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37 unusual facts about Cincinnati Reds


1941 Amateur World Series

Pat Scantlebury pitched for the team and would go on to have a long Negro League career as well as a short stint with the Cincinnati Reds.

1966 Claxton Shield

The 1966 Shield also marked the start of modern Australian players getting signed to the Major League system with Neil Page of South Australia getting signed to the Cincinnati Reds and Sid Thompson from New South Wales signing with the Philadelphia Phillies.

Abdul Vas

Therefore his pictures are full of references to the National Rifle Association, the American baseball team Cincinnati Reds, MLB, Malcolm Young, The Rolling Stones, Metallica, Muddy Waters, SUVs, pornography and the symbols of the North American imperialist power: the Navistar trucks.

Aldrin Justice

Ted's boss has a baseball signed (three times) by Pete Rose, and even declares that Pete Rose's absence from the Baseball Hall of Fame is a travesty, even though since his retirement from baseball, Rose has admitted to betting on the Cincinnati Reds many times when he was the team's manager.

Alexander Smit

Smit signed originally with the Minnesota Twins as a non-drafted free agent on July 14, 2002, and was claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds on July 12, 2007.

Ashley Whippet

Ashley first gained notoriety on August 4, 1974 when Stein, then a 19-year-old college student, smuggled him into Dodger Stadium during a nationally televised baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds.

Baseball in Canada

In 1957, former Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Glen Gorbous, a native of Drumheller, Alberta set the current world record for longest throw of a baseball at 445 feet, 10 inches (135.89m) in Omaha, Nebraska.

Bryan Price

Bryan Roberts Price (born June 22, 1962) is the manager of the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball.

Byron Larkin

Byron Larkin is the brother of Hall of Fame baseball player Barry Larkin, who played the shortstop position for the Cincinnati Reds.

Cincinnati Freedom

Cinci Freedom received the key to Cincinnati, but didn't wear it during the Cincinnati Reds Findlay Market Opening Day Parade on April 1, 2002, as planned, because she was judged too jumpy and nervous to participate.

Declan Mullin

Mullin was hired by the Cincinnati Reds in 2000 to manage facility and game-day operations at Cinergy Field, and has continued that position at the Reds’ new home, Great American Ball Park.

Declan Mullin is senior director of ballpark operations for the Cincinnati Reds and oversees Great American Ball Park.

Disc dog

The definitive moment came on August 5, 1974 when Alex Stein, a 19-year-old college student from Ohio, and his dog, Ashley Whippet, jumped the fence at a nationally broadcast baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds.

Dominican Summer League

Each team is affiliated with a different major league franchise with five organizations fielding two teams: the Mets, Orioles, Pirates, Reds, Yankees.

Downtown Cincinnati

It is especially crowded following games at the adjacent Paul Brown Stadium and Great American Ball Park, the stadiums of the Cincinnati Bengals and Cincinnati Reds.

Dusty Cooke

He reached the majors in 1930 with the New York Yankees, spending three years with them before moving to the Boston Red Sox (1933–1936) and Cincinnati Reds (1938).

Eliot Asinof

Asinof's most famous book, Eight Men Out, painstakingly reconstructed the events of the Black Sox scandal that marred the World Series between the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds in the same year that Asinof was born.

Frank J. Kelley

In private practice he has represented the late Marge Schott during the sale of her majority interest in the Cincinnati Reds Major League Baseball franchise.

Frickin' A

The band also sings "The Reds Are on the Radio," the theme for the Cincinnati Reds radio network.

Greg Hoard

He is currently said to be working on a book about Cincinnati Reds legends.

Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet

Rose agreed never to work in baseball again due to an accused betting scandal while managing the Cincinnati Reds and will likely be kept out of the Hall of Fame, located in Cooperstown, New York, because of it.

Jeff Francis

Jeffrey William "Jeff" Francis (born January 8, 1981) is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher in the Cincinnati Reds organization.

On January 25, 2012, Francis agreed to a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds.

Jim Saul

His catching career consisted of 14 seasons (1959–1972) in the farm systems of the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Cubs, Cleveland Indians and California Angels.

John Roll McLean

McLean was also a one-time partner in the ownership of the Cincinnati Red Stockings baseball team of the American Association and also the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds of the Union Association.

José Agustín Silvestre de los Santos

In December 2011, José Rijo, the Cincinnati Reds pitcher who won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award in 1990, was subpeonaed by the Dominican Republic's Anti-Money Laundering Unit in relation to his business dealings with Castro, who was also a hotel and advertising agency owner, and for any information about Silvestre's murder.

Jujamcyn Theaters

Landesman closed the deal in February 2005 for $30M, but then tried to sell a 50% stake in the group for $50M to enable an investment in the Cincinnati Reds baseball team - his group lost out to Robert Castellini.

K-Run's Park Me In First

Uno was at Miller Park on July 12, 2008, to participate in the first pitch during a matchup between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Cincinnati Reds.

Kalkaska, Michigan

Emil Frisk (1874-1922), professional baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, and the St. Louis Browns from 1899 to 1907.

Terence Moore

Prior to going to San Francisco, Terence spent three years at the Cincinnati Enquirer, where he covered Indiana University and Purdue University sports, the Cincinnati Reds and Xavier University basketball.

The Banks

Carter has also served as program manager for the construction of the city and county-funded parking garage and infrastructure components of The Banks project, including accommodation of parking for the Cincinnati Reds stadium.

Tiago Magalhães

He played in the Cincinnati Reds farm system from 2000-2004, but never moved above Class-A before he was released.

