Reds Spring Training Review

Wow, WHAT a success this blog is..
I can not say enough how excited I am about this Reds season. My earliest memory as a Cincinnati sports fan is sitting at my Aunt's house as a 7 year old boy and watching Todd Benzinger catch the last out of the 1990 World Series....I think thats what seperates us from Cleveland fans....we can REMEMBER when....and Cleveland has always been the butt of jokes...I mean, I remember WHERE I was when this happened...I also distinctly remember every opening day since, and usually the Reds losing. I remember distinclty my very own first opening day attendance. My dad had bought 2 tickets via eBay to opening day. He gave them to my sister Lauren as gift. I remember being sooooo pissed and thinking "I am the biggest fan in the family, why did he give these tickets to Lauren, a girl!" Luckily for me, Lauren took me as her guest to opening day 2004. Funny thing is, nothin spectacular happened that day....the Reds lost, our seats sucked major dickhole, and that was it....but i was there...You see, in Cincinnati, opening day sells out in under 15 minutes every year....Its just one of those things you do...Seriously we have gone in to opening Day twice (2003 and 2004) with Paul Wilson as our Opening Day starter and still sold the place out...Its like a yearly ritual for me....sometime mid February(Today for instance) the Reds have their first day for Pitchers and Catchers to report. And Everyyear,without fail Jr. Griffey is there early to warm up in order to pull some miscellaneous muscle early in the coming year...and every year I enter with optimism, usually making statements out of my ass like "Well this year Danny Graves will close it all all out but if he doesn't Todd Coffey is there for protection." Well, if you are a Reds fan then you know how ridiculous this statement is..In all reality Danny Graves and Todd Coffey would be Major League Shoe Shiners on any other team....but do not tell my brother, hes obsessed with them...poor kid...For the first time in probably over 5 years the Reds have talent, they have depth....Outside of the water boy, I seriously cannot give you a starting team....Now most people would think this is a problem, but within baseball this is an extremely good situation to be in. Within 3 years General Manager Wayne Krivsky(whom I've met, thanks to "Dick") is rated #3 overall in talent within the organization as opposed to the 24, 25 and 26s that we have been recieving....We have depth at every level...and tomorrow I am going to give you all my Spring Training preview, for what it's worth....and there are a few previews as to what Im excited about..... #1. The starting rotation...outside of Harang and Arroyo I am excited to see what Belisle, Affeldt, Volquez, Malloney, Ceuto, and Bailey pull in.. #2. Center Field. Between Freel, Hopper and Bruce...This will get interesting..With Bruce the #1 prospect in all of Baseball at the age of 20, I cannot be more excited....and #3 the Bullpen...Last year a TERRIBLE bullpen all of the sudden becomes good with the Francisco Cordero signing...we have a legitimate #1 closer, a legitimate 8th inning guy in Weathers and a legitimate 7th inning guy in Jared Burton.... combined with the talents of John Coutlangus, Marcus McBeth, and lack of talents Todd Coffey and Mike Stanton....Im super excited to win the NL central this year and tomorrow I will break it all down...I only hope to not upset Todd Coffey fans....after all, I love my brother...he just needs to stop sleeping in his Todd Coffey pajamas!