Key Moment for Reds Arrives
Ohio Secretary of State Bob Taft will announce today whether Hamilton County voters have a say about the location of the Cincinnati Reds’ new baseball stadium.
John Bender, Taft’s chief elections lawyer, heard arguments Tuesday for and against a proposal on the Nov. 3 ballot.
Backers of a plan to build the stadium on Broadway Commons, near Cincinnati’s business district, collected enough signatures to place the proposal on the ballot.
Opponents, including the Reds’ management, favor a riverfront site adjacent to the ballclub’s current home in Cinergy Field. They argue that the ballot wording would give the county a charter for no purpose other than to force county commissioners to build the stadium on Broadway Commons.
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Florida Marlin second baseman Craig Counsell said his broken jaw is not healing fast enough to attempt a return this season.
Counsell suffered a compound fracture of the inner jaw Aug. 3 when he was struck by a fastball from Houston reliever C.J. Nitkowski.
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Reliever Jason Christiansen signed a two-year, $1.7-million contract extension with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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