Unabated Sports

I'm a little emberrassed to admit it took me this long, but I finally made it down to the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame Museum. I felt even more foolish after walking through the place. It is pretty sweet. There's lots of interactive features in the museum. You can step onto the mound and try to hit the strike zone from 90 feet away. You can also get behind home plate and call balls and strikes from the umpire's point of view. And you can be even more active, leaping above a segment of Riverfront Stadium's wall and try to steal a home run. I watched Executive Director of the Museum Greg Rhodes lob tosses to a group of kids for about five minutes and they loved it. Their parents had to drag them away. How often can you say that about something in a museum?

You can even get your picture taken with greats from the Reds' past. Here I am trying to give Sparky Anderson some advice on how to run the Big Red Machine. Yeah, you can tell he's impressed with my wisdom. You can also sit in the booth and call one of a half dozen classic plays from the team's recent past. We'll see what Marty & Joe think of your performance behind the microphone.

The featured exhibit right now is all about the 1919 World Series. Yes, that World Series. You can find out why the Reds were the team to beat that year, Black Sox scandal or not.

The museum's open every day during the baseball season and you can even double up and get a tour of it and Great American Ball Park. Go to the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame Museum web site for more details.