Pitcher Cory Lidle throws batting practice. (Michael E. Keating photo)

Name: Cory Lidle

Position: Pitcher

Height/Weight: 5-11, 192 pounds

Bats/Throws: Right, right

Born/resides: Hollywood, Calif., Glendora, Calif.

How acquired: Signed one-year contract as a free agent Dec. 29.

Favorite movie: Bull Durham

Favorite TV show: Seinfeld

Besides baseball he likes to: "Three things, shoot pool, play golf and I'm getting into poker. I started watching Texas Hold'em. Some of my friends play. I play online."

Trivial speaking: Lidle was a high school teammate of Jason Giambi and is an ancestor of Robert Fulton, the inventor of the steamboat.

Inside camp: Looking ahead

40-man roster players work out from 9:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. today. Non-roster players work out from 1:15 to 4:15 p.m. They'll continue with that schedule over the next six days, leading up to the intrasquad games on March 1 and 2.

Injuries

Nothing new. But D.J. Mattox, the right-hander the Reds picked from the New York Mets in the Rule 5 Draft, has been pulled out of throwing with a tender elbow. "It's a precaution," Mattox said. "I should be OK in a few days."

Mistaken identity

Sean Casey thought he was getting e-mail from bullpen coach Tom Hume in the offseason. Until he talked to Hume. "I said, 'I got your emails.' He said, 'I never e-mailed you.' " Turns out it was teammate Tim Hummel.

Quote of the day

"We had the meeting (Monday night) and people talked about the pride there was in the Cincinnati Reds tradition," Casey said. "All the history and the great players. We've gotten away from it for a few years."

Coming up

2004 Reds spring schedule
MARCH	OPPONENT	TIME	WHERE
Thurs. 4	at Pittsburgh	1:05	Bradenton
Fri. 5	at Minnesota	1:05	Fort Myers
Fri. 5	TORONTO	1:05	Sarasota
Sat. 6	at Phila.	1:05	Clearwater
Sun. 7	MINNESOTA	1:05	Sarasota
Mon. 8	at Pittsburgh	1:05	Bradenton
Mon. 8	at Tampa	1:05	St. Ptrsbrg
Tue. 9	at Boston	7:05	Fort Myers
Wed. 10	TAMPA	1:05	Sarasota
Thurs. 11	at Toronto	1:05	Dunedin
Fri. 12	TORONTO	1:05	Sarasota
Sat. 13	ATLANTA	1:05	Sarasota
Sat. 13	at Pittsburgh	1:05	Bradenton
Sun. 14	PHILA.	1:05	Sarasota
Tue. 16	BOSTON	7:05	Sarasota
Wed. 17	at Yankees	7:15	Tampa
Wed. 17	PITTSBURGH	7:05	Sarasota
Thurs. 18	at Toronto	1:05	Dunedin
Fri. 19	TAMPA BAY	1:05	Sarasota
Sat. 20	at Atlanta	1:05	Kissimmee
Sat. 20	at Tampa	1:05	St. Ptrsbrg
Sun. 21	PITTSBURGH	1:05	Sarasota
Mon. 22	at Cleveland	1:05	Winter Hvn
Tue. 23	NY YANKEES	7:05	Sarasota
Wed. 24	at Detroit	6:05	Lakeland
Thurs. 25	PITTSBURGH	1:05	Sarasota
Fri. 26	PHILA.	1:05	Sarasota
Sat. 27	CLEVELAND	1:05	Sarasota
Sun. 28	at Minnesota	1:05	Fort Myers
Mon. 29	PITTSBURGH	1:05	Sarasota
Tue. 30	MINNESOTA	1:05	Sarasota