January 9, 201214 yr comment_1087785 Congrats to my favorite Red of all time Barry Larkin. On his 3rd try, 2 tries too many, he becomes the only inductee in the 2012 HoF class. Quick trivia question. Barry Larkin is famous for wearing #11, but he actually started his career with a different number. Can you name the number and name the player that was wearing #11 so that Larkin couldn't have it? Report
January 9, 201214 yr comment_1087797 [img]http://www.bluebanana.com/shopimages/products/extras/43540_b.jpg[/img] Report
January 9, 201214 yr comment_1087874 Completely undeserving. Paul Janish is a better SS than that old dude ever was. Report
January 9, 201214 yr comment_1087918 [quote name='Bunghole' timestamp='1326148302' post='1087874']Completely undeserving. Paul Janish is a better SS than that old dude ever was.[/quote] Except as a fielder, hitter, base runner, and leader. Report
January 10, 201214 yr comment_1087949 [quote name='Jason' timestamp='1326153527' post='1087918'] Except as a fielder, hitter, base runner, and leader. [/quote] From everything I have heard, his last 3-4 years with the club he was a cancer. Report
January 10, 201214 yr comment_1088058 [quote name='whodey24k' timestamp='1326158184' post='1087949'] From everything I have heard, his last 3-4 years with the club he was a cancer.[/quote] Yea he was. Had buddy that was interning with the reds in 03 and 04 and said Barry was a complete ass in the locker room. Report
January 10, 201214 yr Author comment_1088170 BTW the answer was, he wore #15 originally because the starting SS Kurt Stillwell wore #11. Larkin got #11 after Stillwell I believe was traded to KC in the Danny Jackson deal. Report
January 11, 201214 yr comment_1088428 Looks like he is planning a celebration with the Reds fans... [url="http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120109/SPT04/301090155/Larkin-gets-HOF-call?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Reds"]http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120109/SPT04/301090155/Larkin-gets-HOF-call?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Reds[/url] [color=#2C2C2C][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4][left]Larkin wants to include his hometown in his big moment.[/left][/size][/font][/color][/left][color=#2C2C2C][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4][left]“It's something to celebrate,” Larkin said. “All I think about is how in the world am I going to be able to celebrate this with Reds fans? Because this, in my opinion, is something huge. I so want to celebrate this with them. I hope I represent the city well when I make my speech. I've tried to represent the city well as a player and in my post-playing career. “I look at this as a chance to interact with the people of Cincinnati. We've got to do something big in celebration of this. This is absolutely off the charts. Yes, as a player I went out and got it done. But it was people in the Reds organization. Marge Schott, Carl Lindner. The front office folks. Jim Bowden, the general managers. Pete (Rose), Tony (Perez), Eric Davis. The players. The relationships. Rob Butcher, the PR people, everyone. This is absolutely awesome. “I'm so excited about it.”[/left][/size][/font][/color][/left] Report
January 11, 201214 yr comment_1088693 its embarassing that Todd Portune got a mention at the Larkin HOF Press Conference. Report
January 11, 201214 yr Author comment_1088694 [quote name='Bengals1181' timestamp='1326320414' post='1088693'] its embarassing that Todd Portune got a mention at the Larkin HOF Press Conference. [/quote] I never thought it was right to have a government guy that deals with the team too. You would think there would be some kind of conflict of interest brought up preventing it. Report
January 27, 201214 yr comment_1092433 [url="https://twitter.com/#!/JimBowdenESPNxm"]JimBowdenESPNxm[/url] [color=#999999][size=3]JIM BOWDEN[/size][/color] [color=#999999][size=2] [/size][/color] [font=Arial,] Karin Johnson of WLWT Cincinnati is reporting that Owner Bob Castellini told her that Barry Larkins number "will be retired"....FINALLY![/font] [url="https://twitter.com/#!/JimBowdenESPNxm/status/162682537204916225"]39 minutes ago [/url][size=2][url="https://twitter.com/#"][b]Favorite[/b][/url] [url="https://twitter.com/#"][b]Retweet[/b][/url] [url="https://twitter.com/#"][b]Reply[/b][/url][/size] [color=#999999][size=2]Retweeted by [url="https://twitter.com/#!/LanceMcAlister"][b]LanceMcAlister[/b][/url][/size][/color] Report
August 7, 201213 yr comment_1143915 [url="https://twitter.com/MissEnquirer"][b]Miss Enquirer[/b][s]@[/s][b]MissEnquirer[/b][/url] Reds to retire Barry Larkin's No. 11 on August 25. Part of 11 days of Larkin celebration. More: [url="http://t.co/BD8KLRSq"]http://cin.ci/Ni0N8t[/url] [url="https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Reds"][s]#[/s][b]Reds[/b][/url] Report
August 8, 201213 yr comment_1143935 [quote name='oldschooler' timestamp='1344382403' post='1143915'] [url="https://twitter.com/MissEnquirer"][b]Miss Enquirer[/b][s]@[/s][b]MissEnquirer[/b][/url] Reds to retire Barry Larkin's No. 11 on August 25. Part of 11 days of Larkin celebration. More: [url="http://t.co/BD8KLRSq"]http://cin.ci/Ni0N8t[/url] [url="https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23Reds"][s]#[/s][b]Reds[/b][/url] [/quote] Awesome Report
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