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I don't know what I'm more embarrassed about: That I didn't know that Marvell Wynne has a son, also named Marvell Wynne, playing soccer for the Colorado Rapids in MLS, or that I forgot that Wynne played two seasons for the Cubs, including 1989.

• In honor of their sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers this weekend, we're starting with all things Cincinnati today. MLB.com writer Anthony Castrovince think the Reds have what it takes to win the NL Central.
• Barry Federovitch of NJ.com thinks the Reds are poised to make a long post-season run.
• One reason that people are so excited about the Reds is the game-changing speed of Billy Hamilton.
• Brandon Phillips defends himself and other people say a lot of nice things about his skills on defense.
• He may be an awful broadcaster, but Joe Morgan was a great second baseman. On Saturday, all of the core members of the Big Red Machine of the 1970s gathered in Cincinnati to honor Joe as the Reds unveiled his statue outside of Great American Ballpark. Yes, even Pete Rose, who was given special permission by MLB to be there. It was kind of bittersweet for Charlie Hustle, who had bet a bundle that MLB would deny him permission to be there. (Not really.)
• As much as we all hate the Reds, here's a bit of good news the Reds got this week that we all can applaud. Reds third base coach Mark Berry, who missed the first two months of the season undergoing cancer treatments, has been declared cancer-free.
• The other big news this week was home-plate collisions, a topic that came up again after this brutal collision in the Eastern League playoffs. Cliff Corcoran says this is another example why the home-plate collision needs to be banned.
• I rarely link to articles behind paywalls, but Buster Olney agrees that the the home-plate collision needs to be banned and that it's only a matter of time before someone sues Major League Baseball for letting the dangerous play continue. ($)
• Speaking of lawsuits, here are the latest developments in the City of San Jose's lawsuit against MLB. Craig Calcaterra still thinks the suit is without merit, but he says if the court doesn't throw the case out, look out because MLB could be in serious trouble.
• The news wasn't so bad for the Red Sox and Jacoby Ellsbury. He has a hairline fracture of his foot, but he should only miss about ten days.
• More good news from Boston. After missing the past three months, Clay Buchholtz will start for the Red Sox on Tuesday.
• Ben Reiter points out that Felix Doubront's poor performance makes who is going to lose their rotation spot an easy question.
• It helps that the Red Sox are in the middle of an incredible offensive explosion right now. That means their pitchers can "pitch to the score" and allow eight or nine runs a game and still be considered good, right?
• One reason for that surge is Shane Victorino, who has been incredibly hot since an injury forced him to give up switch-hitting. Maybe he should have stopped years ago? Although small sample size rules still apply.
• Derek Jeter came up clutch again . . . oh sorry. Derek Jeter came up crutch again and is out indefinitely with a sore ankle.
• Bill Madden thinks the 2013 Yankees are one great illusion. Oh yeah? Then why does CC Sabathia get angry with me when I try to pass my hand through his body?
• Jose Bautista is out for the rest of the season with a bone bruise. No reason for Toronto to rush him back. Except for my fantasy team. Thanks for nothing, Blue Jays.
• Melky Cabrera was already out for the year, but he had a benign tumor removed from his spine.
• Matt Kemp's comeback was aborted as he felt "tightness" in his hamstring. He's out indefinitely as well.
• There's no doubt the Angels need to do something to rebuild this off-season, and Jon Heyman says that they see Howie Kendrick as their main trading chip.
• Rob Neyer reacts to something Mark Trumbo said and said, yes, Mark Trumbo does not do very many things well on the baseball field. But what he does do well is hit home runs and if you've got to pick one thing to do well, that's probably the one you want to pick.
• Mike Trout may be having the greatest sophomore season in baseball history. OK. Let's just put and end to all these articles and agree that "Mike Trout is the greatest _____ in baseball history" is probably true. Unless you fill in the blank with "jerk" or something bad like that. Then we're back to ARod.
• Mets hurler Matt Harvey will see Dr. James Andrews this week. (Now click on this for the full effect.)
• The good news for the Mets is that it looks like they have another phenom coming next season in Noah Syndergaard.
• Bryce Harper flew back to Washington to have his hip examined.
• Steve Goldman examines what went wrong with the Nationals this season and who's going to take the blame.
• Phil Rogers thinks that Ron Gardenhire is going to take the fall for the Twins bad season.
• Scott Miller thinks the remaining schedule favors the Cardinals and the Athletics.
• The Rangers' offense is struggling and the team is starting to get desperate. I say they're not truly desperate until they let Matt Garza DH.
• Roy Oswalt got hammered in his return.
• More superlatives about Andrelton Simmons' defense.
• Ned Yost tells everyone "I know what I'm doing."
• There will be no baseball or softball at the 2020 Olympics. Just one more reason to support the World Baseball Classic.
• Finally, Korean first pitch technique has become an insane arms race. Eventually, one of these beautiful Korean female athletes is going to blow up the world before throwing out the first pitch. And then how will we watch her on Youtube?