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First annual Red Reporter pledge drive. The Reds do something

Opening Day is a mere 52 days away. With the annual football championship match safely behind us, we can permit ourselves to look ahead to some of the key dates that ease us back into baseball season

Baseball fans are self-indulgent nostalgia junkies, it's true. There's no Ken Burns Football, no leatherhead re-enactors (at least for the purposes of this argument), no sacred talisman of memorabilia that matches the Honus Wagner card. This has a lot to do with the sheer longevity of the sport, but at least a little to do the meditative, journal-keeping Costasian nerds it attracts.

The last of a four part series on what to expect, things to do, and places to go in Cincinnati.

Part three of a four part series on what to expect, things to do, and places to go in Cincinnati.

Part two of a four part series on what to expect, things to do, and places to go in Cincinnati.

Part one of a four part series on what to expect, things to do, and places to go in Cincinnati.