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	Barry Larkin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Barry Louis Larkin (born April 28, 1964 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a former Major League Baseball player.
		Larkin won the Gold Glove Award from 1994-96, was the NL's MVP in 1995, and has been an 12-time All-Star: in the 1988-91, 1993-97, 1999, 2000, and 2004 seasons.
		Larkin called off a planned retirement ceremony scheduled for October 2, 2004 because he was not sure if he would retire.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barry_Larkin (282 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Reds decide to part ways with Barry Larkin
		Larkin grew up in Cincinnati and spent his entire career with the Reds, developing into one of the most prominent players in their illustrious history.
		Larkin was willing to discuss a role as a backup infielder with the Reds in which he would work to develop the young shortstops.
		Larkin then went on the public address system, thanked fans for their years of support and lobbied for one more season in his hometown.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/baseball/20041012-1522-bbn-reds-larkin.html (781 words)

	RotoChamps.com : Barry Larkin
		Barry Larkin hasn't heard from the Reds since the season ended, and his agent doesn't expect the team to offer the shortstop a 2005 contract.
		Barry Larkin has asked the Reds to cancel his retirement ceremonies planned for the final weekend of the season because he's not sure this will be his last year.
		Barry Larkin, thought to be entering his last year, said today that he hasn't ruled out playing in 2005.
	www.rotochamps.com /mlb-1027-Barry_Larkin.html (647 words)

	Major League Baseball : News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Barry Larkin is the only shortstop in Major League history to amass at least 2,000 hits, 180 home runs and 360 stolen bases.
		Barry Larkin, for many years, was the heart and soul of this team.
		Larkin hastened the evolution of shortstops as key sources of offense by becoming the first player at his position to exceed 30 homers and 30 stolen bases in the same season in 1996.
	www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news.jsp?ymd=20030922&content_id=538835&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb (1167 words)

	CNNSI.com - MLB Baseball - Reds not interested in re-signing Larkin - Thursday July 20, 2000 01:40 AM
		Barry Larkin is the captain of the Reds and a native of Cincinnati.
		Larkin, 36, has played all of his 14 years in the major leagues in Cincinnati, his hometown.
		Larkin is at the end of a contract that pays him $5.3 million this season.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /baseball/mlb/news/2000/07/19/reds_larkin_ap (619 words)

	USATODAY.com - Barry Larkin retires from Reds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Larkin, 40, said he had been interested in working in a team's front office and perhaps eventually managing a team and that his new position would allow him to gain necessary experience.
		Larkin's 19-year tenure with the Reds was the longest streak among active players who had been with just one team.
		Larkin batted.289 in 111 games last season and was chosen for his 12th All-Star team, prompting him to re-evaluate his decision to retire after 2004.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/nl/reds/2005-02-13-larkin-retirement_x.htm?csp=34 (592 words)

	KFFL - Barry Larkin, SS, Retired Players
		Former Cincinnati Reds SS Barry Larkin, now serving as the special assistant to the general manager of the Washington Nationals, has reportedly been asked by general manager Jim Bowden to consider unretiring and playing for the team, according to Bill Ladson of Nationals.MLB.com.
		The Washington Post's Barry Svrluga reports the Washington Nationals are still interested in free-agent SS Barry Larkin, although Larkin has not yet decided whether he will play one more season.
		Bryan Hoch, of Reds.MLB.com, reports Cincinnati Reds SS Barry Larkin (abdominal), who has missed the team's past four games with a sore lower abdominal muscle, may be placed on the DL if he is not able to play by Saturday, June 26.
	www.kffl.com /player/5401/MLB (2219 words)

	Fans react to Larkin's rejection of Reds' offer
		Barry Larkin has characterized the Red's $500K contract offer as a slap in the face.
		Barry Larkin has nothing but his pride to blame for not finishing his career in Cincinnati.
		Barry Larkin is the typical professional athlete who lives in his own fantasy world.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2003/09/24/editorial_wwwed2lark.html (1112 words)

	LOCAL 12 WKRC-TV Cincinnati - Reds Do Not Offer Barry Larkin a New Contract (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin's brother Byron said Tuesday night he would not rule out his brother playing for another team.
		Byron Larkin told Local 12 Sports Director Brad Johansen it would not surprise him if an agreement was reached, and his brother ended up in the Reds front office.
		Barry Larkin wanted to play 20 years in a Reds uniform.
	www.wkrc.com /news/local/story.aspx?content_id=37E90F1E-F39C-416E-A512-82B68A7C54DD (210 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		"Barry Larkin won't be back as a Cincinnati Red in 2004," Reds Chief Operating Officer John Allen said at a news conference Monday evening.
		Larkin, a local product who graduated from Moeller High School, is in his 18th season with the team.
		Larkin has played in 11 All-Star games, including five starts, but his productivity has slowed in recent years, prompting impatience from even some of the city's most loyal fans.
	www.officer.com /news/IBS/wlwt/news-1799742.html (364 words)

