1990 Reds Hall of Fame exhibit

[OnBaseMachine]

That should be cool. I can't wait to check it out next season.

1990 Reds Hall of Fame exhibit

The 1990 Reds went wire-to-wire to claim the club's fifth World Series championship, and the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum will celebrate this remarkable season with a new exhibit in 2010.

The Reds Hall of Fame is reaching out to all of those who watched, participated in, or experienced the 1990 season in some way for their recollections. We especially looking for the unusual or unique artifact to display. If you have something that you think would fit well within the exhibit, please consider loaning it to the Hall of Fame for inclusion.

Also, you can help support the exhibit and get your name in it by donating at https://secure.mlb.com/cin/ballpark/museum/donation.jsp.

If you have any artifacts that you would like to share, please respond by posting a comment within this story at http://redsintern.mlblogs.com/ (not the Facebook page) and I will get in touch with you.

Thank you for helping make "Wire to Wire: A Celebration of the 1990 Cincinnati Reds" the most interesting, entertaining, educational, and interactive exhibit at the Hall to date.

http://redsintern.mlblogs.com/

[OnBaseMachine]

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Here are some photos from the Cincinnati Enquirer of the Reds 1990 Hall of Fame exhibit.

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=AB&Dato=20100323&Kategori=SPT04&Lopenr=3230806&Ref=PH

[Bob Borkowski]

Wow, I really like the giant murals (pic 9 and 10). Very impressive.

[RedFanAlways1966]

Good stuff. I found the caption of the following picture funny... thanks for telling us which number belongs to each of the two players. Never could have figured it out by looking at the picture. :p:

The caption read... Jerseys of pitchers Jack Armstrong, 40, and Jose Rijo, 27, are on display at the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum.

[redsmetz]

My wife and I loaned two items to the exhibit; two Christmas ornaments we've had since the World Series win. One is the standard MLB approved glass ornament, the other is one we bought at a craft show showing; a small wreath with Reds and a broom through the middle. We're supposed to get a free membership, so I need to call them to find out how we get that.

[OnBaseMachine]

Key artifacts displayed in the exhibit include:

• The last out ball from the 1990 World Series that was caught by first baseman Todd Benzinger along with the glove he used to catch it.
• Game-worn jerseys from each member of the 1990 Reds.
• Game-worn World Series jerseys from numerous members of the Reds.
• World Series rings from Marge Schott, Jack Armstrong and Marty Brennaman
• The home plate used at Riverfront Stadium during the 1990 regular season.
• The 1990 World Series trophy.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100324/SPT04/303240101/1071/SPT04/Reds+Hall+Of+Fame+exhibit+set+to+open

[macro]

Good stuff. I found the caption of the following picture funny... thanks for telling us which number belongs to each of the two players. Never could have figured it out by looking at the picture. :p:

The caption read... Jerseys of pitchers Jack Armstrong, 40, and Jose Rijo, 27, are on display at the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum.

Okay, I'll give you that. But which one was Armstrong's and which one was Rijo's?

[OnBaseMachine]

From the Cincinnati Enquirer: Photos of the 1990 Reds

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=AB&Dato=20100328&Kategori=SPT04&Lopenr=3280807&Ref=PH

[Joseph]

Those are really some excellent photos.

[top6]

Am I the only one who read this and suddenly feels very old? The 1990 World Series is the subject of a Hall of Fame Exhibit, with artifacts and trinkets from that time period?!?!?! But wasn't that only a few years ago!?

[macro]

Am I the only one who read this and suddenly feels very old? The 1990 World Series is the subject of a Hall of Fame Exhibit, with artifacts and trinkets from that time period?!?!?! But wasn't that only a few years ago!?

I hear ya. In 1990, the 1970 season seemed like a prehistoric age to me, while today, the 1990 season seems like yesterday. Both are 20-year spans, of course.

Some of those pictures look like they were taken long before 1990. I guess it's because they're black and white, but they look old.

[15fan]

Edit:

Photo #5 of Charlton is outstanding. The hair, the decor, the fashion. It's all epic.

[OnBaseMachine]

1990 Cincinnati Reds quiz from the Cincinnati Enquirer:

http://quiz.cincinnati.com/default.aspx?qid=147

[George Anderson]

1990 Cincinnati Reds quiz from the Cincinnati Enquirer:

http://quiz.cincinnati.com/default.aspx?qid=147

I scored a 77%...there were some toughies.

[macro]

I scored a 77%...there were some toughies.

I got 77% also.

[OnBaseMachine]

John Erardi - Wire-to-wire Reds of 1990 chronicled in new book

This is the 20th anniversary of the the Reds’ most recent World Championship.

A new 254-page book about the 1990 Reds has just arrived in local stores and is excerpted here today: “The Wire-to-Wire Reds – Sweet Lou, Nasty Boys, and the Wild Run to a World Championship,” by Enquirer reporter John Erardi and baseball researcher Joel Luckhaupt.


I didn't know this was how the Nasty Boys got their nickname:

Randy Myers and his teammates were getting cleaned up after their Opening Day victory when a Houston Chronicle reporter told Myers that the Astros weren’t happy about their slugger, Glenn Davis, being hit three times.

“Well, I’ve got the radar readings right here,” Myers said, “and it says the last three of us all hit at least 95 on the gun. So if it comes down to that (a retaliation war), just let ‘em know.”

“That’s pretty nasty,” the reporter said.

“And that,” recalled Norm Charlton 20 years later, “is how the whole ‘Nasty Boys’ thing got started.”

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100529/SPT04/305290009/1071/Sweet-Lou-put-his-stamp-on-1990-World-Series-champions

[redsfandan]

John Erardi - Wire-to-wire Reds of 1990 chronicled in new book



I didn't know this was how the Nasty Boys got their nickname:


Randy Myers and his teammates were getting cleaned up after their Opening Day victory when a Houston Chronicle reporter told Myers that the Astros weren’t happy about their slugger, Glenn Davis, being hit three times.

“Well, I’ve got the radar readings right here,” Myers said, “and it says the last three of us all hit at least 95 on the gun. So if it comes down to that (a retaliation war), just let ‘em know.”

“That’s pretty nasty,” the reporter said.

“And that,” recalled Norm Charlton 20 years later, “is how the whole ‘Nasty Boys’ thing got started.”
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100529/SPT04/305290009/1071/Sweet-Lou-put-his-stamp-on-1990-World-Series-champions
lol That's pretty cool. :thumbup: