Join Tom Wilmer, reporting from Cincinnati, Ohio for a visit with Rick Walls, Executive Director at the Cincinnati Reds baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
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Walls leads us on a tour at the Hall of Fame located at the Great American Ball Park in the heart of downtown Cincinnati.
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Rick shares cool insights about the team’s greatest home run hitters, and signature moments in the team’s history, dating back to 1869 when the team first went up to bat.
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The Reds, originally dubbed the Red Stockings, is America’s oldest ball club--A time before the advent of baseball gloves--the Red Stockings finished their first season undefeated way back in 1869 and they continue to slug away.
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