My first FJM-style post!

And it's not that great. But here goes!

Special thanks to Jeff Wallner, a freelancer who covers the Reds for MLB.com, for working so hard. In this recap of yesterday's game, Wallner informs us:

Rollins led off Monday's game with his third home run of the season on a 3-2 pitch from Reds starter Bronson Arroyo (0-1). It was his 27th career leadoff home run, his first since Sept. 27, 2006.

Back here in the real world, where writers can do simple research on the Internets, we discover that:

Rollins led off Monday’s game with his second home run of the season on a 3-2 pitch from Reds starter Bronson Arroyo (0-1). It was his 27th career leadoff home run, his first since Sept. 25, 2007, which was his last home run of the year (and, therefore, only two home runs ago). And if you don’t count home runs leading off the bottom of the first inning as “leadoff home runs” (which you do when you calculate that he has hit 27), it was his first since Sept. 1, 2007 – still not that long ago.

Thanks anyway, Jeff.