It was probably more a question of when it would happen but the termination of Jerry Narron finally did happen late yesterday.  Do you blame him for managing with what Krivsky has put on the field this year?  Should he have not given his relievers the ball in certain situations?  Narron managed with what he had and got the axe because of it.  I don’t see how this is going to make things better – the team is bad this year because of personnel.  The Reds are the worst team in baseball and they look hopeless right now. 

 Sigh.  Now starts the Pete Mackanin regime.  Is this a “diamond in the rough” promotion from within?  Are the Reds moving toward the Billyball philosophy of Billy Beane, which makes the dugout manager nothing more than a middle manager with little say in how the team operates?  Is there an end in sight to this misery of the Reds?

In other news, Victor Santos was designated for assignment Friday.  I still think he has promise.  Then again, I thought that about Ramon Ortiz.

Davey Concepcion is getting his number 13 retired on August 25th.  There are nine people with their numbers retired:

1. Fred Hutchinson [Number 1]
2. Johnny Bench [Number 5]
3. Joe Morgan [Number 8]
4. Sparky Anderson [Number 10]
5. Ted Kluszewki [Number 18]
6. Frank Robinson [Number 20]
7. Tony Perez [Number 24]
8. Jackie Robinson [Number 42]

Who’s missing from that list?  Clearly Barry Larkin will eventually get his number retired.  Other possibilities:  Nuxhall (both on-field and booth action would make him an obvious choice), Mario Soto, Jose Rijo?  Eric Davis?  Mr. Pete Rose one sweet day?  With Rijo and Davis, their careers stats don’t lead particular categories, but they came up huge when it mattered.  I guess you can’t go crazy retiring numbers, but it was interesting to me what names aren’t yet on the list.  I wonder how they come up with whom to retire and when to do it?

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