The Cincinnati Reds declined to participate baseball's winter meetings in Florida this year. They instead decided to spend the money to check out The Happiest Place On Earth: Disneyworld. Reds GM Dan O'Brien said, "We weren't really planning to make any deals anyway, since next year is a rebuilding year, so we figured, why waste time at boring meetings when we could be riding Space Mountain on Carl's dime!" O'Brien then giggled and later added: "Maybe we can sign Mickey to the bullpen for cheap."