“You’ve got to go into it and try to compete every day, make a team and then earn a starting job,” he said. “Every spring training, I’ve had to tell myself ‘this is the biggest spring training of your life,’” said Farmer, who played two years with the Dodgers before being thrown into the 2018 trade that brought Matt Kemp and Yasiel Puig to the Reds in exchange for Homer Bailey. They should put a blue collar on top of his jersey.In the opening spring exhibition game Sunday, Farmer started at shortstop along with the Reds infield regulars, going 1 for 3 at the plate with a double off the wall. He defends, he runs, he is hitting, and he plays the game to dirty up his uniform. Ever since his recall from the minors life has been a sharp double up the gap for Friedl. Q: Who will be the Reds starting center fielder in 2023? - SCOTT, Syracuse.Ī: Most likely, if he doesn’t hurt himself over the winter opening a can of peaches, it will be injury-prone Nick Senzel. But it was such a nice piece of furniture that Nadine highjacked it for the living room. He called me to the trunk of his car and gave me a cigar humidor that holds 250 cigars. But the best gift came from Jose Rijo the day he retired. Chuck McElroy traded me a pair of ostrich cowboy boots for a hat, the best trade made in Riverfront Stadium that year. My last day as a traveling beat writer, Jonny Gomes said he would try to hit a home run for me. But Homer Bailey and David Weathers gave me running shoes. Q: What is the best gift a player ever gave you? - JOE, Englewood.Ī: I’ve never asked for anything. But nine innings? Waaaay too much Votto babble. When they mic him up for a half-inning, that’s great. Votto is a very popular fellow with the fan base. Q: Why in the world would the Reds put Joey Votto on TV for two full games and then on the radio? -MARCELLA, Toledo.Ī: Well, there isn’t much to talk about on the field. McEnaney is best-known for getting the final out of both the 1975 (Boston Red Sox) and 1976 (New York Yankees) World Series.\ He shared the closer’s role with Rawley Eastwick, who had 22 saves to McEnaney’s 15. In 1975 he was 5-2 with a 2.47 earned run average in 70 appearances. As a pitcher, he had one outstanding season. He was hilarious with his comments on team buses. Q: What was your impression of pitcher Will McEnaney as a person and as a player? - ED, Springfield.Ī: McEnaney, a Springfield native, owned one of the best sense of humors I encountered covering the Reds. Heck, Hamilton said he had a sister who could outrun him. Sanders running out a triple was a videotape in fast forward. I have never seen an athlete as fast as Neon Deion, even if he was wearing his 10 pounds of bling. Q: If Billy Hamilton and Deion Sanders had a race in their prime, who would have won? - KEVIN, Centerville.Ī: While Hamilton was as fast as a gazelle fleeing a lion, Sanders was faster than the gazelle. What makes me feel good is that so many writers have thanked me for helping them and being nice to them. Because of him, I always tried to pay it forward and tried to help every young writer that came around. He introduced me to players and managers on all the teams. He took me aside when I first started and said, “Kid, follow me around, keep your mouth shut and observe.” Great advice. When I first started, my mentor was Earl Lawson, Hall of Fame writer for the Cincinnati Post
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