So, it's Jolbert Cabrera up for Jerry Hairston Jr. and Gary Majewski is on bereavement list as his wife Melissa is having a baby. Danny Herrera is up to take his place.
No lineups yet.
* New All-Star voting released today. Ken Griffey Jr. is third among NL outfielders, behind Alfonso Soriano and Kosuke Fukudome and ahead of Carlos Lee. No other Reds is among the top five at any position (or among the 15 outfielders).
* Ah, tons of stuff, but no Reds lineup. I know Jay Bruce is leading off, but didn't write down the rest from the list on Baker's desk, thinking it'd be up here.
Here's the Cards' lineup:
- Skip Schumaker lf
- Ryan Ludwick rf
- Albert Pujols 1b
- Rick Ankiel cf
- Troy Glaus 3b
- Yadier Molina c
- Cesar Izturis ss
- Mitchell Boggs p
- Brendan Ryan 2b
* As for Bruce leading off, Baker said, it's "through the process of elimination."
* Good news for Jerry Hairston Jr. today. The break of his finger was "the best case scenario" Dr. Timothy Kremchek told him. He should be back in two weeks he said. He'll be taking batting practice in a week and continue to do everything else, because it's on his non-throwing hand. Hairston said he's done sliding head first.
* I asked Ken Griffey Jr. if he felt 600 was devalued by the questions surrounding the last two players to accomplish the feat. "600 is 600. I understand what's going and whatever people think, 600 is 600."
Griffey was asked if he wanted to return to the Reds next season and said, "That's not up to me. It's a two-way street. I can't control that." He did say that there's a "love-hate relationship" between him and the city and the city and him.
Griffey on Joe Nuxhall night tonight: "Joe is a big part of this city, not just Hamilton County or Nuxhall County, as some call it. This is his day. I'm glad I can be a part of it, but it's his day and his family's day."
Griffey on "being stuck" on 599 -- "A lot of people would like to be stuck on 599."
He said he wants to play as long as he's having fun and is able to play.
Video will be coming soon (limited, because according to MLB rules, I can only post 120 seconds.)
* Adam Dunn said the feeling at Dolphin Stadium was weird. "It wasn't how I pictured it -- packed house, elongated celebration. ... It was like he hit it at Ed Smith."
On 600 home runs: "It's like thinking about Bill Gates' money. It's mind-boggling."
Of course, I added, "it's like thinking about Ken Griffey Jr.'s money."
Dunn also joked about Paul Bako's night: "I could just see the headline, 'Bako hits 2 home runs, Griffey hits one for No. 600."
"I don't what was more unbelievable."
* I asked Dusty Baker if he thought he was cursed at shortstop.
"I don't believe in (curses). I heard enough of that **** in Chicago."
* And we've got a lineup
- Jay Bruce cf
- Paul Janish ss
- Ken Griffey Jr. rf
- Brandon Phillips 2b
- Adam Dunn lf
- Joey Votto 1b
- Edwin Encarnacion 3b
- Paul Bako c
- Homer Bailey p


Sounds like a good time for a video clip....
Amy03:26 PM EST