Whatever happened to...

me?

Well, since people stopped commenting, I stopped blogging. Thought I'd return for this, though:

I'm starting up a fantasy league for Reds fans. If you're interested, there's room for up to 19 more teams. It's a head-to-head format. Currently, it's set up as a live online draft taking place on Friday, March 21 at 9 p.m., but you don't have to be online then to draft as you can set up your pre-draft rankings, which Yahoo! will pick from if you can't be online for the draft.

Our league is called Rounding Third Headed for Home. In order to register, people need to go to http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/register/joinprivateleague_league_select?.scrumb=

Our league ID# is 177422
Our password is redsbaseball

Hope you come join!

Whatever happened to...

Todd Benzinger?

The longest-lasting memory of Benzinger was of him catching a foul ball to win the 1990 World Series. So what is Todd up to these days?

Currently, Benzinger is coaching girls high school varsity basketball at Loveland High School, where his daughter Justine used to play (daughter Presley plays for JV). The team is 17-2.

Benzinger is still living in the Cincinnati area with Presley & Justine and son Grant.

Other than that, I can't find much about Todd. There is a 2005 article catching up with him, but much of that info is outdated. Anyone know anything else about Todd?

Whatever happened to...

So I was watching the Reds rewind last night of Game 4 of the 1990 series. We were talking about former players, and the name Eddie Taubensee came up. It gave me a thought. I think I'm going to feature "what ever happened to" former Reds posts on here. Is there any interest in that?

Well, in case there is, here's the first one:

Eddie Taubensee is now the Director of Evangelism at Harvest Church in Winter Garden, FL. According to their site:

Eddie had an 11 year Major League Baseball career catching for the Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, and Cleveland Indians. He has travelled the world sharing the gospel in Thailand, South Africa, Japan, Dominican Republic, Australia, Italy, Saudi Arabia and Germany. Eddie and His wife René are the Pro Athletes Outreach, Ambassadors to Major League Baseball and are the directors of the annual Baseball Conference. At Harvest you can also find him teaching Basic Training to the K-4th grade students or helping out in the nursery when needed. If you get here early enough he may even explain the MLB stadium being used as a template for that day's seating arrangement. Eddie also enjoys being a little league coach and full time father to his 3 boys.

I also found him in the Board of Directors of Pro Athletes Outreach, as mentioned in Harvest Church's bio.

Bringing a little bit of October

Well, I'm sure this isn't news to y'all, but according to Ken Rosenthal, the Reds have come to terms on a prelimary agreement with Jeremy Affeldt.

I know some people don't, but I like the move. First, it's not like there was a vast wealth of quality pitching available at a reasonable price. Second, I like that he has (albeit limited) post-season experience. I know he had some issues as a starter, but a lot of those were related to a fingernail issue, and he had that fingernail removed. Finally, it's a relatively low-risk move.

We'll have to wait and see, but I like what I see!

Just curious...

How many people still read this?

Redlegs went a-courtin'

Are the Reds wooing Runelvys Hernandez?

None of this seems terribly interesting, but the article also says Hernandez got on a strict training regimen. Now that he's in shape, he's reportedly hitting 97 on the gun (sounds like agent-speak to me). I'll believe it when I see it. But Hernandez chose the right team in the Astros, as they're hurting for starting pitching. It's not a done deal yet; he's having some last minute discussions with other clubs. McTaggart says the Rangers, Pirates, Phillies, and Reds have all shown interest.

The article says the Astros have the inside track.

Deja vu all over again?

The Reds talked to Brett Tomko's agent this week.

Several second-tier veterans remain on the free-agent market. The Reds spoke with Brett Tomko's agent earlier this week, but talks were believed to be only preliminary. A local report this week also linked the club with Josh Fogg. Livan Hernandez, Jon Lieber and Kris Benson are among others still available.

"I would call it active," Krivsky said of his talks with various agents." Plenty of phone calls have been made on both sides."