Let there be lights: Reds mark anniversary

A lifelong fan of the Reds for 87 years, Ralph Thacker attended the 75th anniversary Red’s game at the Great American Ball Park while remembering his first Red’s game at Crosley Field in 1935. Thacker was one of more than 20,000 fans who filed into Cincinnati’s Crosley Field to watch the Reds beat the Phillies, 2-1, in the first night game in Major League Baseball history on May 24, 1935. Read the full story here.

A lifelong fan of the Reds for 87 years, Ralph Thacker attended the 75th anniversary Red’s game at the Great American Ball Park while remembering his first Red’s game at Crosley Field in 1935. Thacker was one of more than 20,000 fans who filed into Cincinnati’s Crosley Field to watch the Reds beat the Phillies, 2-1, in the first night game in Major League Baseball history on May 24, 1935.

Read the full story here.

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