Our first Major League game! This was the kid's first major league game. As grandpa and I are both die hard Cubs fans, it broke our heart a little bit that we allowed the Reds to take this honor for the kids. With that being said, Wrigley is really not a kid friendly place anymore.
This was also the innaugural year for the new Reds stadium (or second), I forget. Anyway, the stadium was charming, but also a bit hokey with its riverboat over the left field wall. This was a great game, but I remember it starting with a bit of dissapointment. I was dissapointed because I had purchased early Row 1 tickets on the left field line. I actually thought this meant Row 1, we all did. Little did I know that they went to about K before they got to Row 1 so we were about 20 rows up. The kids were dissapointed because the park had no playground equipment in the preliminary walk around (this became about a 5th inning tradition for us) and the pros weren't really up for autographs. With that being said, the park was beautiful and we got to watch and exciting game between the Reds and the Brewers. After the game, we were treated to an incredible fireworks show synchronized to Michael Jackson tunes. It was the first of many great fireworks displays we have now seen.
On a sidenote, we got into Cincinatti early to go to the Creation Museum. If you haven't been this is an incredible facility and well worth 4-5 hours of your time.
We bought a Fire Engine Red Mini Bat that had autographs of all the players as our souvenir. I also bought a Commemoritive Riverfront Stadium bat to remember my childhood excursion to that fine park. (While the kids were now on bat 5, I had accumulated over 20 parks at this time.)
This was also the innaugural year for the new Reds stadium (or second), I forget. Anyway, the stadium was charming, but also a bit hokey with its riverboat over the left field wall. This was a great game, but I remember it starting with a bit of dissapointment. I was dissapointed because I had purchased early Row 1 tickets on the left field line. I actually thought this meant Row 1, we all did. Little did I know that they went to about K before they got to Row 1 so we were about 20 rows up. The kids were dissapointed because the park had no playground equipment in the preliminary walk around (this became about a 5th inning tradition for us) and the pros weren't really up for autographs. With that being said, the park was beautiful and we got to watch and exciting game between the Reds and the Brewers. After the game, we were treated to an incredible fireworks show synchronized to Michael Jackson tunes. It was the first of many great fireworks displays we have now seen.
On a sidenote, we got into Cincinatti early to go to the Creation Museum. If you haven't been this is an incredible facility and well worth 4-5 hours of your time.
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