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06-29-2012, 09:37 PM
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Larkin future Reds manager?
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Sports talk host on WLW tonight said he saw our old friend Jim Bowden on the MLB network today. Jimbo made a prediction: Barry Larkin will be the next manager of the Reds. He didn't say it would happen soon - Bowden suggested he would be happy to see Dusty sign an extension - but said once Barry's kids are grown, he thinks it will come about. Bowden's obviously a friend of Larkin's. Is he just making this up out of thin air? |
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06-29-2012, 09:40 PM
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Re: Larkin future Reds manager?
I'm not a fan of guys with no coaching experience becoming mlb manager, that's for sure. If he pays his dues a bit and shows some success at it...sure. But I'm not for it just because he's a popular ex-player.
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06-29-2012, 09:44 PM
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Re: Larkin future Reds manager?
Supposedly the Reds almost weren't able to draft Joey Votto because Jim Bowden and his cronies couldn't keep their mouths shut about him.
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06-29-2012, 10:54 PM
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Re: Larkin future Reds manager?
Barry was my idol, but I get the sense that he'd be about as good a tactician the last Reds HOF middle infielder. He's a smart guy, but everything I've heard him says as an analyst is straight out of the old school play book.
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06-29-2012, 11:57 PM
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Re: Larkin future Reds manager?
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Sincerely, Jeff Shaw.
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06-30-2012, 08:43 AM
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Re: Larkin future Reds manager?
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That made me laugh. For soooooooooo many reasons. |
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06-30-2012, 09:37 AM
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Re: Larkin future Reds manager?
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Why didn't the radio explode?
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06-30-2012, 09:38 AM
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Re: Larkin future Reds manager?
If it came from Bowden you pretty much know it isn't true.
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06-30-2012, 09:50 AM
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Re: Larkin future Reds manager?
I was at the game last monday and was sitting behind a guy that looked exactly like Jim Bowden. I punched him in the face just on the off chance it was him.
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"But I do know Joey's sister indirectly (or foster sister) and I have heard stories of Joey being into shopping, designer wear, fancy coffees, and pedicures." |
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07-03-2012, 01:49 PM
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Re: Larkin future Reds manager?
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07-04-2012, 12:46 AM
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Re: Larkin future Reds manager?
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I want no part of Larkin as a manager.
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07-04-2012, 12:47 AM
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07-04-2012, 01:50 AM
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Re: Larkin future Reds manager?
Larkin as Assistant to the GM or some such. Not as manager thank you.
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