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Reds and O'Neill to meet Thursday
The Yankees right fielder Paul O'Neill has agreed to talk with the Reds on a potential one year deal worth five million dollars. O'Neill, who hit .333 in the World Series, and .289 in the postseason, led the Yanks in those categories. The Reds are willing to propose the deal to O'Neill and his agent on Thursday in a meeting at New York. The veteran right fielder has not officially announced his retirement and may in fact be very interested in the deal which would send him to the Reds as a free agent. Paul's wife and three kids reside in Cinn. so this comes at a very high convience. O'Neill was the 94' batting champion and has five world series rings.

Report: M's-Reds working 7-player deal?
Trade rumors have already begun to fly. The Mariners and Reds are in the discussion stages for a seven-player trade, the Dayton Daily News reported Oct. 30. The trade reportedly would bring outfielder/infielder Dmitri Young, third baseman Aaron Boone and pitchers Dennys Reyes and Scott MacRae to Seattle for pitchers John Halama and Ryan Franklin and infielder David Bell. The next day, however, general manager Jim Bowden flatly denied the rumor to the Cincinnati Enquirer. "That's absolutely absurd," he said. "We've had no discussions with the Seattle Mariners since the season ended. The hilarious thing is David Bell's a free agent. What are we going to do? Trade for him a day before he declares? We wouldn't be getting very much in that trade, and we'd be giving up some very good players."

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NEWS AND NOTES

RHP Jared Fernandez has signed a minor-league deal for 2002, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports.

The Reds promoted pitching coach Ted Power from their Billings rookie team to Class A Dayton on Oct. 23. Pitching coach Bill Moloney was moved from Dayton to Class A Stockton/Mudville. Alonzo Powell was hired as batting coach at Double-A Chattanooga.


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2001 NATIONAL LEAGUE CENTRAL
TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis	93	69	.574	-
Houston	93	69	.574	-
Chicago	88	74	.543	5.0
Milwaukee	68	94	.420	25.0
Cincinnati	66	96	.407	27.0
Pittsburgh	62	100	.383	31.0
Complete Standings \| Wild Card

Ties to Yankees don't bind around here (11/2)
B. Hunter / Columbus Dispatch

Mets ask about Griffey, but the answer is no (11/1)
J. Fay / Cincinnati Enquirer

Bowden: Trade report 'absurd' (10/31)
J. Fay / Cincinnati Enquirer

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ON THE FARM

Minor league affiliates:
Louisville Riverbats (AAA):
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Chattanooga Lookouts (AA):
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LEADERS | LINEUP | INJURIES | TRANS.


AVG	S. Casey	.310
HR	K. Griffey Jr.	22
RBI	S. Casey	89
RUN	S. Casey	69
SB	P. Reese	25
WIN	E. Dessens	10
SV	D. Graves	32
ERA	E. Dessens	4.48
Complete Team Statistics: Batting \| Pitching

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C	J. LaRue	K. Stinnett
1B	D. Cromer	R. Jennings
2B	T. Walker	W. Guerrero
3B	D. Young	W. Guerrero
SS	P. Reese	W. Guerrero
LF	A. Dunn	D. Young
CF	K. Griffey Jr.	R. Rivera
RF	R. Jennings	R. Rivera
CL	D. Graves	S. Sullivan

LEADERS | LINEUP | INJURIES | TRANS.


No significant injuries.

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Oct 23: Signed pitcher Jared Fernandez to a minor league contract; named Alonzo Powell hitting coach at Chattanooga of the Southern League (AA); promoted pitching coach Bill Moloney to Stockton/Mudville of the California League (A); promoted pitching coach Ted Power at Dayton of the Midwest League (A).
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