Cincinnati Reds Tickets

The Queen City is abuzz this Spring, as the Cincinnati Reds will take the field at the Great American Ballpark this year with a new manager, new attitude, and a new hope that this can be the year they turn it around. Everyone in Cincinnati is in search of Cincinnati Reds Tickets, and it's because the Reds are looking like they will challenge the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers for the top of the National League Central. Dusty Baker has been hired as manager, Aaron Harang is coming off a Cy Young type season, and future Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. will be patrolling right field yet again. Cincinnati Reds Tickets should be in demand as Baker's leadership and experience will help turn a team from a playoff also ran into an immediate contender.

The Great American Ballpark is one of the new gems of Major League Baseball. With its short fences and the Cincinnati Reds power hitting line-up, the ballpark has been dubbed the "The Great American Launching Pad." Just Great Tickets is the place to get all of your Cincinnati Reds Regular Season Tickets, Cincinnati Reds Playoff Tickets and Cincinnati Reds World Series Tickets.

The original Cincinnati Red Stockings, baseball's first openly all-professional team, were founded as an amateur club in 1863, and became fully professional in 1869. The Reds bounced between the American and National League before becoming a permanent National League Club in 1890. Fans flocked for Reds Tickets after the team opened Redland (later Crosby) Field in 1912. Then Cincinnati Reds tickets were in great demand when the Reds represented the National League in the infamous 1919 World Series against the Chicago White Sox. The 1919 team had hitting stars led by Edd Roush and Heinie Groh while the pitching staff was led by Hod Eller and Harry "Slim" Sallee, a left-hander.

While the 1919 Championship was the Reds' first, it was tainted for obvious reasons, and the Reds did not win another until 1940, when they defeated the Detroit Tigers in a hard fought seven game series. Between those two Championships, however, an important event occurred that would change the face of baseball and sports forever. Crosley Field, (formerly Redland Field), became the host of the first night game in 1935.

Cincinnati Reds fans have always been regarded as some of the best in baseball, and due to that fact, Cincinnati Reds Tickets remained desirable through some of the lean years of the 1940's and 1950's. But all of that changed in the 1960's -- the losing that is. The Reds had many successful teams during the rest of the 1960s, but did not produce any championships. The winning was attributed to a turn around in the farm system, which began producing a series of future stars, such as, Pete Rose, Tony Perez, Johnny Bench, and Dave Concepcion, all of whom would become part of The Big Red Machine.

In 1970, little known George "Sparky" Anderson was hired as manager, and the Reds embarked upon a decade of excellence. Playing at Crosley Field until June 30, 1970, when the Reds moved into brand-new Riverfront Stadium, a 52,000 seat multi-purpose venue on the shores of the Ohio River, the Reds began the 1970s with a bang by winning 70 of their first 100 games. Cincinnati Reds Tickets were coveted in the 1970s as fans packed Riverfront Stadium. When the Reds acquired Joe Morgan and George Foster in separate trades in 1971, they were ready to dominate.

And dominate they did. In the 1975 season, Cincinnati clinched the NL West with 108 victories, then swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in three games to win the NL pennant. In the World Series, the Boston Red Sox were the opponents. After splitting the first four games, the Reds took Game 5. After a three-day rain delay, the two teams met in Game 6, one of the most memorable baseball games ever played and considered by many to be the best World Series game ever. Carlton Fisk hit a dramatic 12th inning home run off the foul pole in left field to give the Red Sox a 7-6 win and force a deciding Game 7. Cincinnati prevailed the next day when Morgan's RBI single won Game 7 and gave the Reds their first championship in 35 years.

Everyone wanted Cincinnati Reds Tickets to see The Big Red Machine. And in 1976, the Reds did not disappoint, winning the National League West by 10 games and then sweeping the New York Yankees the World Series.

Despite the back to back championships, the Reds did not win another before The Big Red Machine was dismantled. Then came another down period for the Reds, until 1990, when under new manager Lou Pinella shocked baseball by leading the National League West from wire-to-wire. Led by Chris Sabo, Barry Larkin, Eric Davis and Paul O'Neill in the field, and by Jose Rijo, Tom Browning and the "Nasty Boys" of Rob Dibble, Norm Charlton and Randy Myers on the mound. Reds fans were crazy about their team, and going nuts for Cincinnati Reds Tickets all the way to the World Series, where the Reds swept the heavily favored Oakland Athletics in four straight.

The history of the Reds since that 1990 World Championship has been bleak, though fans still buy Cincinnati Reds tickets and attend games with verve and vigor, even more so since Riverfront Stadium was demolished in 2002 -- ending an era marked by three world championships. Great American Ball Park opened in 2003.

The Cincinnati Reds have not been to the World Series since 1990, but many think this will be the year. Now the Cincinnati Reds look to bring another World Championship to Cincinnati -- this time to the Great American Ballpark. Be there for the exciting ride. Cincinnati Reds Tickets are always hard to come by, but Just Great Tickets has all the action, from opening day this April to the World Series. Turn to us for those hard to get Cincinnati Reds tickets.