Loading ...I’m glad to see that the current management has really reached out to former Reds. Add Frank Robinson, who is going to be grand marshal of Cincinnati’s Findlay Market Opening Day parade, to that list.
More excitement at this year’s parade:
Also in this year’s parade is Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo. Reds historian Greg Rhodes said it’s the first time that he knew of that an active Reds player has been in the parade since its earliest days, when everybody on both teams rode in horse-drawn carriages or street cars.
I dunno, if you’ve seen the parade once, you’ve seen it, I suppose. I think I’ve gone downtown three times in the last twenty years. If the weather isn’t bad, it’s a decent way to kill time before the game.
But the game’s the thing….
UPDATE: OMGReds is “stoked” about Robinson coming back for the parade, and even more so about the Reds’ announcement that they’ll be wearing Robinson-era uniforms for the Civil Rights Game.
Chad,
I agree. I have gone to the parade several times before the games and have left thinking why did I hurry for this. I think Opening Day is an excuse for people who want to be in a parade. It is not for baseball fans.
I just want to catch Frank and Bronson and then head out for some pre-game brews.
Maybe they need big balloons like the Macy’s parade. Imagine a giant Mr. Red inflatable.
It’s great that Frank Robinson will be leading the parade.
The problem with a Mr. Red inflatable is that it might deflate, a bad omen for the opener.
Speaking of likeable Reds, I saw this blurb in Buster Olney’s blog today, yet another reason to like Joey Votto:
“Saw something the other day which I’d never seen before, as the Reds prepped for a spring game. Infielders take ground balls regularly during batting practice, standing at their position as a coach whacks fungoes at them from alongside a batting cage. Joey Votto, the first baseman for the Reds, took some ground balls standing at his usual spot — but then, as the drill progressed, he began to take grounders after driving off the first-base bag, in the way that he would do if he were holding runners.
Practicing that particular movement makes all the sense in the world, given that a lot of a first baseman’s work is done while holding runners — but I’d never seen it before. I asked colleague Peter Gammons if he had seen it, and he mentioned that Kevin Youkilis and Mark Kotsay do the same thing.
It’s the kind of attention to detail for which Votto is already renowned in the Reds’ camp.”
Hopefully that practice will translate into a successful season both at the plate and in the field for the Reds.
I want to see a giant David Weathers balloon. Actually, the head would be life-sized.