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'A really, really cool 24 hours here': Luke Maile reflects on signing with hometown Reds

When Luke Maile was in negotiations with the Cincinnati Reds on his eventual one-year, $1.175 million contract, he chose to keep it to himself knowing how much his family would love to see him play for his hometown team.

Once the Covington Catholic product agreed to the deal before Thanksgiving, he finally let his family know where he will be playing next season.

“They were pretty ecstatic,” Maile said Tuesday, “and I think that’s kind of an understatement.”

Maile, 31, is joining his sixth organization since he was drafted out of the University of Kentucky in 2012, but there were some more emotions with this opportunity.