Cincinnati Reds

The ballpark is a rekaxing place to be. The field seats afford an awesome view. There is such a great atmosphere and so family friendly. But 4 for a bottle of water is a bit much.

The Reds Stadium is a beautifully done stadium. It’s well laid out to handle the large crowds. The food vendors are spot on with plenty of selections, including great craft beer vendors. The staff are helpful and efficient. I’m not a huge baseball fan, but I like to go to a game or two a year and I would say that I always enjoy my time at the Reds Stadium.

The Reds Stadium is a home run. It’s well laid out, has great food vendors, restaurants and food choices. You can pour and pay for your own draft beers now, from a machine! Pretty cool.
Go Reds!

Always a great place to go with friends. The ballpark food represents Cincinnati food staples. The pricing is high but its worth the sporting experience.

What’s not to love about the Reds?! These guys do a bang up job of being there for the fans. Before games they’ll do autographs and throw some balls to the kids in the stands. During games you’ll see players throw foul balls into the stands as well. The stadium atmosphere is always fun, the dj does a good job, you can usually find some freebies in the fan zone, and there’s a DOLLAR BOOTH upstairs by section 532 i believe. Dollar hot dogs, small peanuts and a small drinks. Totally worth going upstairs for or walking to.
There’s a playground and a sandbox area for small children, and they can take a slide down to the batting cages. It’s a very family friendly environment. And they do promo giveaways pretty often, just make sure you’re there plenty early.

I was never a fan of any of my hometown teams, before moving to Cincinnati. Not all, but there were lots of fair weather fans. Between that and the teams themselves, I never felt «it.» I would say I like baseball, but I don’t have a favorite team.
Cincinnati has changed this. Cincinnati has such a great energy and love for the Reds that it is easy to fall in love with them. I find myself checking scores after games; something I have never done for other teams. Even the mascots are fun and loveable. While it may be new, I am excited to be and call myself a Reds fan.
The team seems to try to connect with and make fans happy. Before the game players were signing things for fans. During a game, I saw several time where the team would toss pop-​fly balls into the stadium for fans.
A few more wins would be nice.

Great baseball team.

Reds… Need I say more?

One of the neat things about Cincinnati is that it has two major league sports teams: the Bengals and the Reds. Everyone seems to call Cincinnati a «baseball town,» but the Reds struggle to fill the stadium at Great American Ball Park, especially when they are not winning. With just over 2 million in the Tri-​State, Cincinnati is one of the smallest metro areas to play home to a Major League Baseball team, yet the Reds have a great history and lots of tradition.
From their establishment in 1882 to their first of five World Series titles in 1919, and then the Big Red Machine of the 70s to the 1990 «wire-​to-​wire» performance, there has been a lot for Reds fans to cheer about over the years. Unfortunately, the Reds haven’t had a winning season since 2000, and the organization failed to build around future Hall of Fame outfielder Ken Griffey, Junior. The trade deadline is this Thursday, and each year it seems to mark a time when the Reds unload their salary and build for the future. While it hasn’t seemed to pay off yet with seven consecutive losing seasons and counting, this year’s Reds squad should be giving Cincinnatians hope for the future.
The starting pitching staff is the best we’ve seen in years, and if Aaron Harang can rebound from his poor year, the Reds will be in good shape next season. All-​star Edinson Volquez is the ace of the staff right now, and is joined by Harang, and rookie Johnny Cueto. Those three appear to be the future of the staff, while trade-​bait Bronson Arroyo has had a great July and has indicated he wants to stay in Cincinnati. Homer Bailey has had some decent outings in his latest stint up from Louisville, while there are other guys in the mix who have showed some promise as well.
Offensively, there has long been the debate about trading/​keeping/​letting go Griffey and Adam Dunn, but there isn’t any question about who they should keep. 27-​year-​old second baseman Brandon Phillips is leading the young talent on the Reds squad with Joey Votto, Jay Bruce, and Jeff Keppinger also showing a lot of promise for future Cincinnati Reds teams.
It’s hard to build for the future and see the team struggle for 162 games year in and year out, but with Walt Jocketty as the new GM and majority owner Bob Castellini still trying to build a contender, there is reason to be excited about the Reds organization. Hopefully next year will be the year in which the Reds really make a solid run to the postseason because patience is running thin here in the Queen City.

We went to the 2008 Reds Hall of Fame Induction game tonight. Oh yeah, they also beat the New York Mets!
A particularly hot, humid night, it was difficult to suffer through the long speeches during the ceremony, but eventually the sun went down and there was a decent breeze most of the night.
The fans are generally supportive and it’s a great stadium! There are always going to be those who are there for the beer and you just have to put up with that! We had four kids/​teens (ages 9 and up) in our group and they seemed to have a good time.

The Reds are baseball. First professional team. Several championships. Legendary players. So while we don’t have the historical aura of the Yankees or Red Sox, nor the epic ballparks of Chicago or Baltimore, we do have our own niche.
Unfortunately, despite more than a century of tradition and greatness, the Reds are, of late, embarrassing. We’ve floundered in the lower portion of the standings consistently for this decade, and the constant «win now» attitudes have left us with an awkward roster that just isn’t competing as it should be. And so another overhaul is in process.
This time, however, there’s young talent in place (including, for once, pitching), and this is the reason to go see the Reds right now. Watch Brandon Phillips play hard all day every day. Watch Edinson Volquez show you why we traded last year’s resurrection story of Josh Hamilton for him. Watch Johnny Cueto bring compact power to the mound — and passion.
So no, we aren’t doing so well now, but still check out the ol’ (er, I should say young) Redlegs to see what good is to come. I hate to sound a bit like a Cubs fan, but, well, we’re gonna win soon.