A little on Livingston

SAN DIEGO - Since I didn't really go in depth about Bobby Livingston's first major league start in the game story or notebook for Monday's paper, here's some of what went unused.

Q: How much did you follow what the Reds were doing when you were at Triple-A Louisville?

Livingston: I try not to pay too much attention to that because it's kind of like a Tacoma-Seattle deal where everything you hear (in Tacoma) is about Seattle. In Louisville, it's like, 'Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Cincinnati.' I don't watch a lot of TV anyway. I watch a lot of movies. When I am watching TV it's like the Discovery Channel or something. Usually if the game is on at the stadium, I'll watch it and watch guys that I know like (Jon) Coutlangus and (Jared) Burton and (Matt) Belisle, guys like that, and see how they're doing."

He wanted to come to Dodger Stadium and throw after flying to L.A., but Saturday's game had already started. So he went to the team hotel instead and watched the game on mlb.com.

"I just ordered a $28 pizza, the most expensive pizza ever," he said. "That and just laid around and talked to my girlfriend."

And his two sacrifice bunts Sunday?

"I can swing the bat a little bit. I hit a lot during the offseason and I was a hitter in high school. I enjoy hitting in the offseason, so i do it and work on it as much as I can and as much the guys will let me work on it."