Maybe this Castellini guy isn’t so bad after all. He fired Dan O’Brien today. While it’s hard to say who’s more to blame for the Reds recent woes, O’Brien or Jim Bowden, O’Brien is to definitely the cause for some of the more recent problems. Namely the worst pitching staff in the National League. He’s also to blame for not locking up a guy like Adam Dunn to a long term deal while holding on to Ken Griffey, Jr. for probably a bit too long.

Looks like a lot of the usual suspects are on the list of guys who will be brought in to interview. Jim Beattie seems to have the inside scoop because he’s pals with Red Sox president Larry Lucchino. Lucchino pegged Beattie as the team’s GM before the Sox decided to go to a GM by committee system.

Castellini also continues to kiss Lou Pinella’s ass. This isn’t neccesarily a bad thing as Lou’s out of a job and he is the last guy to lead the Reds to promised land.

So while little will change this year, maybe by the trade deadline we’ll have a handle where the team is going. Not that we should automatically assume we’re sellers, but we’re talking about having practically the same team as we did last year.

I just hope Castellini is the real deal. It’s sad when you long for the days of Marge Schott, but at least she brought us a World Series.

One last thing, there’s a new Cardinals blog that’s showing Brian up by about nine years. He’s going all the way back to 1926 to do his diary and that should be really cool. And Cardinals’ fans and Reds’ fans have one common bond. The last two times the Tigers made it to the World Series and lost were 1940 and 1934, when they lost to the Reds and Cardinals respectively.

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