Climbing Tal's Hill » Dusty Baker http://climbingtalshill.com A Houston Astros Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:48:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 The National League Central Farewell Tour: Cincinnati Reds Edition http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/01/31/the-national-league-central-farewell-tour-cincinnati-reds-edition/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/01/31/the-national-league-central-farewell-tour-cincinnati-reds-edition/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:16:01 +0000 Greg Thurston http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=3034 The next stop on our tour is Cincinnati Ohio. Not only is The Queen City the home of the Reds, it’s also the birthplace of professional baseball. The Cincinnati Baseball Club was established way back in 1866. Three years later the Cincinnati Red Stockings fielded a baseball team comprised of ten salaried players, the first [...]

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]]> The next stop on our tour is Cincinnati Ohio. Not only is The Queen City the home of the Reds, it’s also the birthplace of professional baseball. The Cincinnati Baseball Club was established way back in 1866. Three years later the Cincinnati Red Stockings fielded a baseball team comprised of ten salaried players, the first of its kind. The Red Stockings traveled as far as New York and California, compiling a perfect 65-0 record in 1869. The current Reds franchise began league play as the Red Stockings in 1882, finishing first in the American Association with a record of 55-25.

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No other city or franchise can match the tradition and history of Cincinnati and the Reds. Over the last 50 years Houston has uniquely shared in that history. Since the Houston expansion franchise began National League play in 1962 one thing has remained constant, the Cincinnati Reds. The Reds are the only team that has continuously played in the same division with Houston through multiple waves of expansion and realignment.

Recognized as baseball’s original franchise, Cincinnati was awarded the honor of hosting the first regular season game each year from 1876 until 1989. In 1990 that tradition finally came to an end when the Reds opened the season in Houston against the Astros. The Reds swept the Astros in that three game series and never looked back, going on to win the 1990 World Series.

This year’s Reds team appears to be poised to compete for another title. To get the inside scoop on the 2012 squad, we caught up with Blog Red Machine senior editor Steve Engbloom. CTH staff writers Brian and Alex came up with some interesting questions for Steve. Click below for the Q & A and my 2012 Reds preview.

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