The Cincinnati Reds will always be remembered for their Big Red Machine years which sold more tickets than any National League Team in the 1970's. Led by powerhouse players like Pete Rose, Hall of Famers Johnny Bench and Captain Joe Morgan, the Reds are the last National League team to win consecutive World Series titles.
Throughout the new millennium the Reds have struggled, but have maintained being competitive with their opponents. In 2007, manager Jerry Narron was fired midway through the season and replaced with the team's number one scout, Pet Mackanin. Under Mackanin's charge, the Reds ended up with a winning record by the end of the year.
In 2008, the current manager Dusty Baker took charge as a big name manager. In 2009, the Reds revamped their farm system and signed a number of promising young players who are looking to 2010 to show the world what they can do. Featuring the team's All Star closer Francisco Cordero, the Cincinnati Reds may be the surprise of next season.
Under the original name, the Cincinnati Red Stockings was Major League Baseballs first professional team that dates back to 1882. Since 1890, the Reds have been considered one of the National Leagues prize franchises. The Reds won their first championship in the scandalous shadows of the 1919 World Series against the "Black Sox" (Chicago White Sox). The team struggled through most of the following decades, until making back to the Fall Classic in 1939 and then winning it all in 1940.
For the next two decades they withdrew into the basement of the Major League standings until winning the National League pennant in 1961. The golden years for the team took place in the 70s when the Big Red Machine dominated baseball with six National League Western Division titles and four National League pennants including the back-to-back titles from 1975-76.
For any baseball fan, it is always a thrill to see the Reds play. For the love of the game and the history that they bring with them, season ticket holders always come to see the Reds play in any ballpark. Since 2003, the Reds have been playing in front of home crowds in Great American Ball Park located right on the bank of the Ohio River. The new park is an outstanding stadium that fans embrace for its excellent views of the field and its grandiose appearance from afar.
A trip to The Reds home field is like visiting a baseball museum that pays homage to the history of the game. Cincinnati Reds tickets are always a big attraction for visitors to Ohio especially for opening day, which has traditionally been played at home in front of the Cincinnati crowd for almost a century. Ask any fan and theyll tell you that you havent experienced baseball until you have been in Cincinnati for the opening game of the season. The teams motto is The Power of Tradition which they live up to with every purchase of a Cincinnati Reds ticket.