Quality Bruce gag

Jay Bruce rushed to the Ed Smith Stadium complex this morning. Bruce was back in the lineup for the tonight's second game against Pittsburgh.

But Adam Dunn called Bruce and told him he was in the first game, as well. Bruce was sleeping when the phone rang. Dunn said Bruce fell for the gag. Dunn wanted to call it off.

"You can't mess with someone's sleep," Dunn said.

But a couple of others talked him into not making the second call.

They let Bruce think he was playing for a few minutes before Dunn told him the truth.

"I thought they could be messing with me," Bruce said. "But I didn't want to take the chance."

Best line came from David Weathers when Bruce still thought he was in both games: "Don't they know what you did at Double-A last year?