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The Reds beat the Milwaukee Brewers 10 to 2. The team is doing many things right. Joey Votto hit a home run.
When the Reds were in the American Association. The Reds' 150th was a big lie. Yes, a pro team played in Cincinnati in 1869, but it only lasted a year and a half. There were several other failed attempts at pro teams there over the next 20 years, mostly at the minor league level. The Reds didn't join the National League until 1890- so they're really an 'expansion' team.Cincinnati Reds: 1888
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Played on the campus at BU at one point!When the Reds were in the American Association. The Reds' 150th was a big lie. Yes, a pro team played in Cincinnati in 1869, but it only lasted a year and a half. There were several other failed attempts at pro teams there over the next 20 years, mostly at the minor league level. The Reds didn't join the National League until 1890- so they're really an 'expansion' team.
Meanwhile, the key players from that 1869 Reds club moved back east, where in 1871 they started a new pro club in Boston. That club is currently celebrating 150 years of genuine, uninterrupted existence. They are the Boston/Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves.
The Braves sold Braves Field to BU when they moved to Milwaukee, yes. By 1963 BU tore down everything but the right field pavilion/bleacher sections and the clubhouse building, which is now the BU campus police HQ. The Patriots played their first couple of seasons at Braves/Nickerson Field.Played on the campus at BU at one point!