CINCINNATI – Sometimes a single question can turn into several – especially when the person being asked the question is Joey Votto.



Before Wednesday’s 3-0 Reds victory over the Brewers, I asked Votto some questions for another story, but then, because there was some time and Votto didn’t seem to be in any hurry to end our conversation, I asked one more and told him I was asking one more. That, well, wasn’t accurate.



I wanted to work this into a story, but sometimes the straight Q&A format works best, so, here it is.



The question I get asked the most often, it’s about your warmup swing. … So … there is a thought process, there’s …



Why do I do it?



Yeah.



I do it because I want to feel things that are connected to my best swing. As I mentioned early in the season, if I beat left-handers and I don’t strike out, those are my very best years. When I take that swing,...