Description
The first professional baseball team—Cincinnati's famous Red Stockings—played its first game on May 4, 1869. Cincinnati's 150-Year Opening Day History: The Hoopla Started with a Parade captures the history of Cincinnati's unique celebration of Opening Day. Cincinnati bears the distinction of being the only city in professional sports with the honor of hosting Opening Day every year! The days leading up to and including Opening Day have become such a celebrated holiday in the Queen City that author Fred Schwed once described Opening Day as a “notch below Christmas” for Cincinnati Reds fans. Cincinnati's 150-Year Opening Day History: The Hoopla Started with a Parade also highlights local, national, and world events that occurred on or around Opening Day and sometimes impacted the festivities. Featured events include everything from world wars to floods, assassinations, local and national scandals, and interesting historical achievements. The book is crammed with rarely seen, stunning photos from 1869 forward.