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 Cincinnati Reds
The franchise originated in 1882 as a charter member of the now-defunct 19th century Major League called the American Association. The name “Reds” evolved from the original ball club called the Cincinnati Red Stockings, baseball’s first openly professional baseball team. The current Reds joined the National League in 1890 after spending its first eight years in the Association. Since 2003, the Reds have played their home games in Great American Ball Park, a baseball-only facility built next door to their previous home, Riverfront Stadium, which has since been demolished. The Reds are managed by Dusty Baker. The Reds have enjoyed sporadic success over their 125-plus years. They won the AA’s inaugural season in 1882, and did not win another championship until 1919. They were also competitive in the late 1930s, and from the late 1950s well into the 1970s. Their most recent World Series championship came in 1990. The original Cincinnati Red Stockings, baseball’s first openly all-professional team, were founded as an amateur club in 1866, and became fully professional in 1869. The Red Stockings won 130 straight games throughout 1869 and 1870, before being defeated by the Brooklyn Atlantics. Star players included brothers Harry and George Wright, Fred Waterman, and pitcher Asa Brainard. The 1869 Red Stockings made an eastern swing of 21 games and went undefeated. According to Walter Camp, the team received a banquet and a “champion bat…this rather remarkable testimonial was twenty-seven feet long and nine inches (229 mm) in diameter”. The following year, the team lost only one game. They were defeated at the Brooklyn Atlantics’ Capitoline Grounds. According to Camp, the Red Stockings lost 8–7 in 11 innings. The game apparently served as a precursor to today’s unruly crowds because he wrote: “A crowd of ten thousand people assembled to witness this match, and so lost their heads in the excitement as to give the Western men a very unfair reception.” Quick facts * “Founded”: 1882 - Reds merchandise purchased at Great American Ballpark lists 1869 as the date in which the Reds were founded; However, their own museum acknowledges that the current club dates from 1882. 
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The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. They are members of the Central Division of the National League.
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