When I gave one of my new matchbooks to a woman at work, her response was:

Girl, you're out of control.

OK, maybe my level of giddiness when 2500 of these babies arrived on my porch yesterday does border a bit on the obsessive side. But can you blame me? I mean, they're Red. They're Hot. And they're about the cheapest thing you can buy en masse to hand out to people you just met to encourage them to visit your site.

Mega-props to matchbooks.com who not only had a Web interface for designing the covers, but also caught a typo and called us at home to check it out. Unheard-of customer service!

I can hardly wait for someone to ask me for a light.

If you missed the Reds Week programming last night, you can catch most of it tonight in a slightly different order on Fox Sports Net Ohio:

• 7:00 p.m. Hot Stove Special
• 7:30 p.m. Hall of Fame: Tom Seaver
• 8:00 p.m. Interview with Ken Griffey, Jr.
• 8:30 p.m. Interview with Bob Castellini
• 9:00 p.m. Unspecified topic
• 9:30 p.m. 1990 Reds

Consider Javier Valentín. He's coming off not only a fantastic 2005, but also a fantastic off-season. He's got a new baby boy at home. And to top it all off, he's got a fabulous new goatee.

You can just tell it's going to be a great year. Go Reds!