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Baseball Makes Final Hire, Stays In-House

Tom House congratulates Hank Aaron on his 715th home run. Former USC pitcher Tom House was named the team's assistant baseball coach on Thursday. He played for the Trojans in 1967 before moving on to pitch in 289 big league games with Atlanta, Boston, and Seattle.

Head coach Chad Kreuter expects House's experience to pay off with recruiting. Kreuter also remarked that his final hire for the 2008 season "is a guy that possesses a wealth of pitching knowledge and his expertise in motion analysis will further aid the development of our pitchers and players."

House served as a pitching coach in Houston, San Diego, and Texas before founding the National Pitching Association. As a player, House was known for catching Hank Aaron's 715th home run ball and pictures of him returning it to Aaron are in the MLB Hall of Fame. After his career ended, he was one of the first players to speak out about the abuse and dangers of steroids -- from first-hand experience.

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It's been ages since i posted here. Been sick, busy etc. There are not many games left this season. It has had it's up's and down's. Meet some new Reds i adore. Meet David Ross again. Knew of him when was a Dodger. Missed Sean Casey a lot. Reds then got rid of Austin Kerns. Seen the Reds 9 times this year at Busch Stadium. Saw the Phillies 3 times. Seen The Astros 3 times. Gonna see the Astros for my 4th time September 13th. Gonna go to games in 2 weeks to see Brian Giles.No idea who will make the playoffs.First Choice Reds. Second Choice Phillies. 3RD Astros. 4TH Choice Padres. Padres just because of Brian Giles, Geoff Blum and Trevor Hoffmann. I hope to at least attend one playoff game. But if the Cards don't make it won't go to any. Because i can't afford to travel. But if i had to choose. I'd rather the Reds win the Central and just have to watch them on tv.Seeing them on tv would be better than them not making the playoffs at all.
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