Opening Day at Great American Ball ParkThe beginning of a new age of Cincinnati Reds baseball is detailed in full-color splendor through this remarkable new book. Opening Day at Great American Ball Park follows all of the activities of the inaugural Opening Day at Cincinnati's new home for baseball, as the Reds battled the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday, March 31, 2003. Located at 100 Main Street, the new stadium features a grass field and seating for over 42,000 baseball-crazed fans, making it the new standard for ballparks across America. Photos filling every page capture glimpses of the fans, an inside tour of Great American Ball Park, the field, and, of course, the players who make it all possible. |
Contents
Section 1 | 6 |
Section 2 | 7 |
Section 3 | 25 |
Section 4 | 65 |
Section 5 | 67 |
Section 6 | 95 |
Section 7 | 121 |
Section 8 | 129 |
Section 9 | 144 |
Section 10 | 150 |
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Aaron Boone American Ball Park Annual Findlay Market awaited fans baseball's Big Red Machine Brad LaPayne Pages BUD LIGHT Budweiser CINERGY Bush Carl Lindner celebration ceremonial first pitch CINCIN Cinergy Field CROS Crosley Field Crosley Terrace crowd Day in Cincinnati entering the ballpark fans entered Findlay Market Parade first-base FOX SPORTS FOX SPORTS NET game's first pitch GREATAMERICAN BALL PARK Griffey Jr HAMILTON COUNTY WELCOMES home runs host implosion infield Jeff Wyler Jerry Thompson Jimmy Haynes Jimmy Haynes fires Joe Nuxhall John Seder Pages Johnny Bench KEARNS Kenny Lofton Kentucky Larkin Lou McClellan Pages major leagues MasterCard NATIONAL LEAGUE Ohio River outfield owner Carl Lindner Park's first Opening Pepsi Power Stacks Pete Rose Pirates Pittsburgh players playing field pregame ceremonies Provident Bank Red Hot Deals Reds baseball Reds fans Reds were able regular-season Riverfront Stadium scoreboard seats Sofa Express SP TEAM SCORE strikeouts team's Ted Kluszewski tickets