It's Jay Bruce's fault that I ever found Red Reporter.
The Cincinnati Reds were fresh off a 2007 season that was yet another disaster. To exfoliate their 72-90 regular season record, the Reds shipped off the most talented non-Larkin player I'd seen wear the uniform in decades for a pitcher who'd been demoted from the big leauges all the way back to A-ball that very season. Junior was old, lumbering Dunn was lumbering Dunn, and the team entered the season intent on letting 36 year old Paul Bako have the bulk of the catching duties despite David Ross having blasted 38 dingers over the previous two seasons.