Ken Griffey Jr  

Unfortunately, I think you are right. he has detiorated so much and has a huge contract that there quite frankly are not many takers. The Seattle rumors were rampant early but they stink now and it would not make sense for them to trade for Jr now. And the Reds are only 8 back from the wild card. I fear they may try to keep Dunn and Jr and make a run that will be unsuccessful. I like Bruce and the young guys. I am okay with getting a few more and letting them learn on the big league level.

I can understand that they may think of making a run for it, as is my team (somewhat) the Pirates. It may be an interesting race at the end if both our teams wake up and play better
I think that Seattle is so messed up right now that they don't know what the heck they are doing, with the recent rash of firings as proof. They were supposed to be in the lead with the Angels in the west, but they really are lost.

Pirates? Wow, we are both gluttons for punishment. We need to go back to the 70's when our teams were good:) Then again, we could be Seattle. You are right. They have NO CLUE

I've been a Pirates fan my whole life and I am 57. I'm used to losing seasons LOL The Reds had some great teams and players when they were The Big Red Machine :)

I'm 32 and have been a Reds fan for life. Unfortunately I missed the Big Red Machine as I was born in 1976. My only success is the 1990 World Series and then in the mid 90's we flirted with the playoffs losing in game 163 to the Mets. Other than that, I'm in the same boat as you. We have had lots of good players but not enough at one time. Eric Davis is my favorite Red of all time. Million Dollar talent and and ten cent body that couldn't hold up.

My hope for you is that you live closer to the Reds than I do the Pirates. About the only time I get to see the Pirates on t.v. is when they play the bums the Dodgers since I live outside of Los Angeles.

I do live in Cincinnati, so I get to go to my fair share of games. I just hope they are meaningful games sometime soon:)

I hope they are meaningful games too. Unless, of course, they are beating up my Bucs! LOL

True. True. Gone are they days when guys chose loyalty over money. However, Jr did take a paycut to come back home to Cincinnat and the city has not embraced him. I was a huge Pucket fan and wish more athletes were like him. I wish that I could have been around back in the day when ball players had other jobs in the offseason and played baseball because they loved the game.

I grew up ten blocks from the old Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota.
This was in the 60s and 70s. I remember being able to hear the roar of the crowd when the Twins made a good play or hit a homerun.
Players back in those days did have other careers besides baseball. Toward the end of the 70s, it changed somehow. Two players caused this change.
One was Curt Flood and the other was Reggie Jackson.
Baseball has never been the same since.

Agreed. I am only 32, so I missed the Big Red years here in Cincy. However, I know and appreciate baseball history and can understand the feelings and emotions that went with the game back then. I get chills today when I am at a game and Rose, Bench, Foster or another member of the Big Red Machine is in attendance and mentioned. They get standing ovations. Barry Larkin and guys like that do not.

I don't really think Favre's is about the money. He is just like Jordan and can't walk away from the game. He retired to early with stuff left on the table.