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Article: CHANGE OF DIRECTION\ REDS SIGN RANDA TO PLAY THIRD BASE.(Sports)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- December 22, 2004
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Byline: Marc Lancaster Post staff reporter
In five years as the public voice for reclusive Reds owner Carl Lindner, chief operating officer John Allen has grown accustomed to deflecting questions about the depth of his boss's commitment to fielding a contending team in Cincinnati.
Fans have watched as division rivals -- not to mention baseball's real big-money franchises -- far outspent and generally outplayed the Reds in recent years while the home team stood idly by, apparently squandering the largesse that was supposed to follow the construction of its publicly financed home on the riverfront.
And for all the gripes the public lodged ...