Ken Griffey Jr. was honored before the game in a nice ceremony and a sign in right field for 600.

There was a video tribute with taped messages from Ryan Howard, Chipper Jones, Johnny Bench and Hank Aaron. Thom Brennaman read a letter from Bud Selig.

Reds owner Bob Castellini also spoke, giving his batting helmet to the Hall of Fame and his batting gloves to the Reds Hall of Fame. Castellini mentioning the group Junior joins in the 600 club, omitted two -- Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa. It wasn't a coincidence -- Castellini then mentioned that Griffey has "done it the right way."

"Wow," Griffey said as he walked up the mic. "No, I'm not going to cry. I've been here, it's my ninth year here and the team we have assembled here is probably the best team we've had here. With a little luck, my dad was here and won three world championships, with a little luck, we can win one and I want to be a part of it."

"I just want to thank everyone for coming here. It's been awesome. It's been up and down, but I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world."

His wife, three kids and mother joied him on the field. He also gave shout-outs to Adam Dunn and Jay Bruce.

* Top 1: 1-2-3 for Cueto. Redlegs 0, Trolley Dodgers 0

Looks like there's going to be video tributes throughout the game. After the top of the 1st, we had Gary Sheffield and Nomar Garciaparra.

An announcement on the Dodgers' pitching rotation was just announced -- Lowe tomorrow and Eric Stoltz on Thursday, not Clayton Kershaw.

 * Bottom 1: Good news: Corey Patterson gets a hit. Bad news: Corey Patterson caught stealing. And then Cabrera walks. Bruce Ks. Yeah. Redlegs 0, Trolley Dodgers 0

* Top 2: 4-5-6. Redlegs 0, Trolley Dodgers 0

* Bottom 2: Dunn leads off with a single to left, then three Ks in a row. Redlegs 0, Trolley Dodgers 0

* Top 3: Walk to former ROY Angel Berroa. Nice play by Cabrera on the sac -- Berroa thought about going to third, but after seeing the ball was going to first and the corner infielders were crashing, Cabrera made sure to follow Berroa to keep him at second. It ends up not mattering as Pierre doubles in the run past a diving Adam Dunn. Trolley Dodgers 1, Redlegs 0

* Bottom 3: That was quick. 1-2-3 for the Dodgers. However, there is good news, checked my email and the new Hold Steady album is available on iTunes, so it's downloading now. Trolley Dodgers 1, Redlegs 0

* Top 4: I do love a good hit and run -- double for Martin and Kent scores. But that's it, because after loading the bases with a walk to Ethier, Berroa hits into a 6-4-3 DP. Trolley Dodgers 2, Redlegs 0

 Joe Torre now doing a spot for Junior.

* Bottom 4: Would you ever thing that Chad Billingsley (or any pitcher for that matter) would have eight strikeouts through four innings, and none of them would be of Adam Dunn? So, Edwin Encarnacion fouled off a pitch from Billingsley and lost the handle on his bat. Billingsley got the bat and handed it to Encarnacion, dunno why, it just seemed odd to see a batter and pitcher that close to each other during an at-bat. Trolley Dodgers 2, Redlegs 0

* Top 5: Nice job buy Cueto -- when a speedy guy tries to lay down a bunt on you -- throw in. He did that to Pierre. 1-2-3 inning and 79 pitches for Cueto. Trolley Dodgers 2, Redlegs 0

* Bottom 5: Wouldn't it be awesome if this was done by sunset? A boy can dream, ya know? Trolley Dodgers 2, Redlegs 0

* Top 6: Another hit, a leadoff single for Kent, but a quick DP gets them out of that. 97 pitches for Cueto. Trolley Dodgers 2, Redlegs 0

* Bottom 6: A K and long flies, but still nothing for the Redlegs. 86 pitches for Billingsley. Trolley Dodgers 2, Redlegs 0

* Top 7: We're at the stretch and there's still natural light (and not the crappy beer). Quick inning for Cueto, but with 109 pitches, he's probably done for the night -- especially if the Reds can get to his spot in the lineup (it'd be a no-brainer then. and really, probably should be now). Trolley Dodgers 2, Redlegs 0

* Bottom 7: Dunn flies out to keep his streak alive. Then back-to-back singles by EE and Votto. Bako goes 3-0 then looks at strike 1 and swings at 2 before walking to bring up Javier Valentin for Cueto. And that's it for Billingsley and that'sit for Billingsley, who got every Red starter but Dunn. Lefty Joe Beimel in. Javy goes into the dugout for his right-handed helmet and bat. He grounds ot Loney at first and in his haste, Loney drops the ball and is only able to get one out. It's 2-1 with runners on secodn and third but Corey Patterson grounds out to second. And for some reason the fans are yelling for Jay Bruce. Trolley Dodgers 2, Redlegs 1

* Top 8: Burton in. Watched a brush-up of sorts in the stands -- well, not the actual incident, just the aftermath. Dude with some killer chops and a Dodgers shirt was involved in something, security guys came over and they couldn't really handel it, once cop came to restrain the guy and he started talking back and seemed to push a cop and then more cops came, cuffed him and he seemed to get even more angry, trying to go after someone. And then the cops took him down, got him back up, pushed him up the steps. Was pretty amusing -- had about four or five cops. The moral of the story is, there's no good that can come of resisting arrest. None. It's not like you're going to get away, especially at the ballpark. Single by DeWitt followed by a double by Kent to score another run -- and Kent went to third on the throw home. Another DP to get out of it. ARod on the scoreboard now talking about Junior. Trolley Dodgers 3, Redlegs 1

* Bottom 8: Two walks to Phillips and Dunn with two outs, but EE lines out. Trolley Dodgers 3, Redlegs 1

* Top 9: David Weathers in. 1-2-3. Trolley Dodgers 3, Redlegs 1

* Bottom 9: Takashi Saito in for the Dodgers. An absolutely fantastic at-bat by Joey Votto against Saito. Griffey batting for Bako and Ross for the pitcher. Neither catcher is tearing the world up against right-handers. Griffey Ks. Ross is 1-for-1 in his career against Saito. Bako has never faced him. Corey Patterson struck out in his only previous appearance against Saito. Ross is now 1-for-2 lifetime. And now people start heading for the exits. Corey Patterson is up and people are thinking they may beat one car out of the garage if they leave now. Add that to the list of fan behaviors I just don't understand. Patterson hits a rocket that gets fielded and they cheer for Jay Bruce again. And this one... yeah, you know.