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    Isn't Cincy the traditional "first" game of the year?

    Am I just having selective memory, or when did this change?

    What am I missing here?

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    Re: Isn't Cincy the traditional "first" game of the year?

    we had been for quite a while. i seem to recall it changing about 10 years ago, when ESPN started showing more games (in fact, might have been their Sunday Night game which changed the tradition).

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    Re: Isn't Cincy the traditional "first" game of the year?

    Sadly, it changed years ago - how long? I don't know...
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    Re: Isn't Cincy the traditional "first" game of the year?

    :thumbdown Thought so..just not happy about it!

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    Re: Isn't Cincy the traditional "first" game of the year?

    It's only an AL game..not real baseball
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    Re: Isn't Cincy the traditional "first" game of the year?

    Quote Originally Posted by KronoRed
    It's only an AL game..not real baseball

    Damn good point

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    Re: Isn't Cincy the traditional "first" game of the year?

    Quote Originally Posted by KronoRed
    It's only an AL game..not real baseball
    Alright "Krono", first you say you'd prefer to see Rich starting at second (okay, so that was starting over Womack ) NOW, you are giving the AL the business again.

    Marty, it's time you let the real Krono out of his closet and allow him to return to posting....

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    Re: Isn't Cincy the traditional "first" game of the year?

    Quote Originally Posted by Blimpie
    Alright "Krono", first you say you'd prefer to see Rich starting at second (okay, so that was starting over Womack ) NOW, you are giving the AL the business again.

    Marty, it's time you let the real Krono out of his closet and allow him to return to posting....
    The AL is not real ball..Krono err I mean I have always thought that
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    Re: Isn't Cincy the traditional "first" game of the year?

    Would it be the same time that the REDS/the city did away with the Opening Day parade etc. I was reading how traditionally it was the REDS who started Opening Day an the city would have a parade which ended at the grounds.

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    Re: Isn't Cincy the traditional "first" game of the year?

    Actually, Opening Day has not been the traditional opener for some time now. It was until about 20 years ago, give or take a few years. I remember Detroit wouild kinda sneak in there every once in a while. I think the first ESPN Sunday night game was the Reds. Marge did not care for that game being on a Sunday night, it was also Easter Sunday, because it took away the Opening Day festivities, which actually happened the next day. So there was no bunting or pomp for that game. Ever since then the Reds have not been the traditional opener. They have been the traditional NL opener more often than not but the actual traditional MLB opener is a thing of the past.
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    Re: Isn't Cincy the traditional "first" game of the year?

    They still have a parade. I refuse to watch the Sunday night game before Reds opening day generally, but I may have to deviate this year, since the White Sox are in it, and Alfred is a White Sox fan.

    We'll flip back and forth between the LSU women's hoops and the White Sox.

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    Re: Isn't Cincy the traditional "first" game of the year?

    Quote Originally Posted by SandyD
    I refuse to watch the Sunday night game before Reds opening day generally...
    It's raining now. Even God hates the season opening on a Sunday night.
    "...You just have a wider lens than one game."
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    Re: Isn't Cincy the traditional "first" game of the year?

    Quote Originally Posted by Reds Nd2
    It's raining now. Even God hates the season opening on a Sunday night.
    I believe I saw Eric Wedge doing a rain dance and sending smoke signals earlier...

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    Re: Isn't Cincy the traditional "first" game of the year?

    Quote Originally Posted by Blimpie
    I believe I saw Eric Wedge doing a rain dance and sending smoke signals earlier...
    Was that before or after he brought in Graves?
    "...You just have a wider lens than one game."
    --Former Reds GM Wayne Krivsky, on why he didn't fly Josh Hamilton to Colorado for one game.

    "...its money well-spent. Don't screw around with your freedom."
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    Re: Isn't Cincy the traditional "first" game of the year?

    Quote Originally Posted by Reds Nd2
    Was that before or after he brought in Graves?
    It was around the time of that sweet looking pickoff move to the shortstop....


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