Reds Stirrup Watch

Four, count 'em FOUR Reds prospects rocked the 2009 AFL Rising Stars Game. It was great to see Yonder Alonso go 3 for 4 (Double, 2 RBI), Chris Heisey go 2-3 (1 HR, Double, Walk, 2 RBI) and Mike Leake pitch a scoreless inning. Zack Cozart didn't make an appearance.

What did we love the most? A young Redlegs rockin' real, honest-to-god stirrups. Sanitary sock and all, folks. Mike Leake's hosiery choice is featured in the photos above. The future is now.

Eight Reds in AFL

Arena Football League. Ha!

So the Reds have sent eight farm hands to out to the Arizona Fall League, including Drew Stubbs, who may be in a Reds uniform sooner rather than later. Stubbs has kicked-off the Reds in the AFL blog with a post a few days ago. Generally, athlete's blogs are abandoned quickly, so we'll how this goes. We do hope to see a lot of posts and some insight on being a young player in the AFL. Since it's an official MLB blog, there's a chance it may have a future. Worth checking out since there's not too much going on in Redsland right now.