Reds To Celebrate 150 Years Of Professional Baseball All Season

Every sportsminded Cincinnati area native can tell you that the Cincinnati Red Stockings were the first professional baseball franchise.

On May 4th 1869, the Reds' forefathers won the first of the 59 games they played, going undefeated.  They were the first to openly pay all of its players.  That was the birth of the Major Leagues as we know it today

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There were other historic firsts.  The franchise was the first team to travel by airplane.  They were the first to play under the lights at night.

The 2019 season will be a season long celebration of that historic beginning.  With "birthday" parties and historic uniforms that will delight the baseball fan, who collectively revel in baseballs continuity as well as growth throughout history.  Baseball's rules have never radically changed.  The administration of the sport has but the distance between the pitcher and home plate.  The distance between bases and the scoring rules are a comfortable constant.  If a player were to travel forward in time from 1869, he would see changes but would recognize the game.

Every weekend starting May 4, the Reds' players will wear historic, period uniforms, painstakingly researched the the Reds Hall of Fame staff.

Click on the link below to see the uniforms.

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Even fans not attending games will be free to roam the grounds to soak in the game atmosphere with a 19th century Gazebo on Joe Nuxhall Way, named after the club's long time announcer and the youngest player to play in Major League baseball at 15,

The annual Findlay Market opening day parade will be in its 100th year this season.

"We are just getting warmed up," Reds' Vice President of Business Operations said,  "You can't have a gala with coats and ties.  That's not a way to celebrate for 150-mile radius of Reds' country.  We will have a rocking 150 Reds' open house."

The party will be Friday July 5th which is a rare Friday off day.

It will be free to any Reds' fan.  Players will participate.  Rock bands will be playing.  Three Huey helicopters will be available for fans to inspect.   The celebration will include fireworks.

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