bag who wanders around offering up $10 or something.

In case you haven’t been watching the television broadcast for the last two weeks to hear them say it 30,000 times, the game start time has been changed. Even if you have your tickets in hand and see a different time on them, know that this game starts at 4:10 p.m. If you want to be among the first 30,000, you’ll want to be heading over there shortly after lunch.

MLB Network’s simulcast of the Washington Nationals at Cincinnati Reds “MLB Matinee” game tomorrow, Thursday, July 22, will be available in the Reds’ home television market live at 12:30 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m. CT. MLB Network will carry MASN’s call of the game. Livan Hernandez is scheduled to pitch for the Nationals against the Reds’ Edinson Volquez.

MLB Network is available in Cincinnati on Comcast channels 279 or 258 (HD), Time Warner channels 326 or 1326 (HD) and DirecTV channel 213.

Dang, I wish I didn’t have to work. I’d love to sit home all day and watch baseball.

CINCINNATI (July 12, 2010) – The Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame & Museum has announced the Reds players and Hall of Famers who will be in attendance at events for the 2010 Induction Weekend, July 16-18.

Reds Hall of Famers: Johnny Bench, Jack Billingham, Pedro Borbon, Tom Browning, Leo Cardenas, Eric Davis, George Foster, Cesar Geronimo, Wayne Granger, Tommy Helms, Barry Larkin (Sat./Sun. only), Jerry Lynch, Jim Maloney (Sat. only), Lee May, Joe Morgan (Fri./Sat. only), Gary Nolan, Jim O’Toole, Chris Sabo and Mario Soto.

1990 Team Members: Glenn Braggs, Keith Brown, Tom Browning, Norm Charlton, Eric Davis, Billy Hatcher, Barry Larkin (Sat./Sun. only), Hal Morris (Fri./Sat. only), Randy Myers, Paul Noce, Ron Robinson, Chris Sabo and Herm Winningham.

Fans will have many chances to meet and greet with their favorite HOF’ers and Reds players from the 1990 World Championship team at the Hall of Fame & Museum:

Friday, July 16
• 5 to 6:30 pm – Meet and greet with returning Hall of Famers (photos OK, no autographs)

Saturday, July 17
• 11 am to 3 pm – Meet and greet with select 1990 team members (photos OK, no autographs)
• 3 to 4:30 pm – Meet and greet with returning Hall of Famers (photos OK, no autographs)

All meet and greet sessions are free with Hall of Fame admission.

For full details and updated meet and greet schedules, please visit www.redsmuseum.org or call (513) 765-7923.

2010 HOF Induction Weekend – Full Schedule of Events

Friday, July 16 – Reds vs Colorado Rockies (7:10pm)
• FameFest at the HOF (5 – 6:30 pm)
• MC Hammer concerts (pregame and postgame)
• 1990 team celebration (pregame and postgame)
• Fireworks presented by Klosterman Baking Co. (postgame)

Saturday, July 17 – Reds vs Colorado Rockies (7:10 pm)
• FameFest at the HOF will include baseball instruction, cornhole, caricature drawing, games, meet and greets, mascot visits, a band, sponsor booths, inflatable for kids, and more (10 am to 4 pm)
• New Inductee press conference (5:45 pm)
• Chris Sabo bobblehead presented by John Morrell (free to the first 30,000 fans)
• HOF Induction Ceremony (pregame)

Sunday, July 18 – Reds vs Colorado Rockies (1:10 pm)
• Vintage baseball game (Noon)
• Powel Crosley Jr. Award presentation (pregame)
• Kids replica batting helmet presented by Furniture Fair (free to the first 10,000 kids 14 and younger)
• 2010 Induction Gala presented by Extra Bases at Duke Energy Convention Center (6-10 pm)
– Featuring the entire 2010 Reds roster along with current and former Hall of Famers