Ricky Lake might have lost an abundance of weight but the scale of asinine blabber blubber spilling to the earth is larger than Fat Albert and his robust “hey hey hey”.

Hey hey hey Buster O, next time you spy on A-Rod with binoculars, you mind wearing a pair of pants? It’s freaking out the children and his mother is hyperventilating in fear.

This time the possessive oriented media has chosen to turn their attention from Joey Votto’s sexual orientation, and toward his immediate future.

Sound appealing? Sure.

Anytime a former NL MVP is being “shopped,” there’s a ton to talk about. The first question being…where?

That would be tons of fun this offseason. Where on God’s green earth would the Reds superstar land?

That is, if the media reports weren’t spun by groups of feigning sports dorks and fast food gossip junkies.

While Reds GM Walt Jocketty continues to lambaste the media for their inherent need to overreact and spin whatever small whisper they can, league-wide leaders like Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports continue the garbage.

Earlier this week, Rosenthal reported the Reds don’t have to act now but can wait for Pujols and Fielder
to land contracts in order to gauge the star first baseman’s worth.

Worth? Why are we talking about trade worth?

Walt Jocketty set the record straight with Reds beat writer Mark Sheldon. His strong words diminished any fear Reds fans may have in regards to their franchise’s future.

“We haven’t talked about it. I wish that people would stop writing it,” Jocketty said Monday. “Why would we trade one of the best players in the game? We’re trying to win.”

No trade means no trade, and here I am writing about it.

But don’t add me to the impish idiots condoning their intellectual filth. Let me set the record straight: the topic of a Joey Votto trade is as irrelevant as a pair of L.A. Gear high tops.

Owed 25 million dollars over the next two years commits the star to the ownership in Cincinnati.

His absence in speaking out against current opines of his presumed navigation elsewhere, proves the man is less concerned with the media and more so, with his play.

His birth into a perennial all-star first baseman, MVP and league-wide giant was conceived in Cincinnati. Isn’t there some sort of franchise commitment? I think so.

With an intelligent manager in Dusty Baker, the Reds and Votto are just one or two hitters away from returning to postseason play.

This is not to deny the man may seek employment elsewhere in a couple of years. But until then can we just pay attention to the 2011 World Series? The NFL? NBA Lockout? Emma Stone?