With the Cincinnati Reds and Major League Baseball marking 150 years since the Cincinnati Reds emerged as the first professional baseball team, let’s look back at some of the ballparks hosting the team since 1869. (more…)
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Cincinnati Reds Sesquicentennial Fete Set for 2019
The Cincinnati Reds are planning a big blowout to mark 150 years since the original Red Stockings debuted as the first professional baseball team in 1869, including 15 throwback uniforms and a commemorative logo. (more…)
Fifth Third fire brings back memories of past ballpark blazes
Ballpark fires are extreme rare these days, but at one time were a major threat to baseball operations. Jesse Goldberg-Strassler looks at how ballpark design changed because of fire awareness. On January 3, a fire significantly damaged Fifth Third Ballpark, home of the Midwest League’s West Michigan Whitecaps. Thankfully, no one was injured. Photographs of […]
Gone too soon, or good riddance? Thoughts on Turner Field’s future demolition
Reaction to the news that Turner Field would be torn down in 2017 came in two forms: goodbye to a mediocre ballpark, versus disbelief that such a young facility is doomed. Jesse Goldberg-Strassler looks at the decision. A cell phone, we are told by the service providers, can be upgraded every two years — although […]
Crosley Field / Cincinnati Reds
When baseball fans think about Cincinnati, they think about firsts. The first professional baseball team. Charter members of the National League and the American Association. The first night game. The first pitch of the season. For six decades this city of baseball firsts played its games at the “old boomerang at Findlay and Western,” Crosley […]