Reds’ Dirt
By
Amanda
Posted at 12:18 am
Now, I don't normally pay attention to stuff like this; as you know, I care very little about the personal lives of the players of our favorite team. But it just so happens that I ended up on On The DL less than an hour after this little tidbit was posted:
Which national leaguer's new found success has apparently gone to his head in more ways than one? You see it was quite easy to remain faithful to his wife back in the old days. That was before his team began to make a playoff run and before he started regularly going out on the town with his new teamates. The good news is that he, in his own words, rarely cheats on the missus. The bad news, however, is that he is prone to becoming a wee bit overexcited whenever he does stray. One of his most recent encounters described him as “barely being in before coming immediately.” At least the player in question, who was clearly left red-faced with embarassment, is a gentleman because he apologized for his lack of stamina before heading back home to the wifey.
Not that I've indulged in a lot of thought over this, but it sure sounds like it's describing one of our boys, specifically someone who's married, relatively new to the team, successful (unless they the “new-found success” part refers to the team's success, and the person came from a sucky team), and possibly left-handed.
Bill Bray isn't married, and Rheal Cormier hasn't exactly been “successful,” nor did he come from a bad team (the Phillies). Chris Michalak hardly seems to count, since he just came up, and Scott Schoeneweis hasn't been in Cincy long enough to get reports of his exploits sent to On the DL.
So that just leaves one person, but surely they would have included an “Every Day” reference if it had been him, right?
Norris Hopper?
At least he didn’t leave that “most recent encounter” waiting up all night… -j
A lot of people on the comments over there are also suggesting David Ross. Not that I spend a lot of time over there or anything.
Ick — did I just get called an “encounter”?
Arroyo.
As much as I’d love to believe and propagate the notion that it’s Arroyo, I don’t think he’s married anymore, and if he is, the very idea that he “rarely cheats on the missus” is just laughable.
yeah, but the part about his um, he just seems to be, well, nevermind…
i can’t see how Everyday would be a hit with the ladies.
is lohse married?
ross, maybe.
I haven’t given this a lot of thought either, and I don’t plan to lose any sleep over it, but I don’t see where this necessarily refers to a Reds player, unless you take “red-faced” as a clue.
FWIW, the Mets have also made a playoff run this year after several years of also-ran status. Could be somebody from the Dodgers too. Both teams acquired players during the offseason and again around the time of the July trade deadline, and are in a playoff race after a year of suckitude in 2005.
“That was before his team began to make a playoff run and before he started regularly going out on the town with his new teamates.” I took this as a player who was already on the team and going out with new teamates who were traded to the team this year. So I wasn’t even thinking about the players who were traded to a team this year. IF it is a Red think of a player who has been on the team for more than a season and is being successful this year. So here is the roster minus the new and/or single guys:
39 Aaron Harang R/R 6-7 270 05/09/78
22 Eric Milton L/L 6-3 205 08/04/75
25 David Weathers R/R 6-3 230 09/25/69
23 Jason LaRue R/R 5-11 205 03/19/74
17 Javier Valentin S/R 5-10 210 09/19/75
33 Rich Aurilia R/R 6-1 190 09/02/71
6 Ryan Freel R/R 5-10 180 03/08/76
3 Ken Griffey L/L 6-3 220 11/21/69
Then take off the players who have not had a good year…and here’s how the list looks:
39 Aaron Harang R/R 6-7 270 05/09/78
22 Eric Milton L/L 6-3 205 08/04/75
25 David Weathers R/R 6-3 230 09/25/69
33 Rich Aurilia R/R 6-1 190 09/02/71
6 Ryan Freel R/R 5-10 180 03/08/76
3 Ken Griffey L/L 6-3 220 11/21/69
So, who could it be? (Milton and Weathers are so-so but I included them anyway).
Daedalus, are you referring to Arroyo’s apparent inability to “last the whole season”?
HMZ, “red-faced” is certainly a clue. Not that I’ve read so many dozen of these that I know exactly the kinds of clues they’re likely to plant or anything.
Hey, Kitty. Nice to have you drop by.
Hmm…I could see that interprettation. It’s hard to imagine Griffey just out fooling around, since he’s so high profile. Plus, it seems like they would have made reference to “superstar” or something if it were him.
As for Freel, it seems like he’s ALWAYS out screwing around one way or another. He’s certainly not just recently started hanging with his teammates.
Not sure what to say about the other guys, except that if it’s Weathers the story suddenly seems sort of sad. Adorable little 9-year old at home with his mitt clutched to his chest saying “mommy, when’s daddy going to be home?” “I don’t know, son. I don’t know.”
I’ve got to admit, these little E!-esque posts are a little guilty pleasure of mine, speculating over vague rumors. It’s like an R-rated [i]Guess Who[/i].
Interesting detective work by Kitty and RHM. Kitty’s interpretation makes a lot of sense as I read the blurb again. By your guys’ deduction, you’ve seemed to narrow it down to two guys. I can somehow picture it being one of them, based on the description, but not the other, for whatever reason.
If you guys (gals?) are right, then it’s a real shame, cause the missus seems like a real down-to-earth, okay girl.
Welcomoe kazenoklonoa. Always nice to have a new commenter.
I’d like to think that at least a handful of the baseball wives understand that this stuff is going to happen and are secure enough in themselves not to let it get to them. Maybe even to take a little advantage of their alone time themselves.
Probably not, though.