Reds July Game Thread 2024

[kevin]

Reds do not play in Cincinnati on 4th of July. However on the 5th of July the Detroit Tigers come to Cincinnati for Friday, Saturday, Sunday of 4th weekend. Reds should have big crowds and rake in some money. Reds made money Memorial Weekend, now make some money 4th of July. The Reds are at NY Yankees the 4th, but only Yankees make money off that.

Detroit at Cincinnati over 4th Weekend could be called the I-75 series. I call it THE SPARKY ANDERSON SERIES. Sparky won World Series with Reds and Tigers. I saw a Reds thing on TV where Rose and Bench said the Big Red Machine started before Sparky, and they are so wrong. Dave Bristol didn't have the Reds close to winning anything. Sparky came in and did something about Reds awful pitching and awful defense. Rose and Bench are correct the Reds had hitting under Bristol, but Sparky quickly got rid of hitters to bring in pitching and defense. Sparky turned not so good Reds into a World Series team and not so good Detroit into a World Series team with a never ending focus on Pitching and Defense improvements for both teams.

I'm very much looking forward to the Sparky Anderson Series over The 4th Weekend in Cincinnati next weekend. Detroit Tigers at Cincinnati Reds. Not that far for Tigers Fans to come down I-75 to Cincy.

OK, July starts Monday. I'm allowed to look ahead to which games are home games for Reds close to 4th of July. I see GABP will have what I call The Sparky Anderson Series. Hall Of Fame Sparky was best manager Reds ever had, and one of the best Detroit ever had also. The game is not just hitting. Sparky improved Reds and Tigers pitching and defense greatly from what it was before he took over these teams and won World Series in NL Cincy and AL Detroit. So Detroit at Cincy is a great 4th Weekend match-up.