By: Jeremy May SWO Sports Co. CEO
The Reds will face the likes of Adam Dunn and Austin Kearns in the opposite dugout as they are now together again. Kearns and Dunn were best friends in their tenure as Reds players along with former Red Ken Griffey Jr. All 3 played in the outfield for the Reds. Kearns and Dunn pose to be the heart of the line up for the Washington Nationals. It's always bitter sweet seeing former players of the Reds as opponents that you cheered and cheered for. The Nationals were known to have many former Reds on their roster and in their minor league system, because they were ran by former Reds GM Jim Bowden. We all remember the famous Reds-Nationals trade made by former Reds GM Wayne Krivsky back on July 13, 2006 during the All-star break that sent Felipe Lopez, Austin Kearns, and Ryan Wagner to the Washington Nationals for Royce Clayton, Bill Bray, Brendan Harris, Gary Majewski, and Daryl Thompson. Only Bray and Thompson remain in the Reds organization today, none on the Reds active roster. Former players in the Reds organization to have played for the Washington Nationals organization are as followed; Austin Kearns, Adam Dunn, Felipe Lopez, Javier Valentin, Wily Mo Pena, Jose Guillen, Kenny Kelly, Mike Stanton, Aaron Boone, Bret Boone, Brandon Claussen, Brandon Larson, Ryan Wagner, Dmitri Young, Jeffrey Hammonds, Brandon Watson, C.J. Nitkowski, Joey Eischen, Hector Carrasco, Damian Jackson, Ron Villone, Ramon Ortiz, Felix Rodriguez, Chris Booker, D'Angelo Jimenez, Josh Wilson, and Rob Mackowiak. When watching the Nationals before, I wasn't sure if I was watching the Reds or some other team because there were so many former Reds on the Nationals roster. Game 1 will be a showdown between Johnny Cueto and Jordan Zimmerman making his first career start vs the Reds. Be sure to catch the game tonight at
7:05 PM on FSN-Ohio.
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