#cincinnati

[George] Foster lacks the name recognition outside of Cincinnati that other members of the Big Red machine maintain, but that doesn’t diminish his contributions to the club—he followed his MVP campaign with three more seasons of 20-plus home runs and 90-plus RBIs, never mind the fact he batted .326 during three trips to the World Series. And just like Rose and Morgan and Bench during their MVP seasons, Foster can say, if only for that one summer, he was the best in the game. ↗

— Tucker Elliot

#cincinnati-reds #george-foster #home

If the world comes to an end, I want to be in Cincinnati. Everything comes there ten years later. ↗

— Mark Twain

#comes #end #everything #i #later

I met Claxton on the set of The Cincinnati Kid. ↗

— Terry Southern

#i #kid #met #set

It’s much easier to remember the World Series heroics of Tony Pérez, Pete Rose, and Joe Morgan than it is to recall who set the table for Rose during Game 7 of the 1975 World Series vs. Boston. The Red Sox led 3-2 in the seventh when [Ken] Griffey drew a free pass. Not nearly as memorable as the home run Pérez hit against Bill Lee that made it a 3-2 ballgame, not nearly as memorable as the hit Rose got to tie the game, and for sure not as memorable as the hit Morgan got to win it in the ninth, but … it’s a shame people forget Griffey stole second base with two outs to get into scoring position. ↗

— Tucker Elliot

#cincinnati-reds #ken-griffey #home

Cincinnati is a beautiful city; cheerful, thriving, and animated. I have not often seen a place that commends itself so favourably and pleasantly to a stranger at the first glance as this does. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#beauty

After being maligned for his lack of offense for much of his career, [César] Gerónimo batted .280 with two home runs, a triple, three runs, and three RBIs vs. Boston during the 1975 World Series, and then he batted .308 with two doubles, two steals, and three runs vs. New York during the 1976 World Series. The man who’s defense Sparky Anderson called 'ungodly' became an offensive star on baseball’s biggest stage. ↗

— Tucker Elliot

#cesar-geronimo #cincinnati-reds #home

[Tony] Pérez stood out because he was a clutch hitter. And like Bench and Morgan and Rose, it was a clutch October hit that immortalized him in baseball’s postseason lore. The powerful first baseman hit three home runs against Boston during the 1975 World Series, but none bigger than his blast against Bill Lee. ↗

— Tucker Elliot

#cincinnati-reds #tony-perez #home

As rich as Cincinnati was in live music, New York was even more. ↗

— Gunther Schuller

#even #live #live music #more #music

That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati. ↗

— Gamaliel Bailey

#cincinnati #doubt #free #i #i do

My dad and my uncles owned a bar outside of Cincinnati. I worked there growing up, mopping floors, waiting tables. ↗

— John Boehner

#cincinnati #dad #floors #growing #growing up