	USATODAY.com - Fantasy Sports News
		Larkin, who was the 1995 NL MVP, has accepted a job with the Nationals in their front office as a special assistant.
		Larkin said he will consider a backup role for 2005 if the situation were right.
		Larkin has spent his entire 19-year career in the majors with the Reds and will become a free agent.
	fantasybaseball.usatoday.com /index.php?sport=bsball&hssport=&type=playernotes&name=player_87 (674 words)

	Larkin agrees to one-year deal
		Larkin and Reds chief operating officer John Allen met during today's season-ending game and they agreed to a $700,000, one-year contract that allows the shortstop to earn an additional $300,000 in performance bonuses.
		Larkin, completing a $27 million, three-year deal, turned down a $500,000 offer last Monday, which appeared to signal the end of his career with his hometown team.
		Larkin, upset more with the way the situation was handled than with the actual figures, called Allen on Saturday night.
	reds.enquirer.com /2003/09/28/wwwlarkin.html (422 words)

	NetShrine Discussion Forum - Barry Larkin and the Hall of Fame
		Barry both has the credentials to be elected to the Hall (.290+ career average, over 180 home runs, over 360 steals, Gold Gloves, an MVP) and will be elected.
		I've long believed that Barry Larkin has been a hall of famer...there was no one even close to Barry's skill as an all-around shortstop in the National League during his time, the next best SS was that hall of fame guy that played in Saint Lou, and we of course know what his forte was.
		Larkin was better in his prime than Cal Ripken but just couldn't stay healthy enough to be a superstar.
	www.netshrine.com /vbulletin2/showthread.php?t=5358 (672 words)

	Barry Larkin, Shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds
		Barry Larkin injured his left middle finger while diving for a ball in the second inning of a Reds' 9-2 loss to the Dodgers.
		Barry Larkin is one of the premier shortstops in the National League.
		In Larkin's case, the ligament tore completely; this produced significant instability in the finger (excessive side-to-side movement) that required surgery.
	www.webmd.com /content/article/15/1676_50930.htm (670 words)

	SS Larkin's Career With Reds Appears To Be Over-BlackAthlete.com
		Larkin currently is spending his third stint on the 15-day disabled list this season, suffering from a torn tendon in his left middle finger.
		Larkin indicated that he would be in uniform during the last week of the season and going about his business.
		Larkin was named Most Valuable Player in 1995 and, in 1996, became the first shortstop to hit 30 or more home runs and steal 30 or more bases in the same season.
	www.blackathlete.com /Baseball/092403.shtml (763 words)

	It's a swing and a miss
		Larkin said he thinks he can be a productive player and plans to play next year.
		Larkin made it clear that he wanted to play one more season.
		Larkin's departure means the Reds will have a new everyday shortstop for the first time since he took over for Dave Concepcion in 1987.
	reds.enquirer.com /2003/09/23/wwwred1barry.html (776 words)

	Sports: The Cincinnati Post
		Larkin said that Machado called him the day he injured his knee in a winter league game last month and that Lopez and Wily Mo Pena are planning to visit just before spring training to work on some things.
		In a perfect world, Larkin would be able to maintain those ties to his former teammates on an official basis as a member of the Reds' front office.
		Larkin said he has talked to some other organizations about coming aboard in a similar capacity, but no offers have been made -- in part, he believes, because he hasn't completely closed the door on his playing career.
	www.cincypost.com /2005/01/28/redsside01-28-2005.html (1015 words)

	Barry Larkin Parts Company With Cincinnati Reds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Larkin has hoped for transition to something in the front office, and he said he felt he was headed off with the take it or leave it tone of Reds owner John Allen's offer.
		Larkin told 9News Monday night that he'll suit up for the final six games though he doesn't anticipate being activated from the disabled list, meaning he's played his last game in a Reds uniform.
		Larkin is an icon of a bygone era and when trying to rebuild the wreckage that the Reds have become, you let bygones be gone.
	www.wcpo.com /news/2003/local/09/23/larkin.html (452 words)

	Major League Baseball : News
		Barry Larkin said a couple of weeks ago that he could not see himself playing for another team other than the Reds, the team he played with for 19 years.
		Larkin will be reunited with Bowden, as well as Boone and Rijo, who are special assistants to the general manager, and Jose Cardenal, who is a special advisor to the general manager.
		Larkin leaves the Reds ranked among the franchise's top five in numerous categories, including games, hits, total bases, doubles, runs and extra-base hits.
	mlb.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news.jsp?ymd=20050213&content_id=942820&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp (673 words)

	Barry Larkin - Topic Powered by Groupee Community
		Even Daughterty, who is one of the biggest Larkin homers out there acknowledged that Larkin was way out of line for being vocal about being benched once the Reds were out of it.
		Larkin thought his time was up after the 2003 season.
		If Larkin says no, at least you laid out your conditions and you can go to the public saying that you tried but he would not accept what we were offering.
	musketeerhoops.infopop.cc /eve/ubb.x/a/tpc/f/813605/m/495104506 (1112 words)

