Friday night we went to Great American Ballpark to watch the Reds play the Texans. Sadly the Texans won by one run. Since I had mentioned going and know there are a few baseball fans out there, I figure that I'd better tell about it and show some pictures of the adventure. In the picture above, the 579 is for the number of home runs Ken Griffey Jr has hit in his career. I was hoping to see it flip to 580, but that did not happen.
Inside the ballpark there is the Reds Hall of Fame Museum. This is Brent and Ernest pretending like they are one of the players. Most of the museum is a tribute to Pete Rose. I did not know that he never made it to the Hall of Fame because of gambling and getting kicked out of the major leagues. Interesting, huh.
They also had all 4,192 balls that Pete Rose had hit on display. How they know he hit them all we will never know! Guess we'll have to take their word for it. They also listed all of the records Pete set during his career, but again none of them count because of his disservice to society.
I took lots more pictures and will put them on my Winkflash account in the near future!
1 comment:
Oooo, the ballpark does look nice!
When I was growing up (& HATED baseball), Pete Rose was *the* guy. My then stepmother loved him. It's really a shame that he had to mess it all up. And lied about it. He denied it up until he wrote his autobiography. He'll never receive the accolades that he rightfully earned. So sad. He is mentioned in the museum however. He just doesn't have the nice plaque in the Hall of Fame. And, to me, what's worse is that he's banned from baseball. He'll never be able to coach again or have anything to do with the sport he loves. It's a good lesson for up & coming MLBers.
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