The story of WayneK--The Man Who Could

Wayne Krivsky, Savior.

At this point I'm beginning to believe that he is the savior of the Cincinnati Reds. He and Bob Castellini. It's not a hard argument to make. Castellini took over the Reds about a month ago. Shortly thereafter, he hired Wayne Krivsky to be his General Manager. Let's just say that more activity to improve the club has gone on in less than a month thanwent on in the 6 or 7 years that Carl Lindner owned the club and Jim Bowden and Dan O'Brien was the General Manager.

Castilleni took over ownership and immediatly put everyone on notice. He fired GM O'Brien and hired Krivsky and the ball started rolling. He frist fired Brad Kullman, who had been interim GM. Kullman had been a candidate for the job and had lobbied with fan groups and had appeared on every major league radio show. He developed a fan following because of his apparent endorsement of Billy Ball, the statistical approach to baseball that Billy Beane of the Oakland Athletics embraces. Kullman's immaturity and brash behavior didn't jive with Krivsky's business-like style and so off he went into unemployment.

Krivsky then signed slugger Adam Dunn to a three-year contract, brought several bench players on board and headed for Spring Training.

The determination to make the Reds competitive again is not lost on this fan. May he be the GM long and prosper.