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Dayton Daily News: McCoy - Trades likely as last-place Cincinnati confronts reality (RR)
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog — Dayton Daily News: McCoy - Trades likely as last-place Cincinnati confronts reality (RR) Scouts and club officials with other teams say that Reds General Manager Wayne Krivsky has made calls saying the Reds are looking to start dumping salary, ready to trade for top-shelf prospects as they peer toward the future. ... Never, ever lose a bet to Ken Griffey Jr. The outfielder pays off, but in strange ways — like the time manager Lou Piniella won a bet with him during spring training when both were in Seattle. It was batting practice, and I had three swings left, Griffey said. Lou bet me a steak that I couldn t hit a home run to each field on those three swings. I hit one to right and I hit one to center, but I missed the one to left. So I paid up. Oh, did he. Piniella got his steak on the hoof. Griffey had a live cow put in Piniella s office while he was gone, And when he wal ...

Scouts: Reds looking to dump salary in trades
Ben Maller's Sports Rumors & Notes — ... Scouts and club officials with other teams say that Reds General Manager Wayne Krivsky has made calls saying the Reds are looking to start dumping salary, ready to trade for top-shelf prospects as they peer toward the future. The guess is that there might be six players on the 25-man roster not included in trade talks: Aaron Harang, Homer Bailey, Josh Hamilton, Alex Gonzalez, Brandon Phillips and maybe Edwin Encarnacion. ...

Friday Quick Hits
Red Reporter — ... Trades are coming, not that that should surprise anyone. It's really obnoxious for a general manager to not comment on anything relating to transactions or the team when the team is as bad as the Reds are this year. The fans deserve Krivsky at least giving them something to talk about, and he could very easily do that without hurting himself strategically. Jim Bowden is a terrible GM, but at least he would talk to the press and make things feel a little exciting. ...

Ken Griffey Jr. Will Put a Cow in Your Office
FanHouse — ... Seriously, don't test him. Just ask ...

The Week In Quotes: June 25-July 1 by Alex Carnevale
Baseball Prospectus — ... , admitting he bet on baseball in spring training with the Mariners. (Hal McCoy, Dayton Daily News ) --- Alex Carnevale is a contributor to Baseball Prospectus. You can reach Alex by ...