By John Fay
Enquirer staff writer

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Larkin through the years

Barry Larkin's career as a Cincinnati Red offically ended today with the announcement that the club was not inviting him back.

Reds general Dan O'Brien and manager Dave Miley informed Larkin of the decision early this afternoon by phone.

"Dan O'Brien said thank you," Larkin said from his Orlando, Fla. home. "Miles said thank you. What else can be said?"

Larkin, 40, who spent his entire 19-year major league career with the Reds was prepared for the news.

"All indicators were this was going to happen," he said. "It doesn't disappoint me. It doesn't shock me."

Larkin, a free agent, plans to pursue offers to play elsewhere. "I'm going to see what's out there," he said. "I've never been down this road before. I don't know what to expect. I don't know what other teams think of me."

And looking back?

"The first thing I think of the 1990 World Series," he said. "I've had great relationships with a lot of people up there. When I came into the organization. I didn't know how long or how good my run with be. It's been long and it's been good."