Adam Dunn sits at 35 homeruns so far this season.  Five more and he’ll notch his third straight forty homerun season.  What is the signficance you say?  A few things.  First off, Dunn would be the first player to hit 40 homeruns as a Red in three seasons, much less three in a row.  It’ll also put him at 198 in his career, which will tie him with Barry Larkin for seventh all time in the franchise’s history.

If the Reds ownership and management are serious about this team’s future, it’s imperative that Dunn be signed to a big multi year contract.  Ken Griffey, Jr. is in the twilight of his career.  Don’t get me wrong, he’s still very good.  Dunn is the future though.

Man are things interesting.  The Cardinals have hit another skid, only this time the Reds have thrown some wins together.  So we head to St. Louis only a game and a half back of the Cards.  And it doesn’t get any better then Aaron Harang vs. Chris Carpenter in the series opener tomorrow.  I’m getting goose bumps just thinking about it.

And I’ve avoided talking about this, but the whole Gary Majewski thing has me in a tizzy.  And to make things worse, Kent Mercker, who hasn’t been awful this year, is now out for the season.  Maybe we can trade Edwin Encarnacion for another middle reliever or something.  Makes sense to me.  Who needs those position players anyway when you can have a pitcher who throws an inning or two every third day.

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