I'll be the first one to admit it. Coming into the season, I didn't see why we had him on our team, heck up until recently, I really didn't see a point to have him on the squad at all....but quietly he is putting together a fine season and coming through for us in some really nice spots. And when Narron actually puts him where he should be (SS) instead of someone like, oh lets say Royce Clayton, it really accentuates his positives in my mind. Heck, who would have thought that good old Rich would return to the 20 homer plateau this season and we still have a month left in the season.
Well we now have 3 Reds (Dunn, 38; Griffey, 26; and Aurilia, 20) with 20 or more homers and we have another 3 Reds within 6 homers (Ross, 18; Phillips, 15; and Encarnacion, 14). Just a fun little stat, I like to look at and bring up...That's quite a production out of two guys that weren't on the team at the beginning of the season Ross and Phillips, one guy that is just getting his feet wet this season full-time in Encarnacion, and then someone whose best days are way, way, way behind him in Aurilia. And that is not even say anything about Griffey and his slumps....
Well nothing really else to point out or anything, just thought I would get these points and statements off of my chest....