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Remembering Crosley Field in Cincinnati - Home of the Reds

Crosley Field, which was previously known as Redland Field before being renamed in 1934, is best remembered as being the home of the Cincinnati Reds from 1912 to 1970. It is fondly remembered as a smaller stadium which allowed for a more intimate setting than most other ballparks. The stadium hosted four World Series, most notably the 1919 Fall Classic known for the “Black Sox” scandal. Crosley Field was also the site of major league baseball’s first ever night game, played in 1935. On June 24, 1970, the Reds defeated the San Francisco Giants in the Reds’ final game at Crosley Field before moving into Riverfront Stadium. Johnny Bench and Lee May hit the final two home runs in the ballpark’s history in that game.

Sports

1975 World Series Game 6 - featuring Carlton Fisk Walk off Home Run
Michael Jordan - Top 50 All Time Plays
Tennis star Pancho Gonzales - Considered to have the greatest serve of all time
Rare footage with photos of Babe Ruth pointing to the seats to indicate to the Chicago Cubs & their fans that he was going to hit a HR in the 1932 World Series
BABE RUTH’S CALLED SHOT - It is one of baseball’s all-time great mysteries. Did Babe Ruth really call his shot just before hitting a mammoth World Series home run? The undisputed facts of the events were as follows: It was October 1, 1932, Game 3 of the World Series in Wrigley Field, with the Yankees leading the Cubs 2 games to 0. In the top of the 5th inning, Ruth was at bat with the score tied at 4, facing Cub pitcher Charlie Root. The Cubs’ bench was heckling the Babe as he took strikes one and two. Now, at this point in time, fact and myth get a bit jumbled. Ruth made some type of outward gesture with his bat, but it is unclear whether the gesture was toward the pitcher, or the centerfield bleachers, as Ruth proudly proclaimed for many years thereafter. Either way, Ruth smashed the next pitch well beyond the centerfield fence, for one of the most memorable and debated World Series home runs of all-time. An interesting side note to this story is that on the very next pitch, Lou Gehrig, forever playing in Ruth’s shadow, also hit a home run, his 2nd of the game as well, knocking Charlie Root out of the game. But as was typical for Gehrig, his two home runs in the game paled in comparison to the legend of the mighty Babe’s called shot.
Baseball Opening Day in 1965 at the Houston Astrodome - LBJ throws out the first pitch
Reds outfielder Pete Rose plows into Ray Fosse to score the winning run in the 12th inning of the 1970 All-Star Game

Power and Strength

Willie McCovey

Rocky Marciano

Wilt

Don Drysdale

Warren Killebrew

Willie McCovey

Rocky Marciano

Wilt

Don Drysdale

Warren Killebrew

Game of the Day
USFL: The New Jersey Generals defeat the Washington Federals 23-22 in a 1983 USFL game - ABC Television

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