Bronson Arroyo hasn’t complained much this year about how the Reds produce runs when he pitches.  You really couldn’t blame him if he did, however.   He gave up back-to-back homers – okay, that was Arroyo’s bad.  Then he gave up a bloop single that scored a blindingly fast Lastings Milledge from first base.  Not only does he have a name that sounds like he shoud be read by every English Lit Major in the Ivy League, Milledge plays with a gusto I’ve not seen all that often (Ryan Freel, Josh Hamilton in a more restrained sort of way).  Milledge just got his hand in on home plate ahead of the tag.  I’m guessing that if Hamilton is in center field last night, Lastings Milledge gets thrown out and we’re forced to read his 900-page treatise on Sylvia Plath’s most moving prose.

 So Arroyo is another tough luck loser as Cincinnati scores only two runs and puts out just four hits.  He’s 3-10, but it feels worse than that.  Maybe Boston bought a voodoo doll after he played so well last year.

Kudos to Junior Griffey who played his tail off in the All-Star game.  I was proud to see him come out of the dugout during the starting lineups in a Reds uniform.  And a bit sad; I wonder if the oft-mentioned trade is coming?  Could this be the last time Griffey is an All-Star for Cincy?

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