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bleedsred
06-26-2011, 09:26 PM
Why doesn't Cincinatti have an old timers game??? The Yankees just played one and I think the Dodgers or Giants had one also......just wondering...
BluegrassRedleg
06-26-2011, 09:31 PM
I think they did that once toward the end of the Riverfront era. Not sure if it's happened since then, though.
bounty37h
06-27-2011, 12:27 PM
That would be an awesome idea, do it as a fund raiser even. UNC used to do an old timers basketball game; tickets were cheap, had an auto session before (extra ticket sold for that), this raised a lot of money for charity, the fans had good time.
texasdave
06-27-2011, 12:33 PM
I remember when the Reds used to have an annual father-son game. And didn't the Reds used to have an old-timers softball game as well? Here is what I was thinking about.

YouTube - ‪PETE ROSE LAST GAME SOFTBALL RIVERFRONT STADIUM‬‏ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eUgamVmdLI)
bleedsred
06-27-2011, 12:34 PM
I for one would love to see Foster and Bench against guys like Sabo and Davis....maybe play a 70's/80's squad against the 1990 squad....that would be great. Wonder if Selig would allow Rose to play????
texasdave
06-27-2011, 12:39 PM
I for one would love to see Foster and Bench against guys like Sabo and Davis....maybe play a 70's/80's squad against the 1990 squad....that would be great. Wonder if Selig would allow Rose to play????

Senior against Junior (Griffeys).
bleedsred
06-27-2011, 12:50 PM
Junior would probably blow a hammy or something.....Dibble vs JR...haha....
brm7675
06-27-2011, 01:47 PM
I am not sure if the Reds even have a grasp on how to pay tribute to their history.
bounty37h
06-27-2011, 01:56 PM
I am not sure if the Reds even have a grasp on how to pay tribute to their history.


the museum is one of the nicest in all of sports from everything I hear.
brm7675
06-27-2011, 02:49 PM
the museum is one of the nicest in all of sports from everything I hear.

It is incredible, but that is about it. This year was the 50th Anniversity of the 61 team and while they did something, nothing like it should have been. With a history like the Reds have I would like to see more respect paid to those guys.