Forty-nine years.

That's how long the city of Dayton had to wait to get professional baseball back to town.

Special guest John Turnbull recently sat down with the Dayton Dragons’ VP of Stadium Operations Gary Mayse, and Owen Serey, the Assistant of Media Relations to talk about the March 31^st Reds/Marlins game…the first Major League game at Fifth-Third field.

Now on to the interview…Reds Come to Dayton – Part I

• The Arizona Diamondbacks placed pitcher Randy Johnson and outfielders Carlos Quentin and Jeff DaVanon on the 15-day disabled list Saturday.
• The Houston Astros announced that the club has purchased the contracts of right-handed pitchers Brian Moehler and Rick White from Triple A Round Rock. Additionally, the club has optioned right-handed pitchers Matt Albers and Fernando Nieve and infielder Eric Bruntlett to Round Rock. The Astros also reassigned catcher Eric Munson to minor league camp, and he will be a member of the Round Rock roster.
• The Washington Nationals today optioned outfielder/infielder Kory Casto and right-handed pitcher Saul Rivera to Columbus of the Triple-A International League. Nationals Vice President and General Manager Jim Bowden made the announcement.
• The Detroit Tigers today announced the club finalized its Opening Day roster with the following moves: purchasing the contract of lefthanded pitcher Bobby Seay from Triple A Toledo, placing lefthanded pitcher Edward Campusano on the 15-day disabled list following left elbow surgery, placing righthanded pitcher Roman Colon on the 15-day disabled list as he recovers from neck surgery and placing infielder Tony Giarratano on the 60-day disabled list following right shoulder surgery.
• The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have reassigned first baseman Ken Harvey to Minor League camp and have selected the contract of righthanded pitcher Sidney Ponson from Rochester.
• This morning the Pirates placed infielder Freddy Sanchez on the 15-day D.L. (retroactive to 3/23).
• Dodger infielder Tony Abreu has been named the winner of the 2007 Jim and Dearie Mulvey Award, which goes to the top rookie in camp.
• The Rays today placed infielder Greg Norton on the 15-day disabled list. He will undergo
  surgery on Monday to repair a torn meniscus (cartilage) in his right knee and is expected to be sidelined four-to-six weeks. The Rays also optioned infielder Jorge Cantu and catcher Shawn Riggans to Durham (AAA) and reassigned C Raul Casanova, OF Dustan Mohr and INF Jorge Velandia to minor league camp.
• The San Francisco Giants made five transactions following today's exhibition game against the Oakland Athletics, optioning right-handed pitchers Scott Munter and Brian Wilson to triple-A Fresno and reassigning the following three players to minor league camp: right-handed pitchers Scott Atchison and Sun-Woo Kim, and infielder Tomas De La Rosa.
• The Oakland A’s today announced that they have optioned infielder Donnie Murphy to Triple-A Sacramento, reassigned catcher Kurt Suzuki to their minor league camp and released infielder Erubiel Durazo.
• According to Houston manager Phil Garner, Luke Scott has won the right field job.
• The Blue Jays announced Saturday that Josh Towers will be the No. 5 starter.

My, how the mighty have fallen…

As expected, right-handed pitchers Mark Prior and Rocky Cherry, and outfielder Angel Pagan have been optioned to Triple-A Iowa. Prior, 26, went 0-2 with a 6.97 ERA (8 ER/10.1 IP) in four spring training contests (three starts).