MILWAUKEE -- Before the season even started, the Reds decided on a different tack by spending the night in Los Angeles after Wednesday night's game and flying to Milwaukee during Thursday's off-day. It prevented red-eye travel, and in light of the team's deep struggles, moved manager Bryan Price to do something else. He had the team report late Friday, with the clubhouse not being opened until 4 p.m. CT.
"I acknowledged to our players that they can't physically do more than they're doing," Price said before Friday's game. "Everyone's [usually] early, they're in the cages, they're out taking grounders, they're looking at video, they're going through the advance reports, doing conditioning, in the weight room -- everything you can possibly do physically.