As a Lifelong Cincinnati Reds Fan, I NEVER Though in a Million Years I'd Say This ...

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(03-21-2022, 08:03 PM)Science Friction Wrote: I'm the same way. Been a Reds' fan since '70 ; a Bengals' fan since '75.  That will never change, although I stopped caring as much for the Bengals after the travesty in the Jungle in 2015 against the Steelers. Got back on board after Burrow got here and really stoked that we are one of the better teams in the league now. I'm disappointed in Reds' management but will still root hard for the team to win every last game. Bengals' management has really stepped up their game the last couple of years. Wish the Reds' "braintrusts" would get their shit together.

I go back beyond diaper days (1960s) with the Reds being my own grandfather was picked by the Reds to play for them, but he was underage at the time and his parents wouldn't allow it instead made him work in their store..  Anyway, as far back as I can remember my grandpa would sit me and my brother down in the living room and talk baseball endlessly then start showing us all the scars on his legs..He was a catcher before any real shin guards and spiking players was perfectly legal.. He played and coached in amateur ball in Dayton for years.. Much later in life an old woman who knew my grandparents lived across the street from me and told the story of my grandfather losing one of his nuts when it got spiked or hit with a baseball..not sure about the exact sequence, but she claimed he lost it playing ball in Dayton..