Spring Training Notebook 2-14-09

Spring Training Notebook 2-14-09.pdf

TODAY’S NEWS: Pitchers and catchers reported to the City of Sarasota Sports Complex this morning and worked out this afternoon without incident…36 of the 37 pitchers and catchers reported…the only absentee was C Humberto Cota, who is en route from Mexico…position players are scheduled to report Tuesday.

WALKIN’ THE BEAT: Joining the team in camp are veteran Reds beat writers Hal McCoy of the Dayton Daily News, John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer and Mark Sheldon of MLB.com, along with Enquirer photographer Michael Keating…McCoy, covering the Reds for the 37th season, in 2008 won the Ohio Sportswriter of the Year Award for the 10th time…Fay began covering the club in 2001…Sheldon is in his fourth season covering the Reds and in his ninth year as a baseball beat writer.