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Men who appear in these old school baseball cards cannot be of any positive benefit to a baseball team in 2009.  I have this old set, and few of the players still are active.  Most have long ago retired.  It would behoove Sheffield to do the same.  He offers precious little to anyone these days.  His body is breaking down.  Maybe if he didn’t have such a bad attitude, he could be a useful backup outfielder for someone, but I can’t see him being happy in that role.

He’s also becoming increasingly delusional.  In his own words, he was the most athletic player on the Tigers.  Keep in mind, he’s 40 years old.

The Reds have made a committment to get younger and more athletic.  Signing Sheffield would be a step in the wrong direction, for the reasons listed.  There is need for power off the bench, but they should go out and get a Geoff Jenkins, not this team cancer and injury prone drama queen.

Michael Hammons