A little on Chris Dickerson and Minor Leaguers in the Instrasquad game

Kevin Kelly of the Cincinnati Enquirer wrote this on Chris Dickerson

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKED: Chris Dickerson was in minor-league camp last spring when he was invited to join the major-league club for a Grapefruit League game.

How well the outfielder handled the assignment earned him a second look. Dickerson went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two RBI as a substitute in the final two exhibition games.

"He did well enough to come back the next day as a fill-in guy," Narron said. "And he did well enough where he's on the 40-man roster right now."

The Reds added Dickerson, a 16th-round draft pick in 2003 and cousin of Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson, to their 40-man roster in late November. The 24-year-old spent last season at Double-A Chattanooga where he batted .242 with 12 home runs and stole 21 bases in 115 games.

"I opened up some eyes," Dickerson said. "I'm just going to come in and get my work done (this spring). I feel comfortable. It's not my first go-around because of the experience I got last year. I pretty much just have to come out and approach every day like I did last year."

Also, here are the starters for todays Intrasquad scrimmage (starts at noon), minor leaguers are in bold.

Team Nappy (in white)
Phillips 2B
Gonzalez SS
Dunn DH
Conine 1B
Hamilton CF
Ross C
Castro 3B
Wise RF
Dickerson LF
Arroyo SP

Team Bucky (in grey)
Freel CF
Denorfia LF
Encarnacion 3B
Hatteberg DH
Valentin C
Bellhorn 2B
Votto 1B
Crosby RF
Janish SS
Bailey SP

As a side note, if this were a real team and Alex Gonzalez were batting second with his career .292 batting average, I would be very disappointed. With that said, don't be surprised when it happens in the regular season becuase I firmly believe that Jerry Narron thinks because you play a certain position on the field that somehow it correlates to where you should bat in the line up.