WBVI

The station broadcasts high school sports and is a member of the Cincinnati Bengals and Cincinnati Reds radio networks.

Whitey Wistert

He was also Big Ten Conference MVP in baseball in college and later played for Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds.

WMOA

Besides ABC News updates twice hourly, the station features local on-air talent and Adult Contemporary music for the bulk of their broadcast day, The station primarily provides coverage of the Cincinnati Reds and Ohio State University football, but also airs Cleveland Cavaliers, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Indians, Ohio University Bobcats football, and local high school sports broadcasts.

WVOW

During baseball season WVOW is an affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves radio networks.

Yoni Lasso

During his minor league baseball career, Lasso played in the Cincinnati Reds organization.


1924 Philadelphia Phillies season

On August 21, 1924, the Phillies were traveling from games in St. Louis to Cincinnati when the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train on which they were traveling turned over in the train yards in Mitchell, Indiana.

1939 Major League Baseball season

August 26 - The first Major League game to be televised occurs, when WXBS-TV broadcasts the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field.

Bank Street Grounds

A new Reds franchise was formed as an American Association club in 1882.

Bill Deegan

He also umpired in the 1978 All Star Game and the 1976 World Series; he was the home plate umpire for Game Four of the Series, which the defending champion Cincinnati Reds won on the strength of Johnny Bench's two-home run, five-RBI performance to complete a sweep of the New York Yankees.

Bob Hooper

In his final season, Hooper appeared briefly with the 1955 Cincinnati Redlegs and lost his only two decisions.

Colby Rasmus

Rasmus hit his first career grand slam against the Cincinnati Reds' Bronson Arroyo.

Dennis Dixon

Dixon was also a highly recruited baseball player, and was initially drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 20th round of the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft.

George Munday

George Munday (June 13, 1907 – October 1975) was a professional football player who played 4 seasons in the National Football League for the Cleveland Indians, New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Gunners.

Jake Volz

Jacob Phillip "Silent Jake" Volz (April 4, 1878 – August 11, 1962) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1901 and 1908 for the Boston Americans (1901), Boston Beaneaters (1905) and Cincinnati Reds (1908).

Kip Selbach

From 1894 through 1906, he played for the Washington Senators (NL), Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, Baltimore Orioles, Washington Senators (AL) and Boston Ameiricans (1904–1906).

Melvin Nieves

On November 11, 1997, he was traded from the Tigers to the Cincinnati Reds for Paul Bako and Donne Wall.

New England Collegiate Baseball League

Founded in 1993, the NECBL began its direction under George Foster, former Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets All-Star and Major League Baseball home run leader, and Emmy Award-winning television producer/director Joseph Consentino.

Nick Esasky

During his career, which spanned just over seven-and-a-half years and was spent mostly with the Cincinnati Reds (1983 to 1988), the former first-round draft pick in 1978 hit .250 with 122 home runs and 427 runs batted in.

O. P. Caylor

Oliver Perry Caylor (December 14, 1849 – October 19, 1897) was an American baseball newspaper columnist for The Cincinnati Enquirer and the Cincinnati Commercial before becoming one of the principal figures in the founding of the American Association in 1881 as well as the catalyst in the formation of the modern-day Cincinnati Reds.

Penda Sports

At times, certain sports news, including Ohio State football and Ohio State basketball and the Cincinnati Reds and Cincinnati Bengals, are discussed as a topic in the "Puttin' in Some Work!" segment, if the topic discussed is deemed as important to area viewers.

Proposed Major League Baseball franchises in Portland, Oregon

ESPN.com reported that the Portland metropolitan area was a bigger location then the ones that house the Cincinnati Reds, the Kansas City Royals and the Milwaukee Brewers.

Reggie Abercrombie

Though he never materialized into a consistent option for the Marlins, on April 19, 2006, while playing against the Cincinnati Reds in the Great American Ballpark, Abercrombie, facing pitcher Mike Gosling, hit a home run 486 feet, according to Hit Tracker Online's Standard Distance (considered "the best way of comparing home runs hit under a variety of different conditions" by the website).

Rob Dibble

He was an MLB All-Star in 1990 and 1991, and was the 1990 NLCS Most Valuable Player (along with fellow "Nasty Boy" Randy Myers).

Ryan Spilborghs

He made his Major League debut for the Rockies on July 16, 2005 against the Cincinnati Reds and recorded his first hit in that game, a single to right field off of Todd Coffey.

Sam Bohne

Bohne was Jewish, but according to author John Rosengren, the Cincinnati Reds persuaded him to change his name to Bohne because its front office ' "brain trust" didn't believe the city's largely German population would welcome a player named Cohen.

Scott Bryant

Bryant was chosen in the first round (20th overall) of the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft by the Cincinnati Reds.

Ty Cline

Tyrone Alexander Cline (born June 15, 1939 in Hampton, South Carolina) is a former Major League baseball player, primarily a reserve outfielder and pinch-hitter for the Cleveland Indians (1960–62), Milwaukee Braves (1963–65), Chicago Cubs (1966), Atlanta Braves (1966–67), San Francisco Giants (1967–68), Montreal Expos (1969–70) and Cincinnati Reds (1970–71).

WDNI-CD

The station aired a variety of programming including public-domain movies, Cincinnati Reds baseball games and was also the local affiliate to carry ECW Hardcore TV on Sunday evenings.

York Suburban Senior High School

The York Suburban Marching Band had the privilege of performing the Star Spangled Banner before Game 4 of the 1970 World Series, between the Baltimore Orioles and the Cincinnati Reds.