Reds Xtra: New manager David Bell right at home in Cincinnati

Reds beat writers John Fay and Bobby Nightengale sit down for a conversation with new Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell. Kareem Elgazzar, kelgazzar@enquirer.com

It probably wasn’t a job requirement, but the fact manager David Bell is going to live in Cincinnati year-round is a fairly big deal.

He’s the first manager since Pete Rose to do.

But there’s more to it than that. Bell has an office in the front office — right in the thick of the top decision-makers.

“One of the reasons I think he’ll be effective here is his commitment to living here year-round,” Reds president of baseball operations Dick Williams said. “That’s made a big difference in the early going. He literally just sort of picked…