Sunday, July 08, 2001
Fan's eye view of the Reds
Thumbs up: To Sean Casey, of course.
You might think he made the All-Star team because he was the only Red having a good season. But look what he's done since the last All-Star break.
Casey has batted .349 (186-for-533) with 25 home runs and 120 RBI.
That's an All-Star.
Streak over: Ken Griffey Jr.'s streak of 11 straight All-Star appearances ended. Junior's total matches the total amount of All-Star appearances by the rest of the Reds team: Barry Larkin has seven appearances, Casey two and Danny Graves one.
Lucky 13: The longest All-Star streak by a Red?
Johnny Bench was an All-Star for 13 straight seasons, from 1977 to 1980.
And Pete Rose? His longest streak as a Reds All-Star was six seasons, from 1973 to 1978.
Magnificent seven: Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, George Foster, Johnny Bench and Dave Concepcion were all voted to the 1976 All-Star team while Ken Griffey and Tony Perez also were named.
From 1967 to 1985, those seven Reds made 58 All-Star game appearances. And they did much more than just appear.
In 1967, Perez hit a game-winning home run in the 15th inning off Catfish Hunter to earn MVP honors.
In 1969, Bench hit one home run and was robbed of another by Boston's Carl Yastrzemski.
In 1970, Pete Rose scored the winning run on his famous collision with Ray Fosse.
Morgan was MVP in 1972.
Foster was MVP in 1976.
Griffey was MVP in 1980.
And Concepcion was MVP in 1982.
Overall, Rose played in 16 games, Bench 13, Morgan 8, Concepcion and Perez 7 each, Foster 5 and Griffey 3.
WOW.
Farm talk: Could Chattanooga's Scott Dunn be the Reds' next Double-A to the major leagues experiment?
The 22-year-old was a 10th-round pick in the June 1999 draft and went 11-3 with a 3.96 ERA in 26 starts for Single-A Clinton last season.
Dunn, a 6-foot-3, 195-pound right-hander, is 9-3 in 17 starts between Single-A and Double-A. He's 4-0 with a 2.93 ERA for the Lookouts.
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