Cincinnati Reds

By Jeff Kallman —Lynn Henning, Detroit News. THE HOLDUP—The Reds want Micah Owings as one of the players to be named later in the Adam Dunn swap. The reason they can’t have him just yet: an injured player can’t go on waivers. And Owings was scratched from a Triple A start Wednesday with shoulder tendinitis.

By Jeff Kallman Number of single-season home run champions who managed World Series winners: 2. (Jimmy Collins, Rogers Hornsby.) Number of 1961 pennant-winning Cincinnati Reds cut from the Pilots in spring training: 1. (Jim O’Toole, pitcher.) His lifetime World Series ERA: 1.48.

By Jeff Kallman The Feds are in on the probe, too, but so far they’ve kept their focus on canned White Sox scouting official David Wilder, Washington Nationals general manager Jim Bowden—whose job may be in jeopardy over this scandal—and Jose Rijo, former major league pitcher and now a Nats special assi...

By Daniel Rathman “He’s a lifetime .230, .240 hitter that strikes out a ton and hits homeruns.  Do you know that the guy doesn’t really like baseball that much?  Did you know the guy doesn’t have a passion to play the game that much?  I don’t think you’d be very happy if we brought Adam Dunn here.  We’ve done our home...

By Jeff Kallman NOT BEYOND THE FUKUDOME—Japanese outfielder Kosuke Fukudome, contrary to recent speculation, is expected to make formal in the coming week his decision on whether to play another year in his native country or ponder offers from the United States, where the Chicago Cubs, the San Franci...