	Barry Larkin -- Hall of Famer?
		Larkin is and was a very good shortstop who has played all 19 years w/ 1 team, but he never had any truly great years and only played 150 games in a season 4 times.
		Everyone loves that a guys can spend his entire career with one team nowadays, but the voters are using their hearts instead of their heads.
		Comment from l100201 - 7/29/04 12:12 AM I noticed your comments about Larkin and agree, in fact I just had that conversation w/ a freind in Cincy.
	journals.aol.com /dcsportsguy/mrirrelevant/entries/321 (323 words)

	CBC Sports: Reds shortstop Larkin calls it a career (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Larkin, who spent his entire career with the Reds, had owned baseball's longest streak among active players who had been with just one club.
		In 1996, Larkin hit 33 home runs and stole 36 bases to become the first shortstop in major league history — and only the second non-outfielder — to post 30-or-more home runs and 30-or-more stolen bases in the same season.
		Larkin joins a former manager, Bob Boone, and a former teammate, Jose Rijo, as special assistants to Bowden.
	www.cbc.ca /story/sports/national/2005/02/13/Sports/barry_larkin050213 (360 words)

	reds121498 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Larkin, who blasted the direction of the Reds' rebuilding movement last week, will be removed as captain of the team if general manager Jim Bowden and manager Jack McKeon feel he is no longer providing a good example for the club's young players.
		Johnson, who managed Larkin in Cincinnati from 1993-95, is believed to have been shot down by Malone when he suggested acquiring Larkin during a Sunday staff meeting.
		Larkin didn't earn any admirers with his diatribe, and that attitude could cause him to lose his captaincy.
	www.cincypost.com /sports/1998/reds121498.html (681 words)

	MLB Player News: [Retired] Barry Larkin (SS), Cin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		News: Shortstop Barry Larkin has retired and joined the Washington Nationals in their front office as a special assistant.
		Larkin had been interested in working in a team's front office and perhaps eventually managing a team.
		Barry Larkin had a great career, there's no doubt about that.
	www.fantasyinfocentral.com /forums/ntopic17756.html (740 words)

	LOCAL 12 WKRC-TV Cincinnati - Barry Larkin May Play Ball Again (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Larkin is considering playing the remainder of the year for the Washington Nationals who are in first place in the National League East and obviously contending for a playoff spot.
		Larkin is working as Bowden's special assistant and says he is keeping his options open and could play as early as next week.
		Larkin, who played all 19 seasons with the Reds, decided to retire this year rather than play for another team.
	www.wkrc.com /news/local/story.aspx?content_id=5DC7ABC1-8A4A-4B7E-A6B3-F66AE29DE4BD (158 words)

	Cincinnati Reds, Barry Larkin, Major League Baseball - CBS SportsLine.com
		Larkin said Thursday night that he has turned down offers to start for several other teams because he can't envision himself playing for anyone but the Reds.
		Larkin has been managing a sports complex in Orlando, working in a development management group, spending time with his family and weighing his options for playing one more season.
		Larkin said one American League team offered him a job as a starting second baseman, and two NL teams were interested in him as a starting shortstop.
	cbs.sportsline.com /mlb/story/8141146 (564 words)

	College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Larkin, associate professor of music and the Department of Music's percussion coordinator, has done just that.
		While the marimba is Larkin's main instrument, two years ago he purchased a new drum set and has started taking lessons again from a Des Moines big band performer.
		That's good because Larkin is often called upon by touring productions of Broadway musicals that make their way to the Civic Center in Des Moines.
	www.las.iastate.edu /newnews/larkin1004.shtml (498 words)

	Barry Larkin \| BaseballLibrary.com
		Larkin was named MVP of the American Association (Triple-A) in only his second year in the minors (1986) and made his major league debut for the Reds in August of the same year.
		Larkin endured a sophomore slump during a first half which saw him hit just.209, but he rebounded late in the year to finish at a respectable.244 with 12 home runs and 21 stolen bases.
		Stephen Larkin is a career minor leaguer with a pacemaker and had a new one installed in August after his old one had a hiccup.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/L/Larkin_Barry.stm (1897 words)

	Reds Fans Will Miss Hometown Hero Barry Larkin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Barry talked to Dennis Janson about what might have been done to head off this ragged end to his Cincinnati career -- it seems it all comes down to communication.
		Larkin told Janson from his home in Orlando that it was tough to hear the decision from Dan O'Brien, the general manager.
		"Barry Larkin is still a good player, he could come back a few more years and people love to see him play," said Jennifer Redman, of Taylor Mill.
	www.wcpo.com /news/2004/local/10/12/larkin_eve.html (545 words)

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