Today was the 10-year anniversary of our first date. We went to a Reds game…





And then we went to listen to a couple of bands at a bar that no longer exists…


It was a really amazing night. And the rest, as they say, is history. 😀⚾🎶😍🥰❤️
Today was the 10-year anniversary of our first date. We went to a Reds game…
And then we went to listen to a couple of bands at a bar that no longer exists…
It was a really amazing night. And the rest, as they say, is history. 😀⚾🎶😍🥰❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on April 30, 2021
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Good morning from Northside…
This morning we hopped in an Uber to get downtown to go to our first Reds baseball is what seems like forever. Before the game, we stopped at the relatively new DORA (Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area) in The Banks…
We stopped at Fishbowl at The Banks to share a little fishbowl…
And then we headed into Great American Ball Park…
It felt so good to be back home…
BARGE!
And this one belongs to the Reds! They whooped the Cards 12-1.
We found our Reds All-Star Legacy brick…
We rode the Streetcar up into OtR. We walked to The Pony to share their incredible Chicken Fingers and then we were going to walk to Mecca for a drink or two but they don’t open until six. So we wandered around OtR for a bit…
And ended up at Holiday Spirits for a drink…
And then we hopped in an Uber and headed for home.
Good evening from Northside…
And it was an incredible day too. The world almost felt normal today. We’ve missed baseball so much. Especially Sunday baseball. 😀🌄⚾️🐔🍻❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on April 4, 2021
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Welcome back baseball! Our Redlegs look like they have a pretty good team this year…
This is going to be a very unique, one-of-a-kind season the likes of which will hopefully never happen again. It should make the baseball really interesting…
With the COVID-19 shortened regular season only being 60 games long, every game is really going to matter. And I hope baseball can make it all the way through the regular season to get the expanded playoffs…
Because that sounds like it would be a blast! Fingers crossed that the COVID-19 doesn’t ruin this too. 😀⚾️🦠❤️
I don’t understand why baseball didn’t try to create a bubble just like the other major North American sports. After a rocky start, the MLS bubble seems to be holding really well and the so far the NBA bubble seems to be intact too. It’ll be interesting to see if the MLB made a huge mistake by not creating a bubble in Arizona with all the little spring training ballparks out there. I guess we’ll find out.
Posted by Thadd F. on July 24, 2020
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Five years ago today was the MLB All-Star Game live from Great American Ballpark in beautiful downtown Cincinnati…
Five years on and it’s still one of the most incredible sporting events I’ve ever attended. But it wasn’t just the All-Star Game, it was all the build-up to the game, all the months of excitement around Cincinnati and all the events of All-Star Week that made it such a memorable event. That, and getting to snap a photo of these guys…
We’ve done some pretty incredible stuff in Cincinnati.
Thanks for all the wonderful memories, Timehop. 😀🦕⚾️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on July 14, 2020
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We went to see the Reds host the Giants in the Game 3 of the 2012 NLDS!
And even though the Reds lost 2-1, it was still one of the best single-game sports atmospheres I’ve witnessed. The Reds would go on to lose the series 3-2 after winning the first two games in San Francisco. That’s the last time the Reds were in the postseason. But at least at this playoff game, they didn’t get no-hit.
Timehop is pretty fun.😀🦕❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on October 9, 2019
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Genifer and I took the day off work to go to the final Reds home game of the season…
Today, Hall of Fame announcer Marty Brennaman was wrapping up his 46-year run as the radio voice of the Cincinnati Reds…
One of my favorite views in the whole world…
The Reds gave away AM-FM Farwell Marty radios so everyone at the ballpark could listen to Marty call his final game for the Reds…
Aristides Aquino…
We went on a bit of a wander around the ballpark…
All was quiet in the Reds bullpen…
And ended up back upstairs just in time to see the Reds get everyone free pizza…
Eugenio Suarez came in to pinch-hit…
And unfortunately for Marty, this one did not belong to the Reds. The Reds lost 5-3.
Someone forgot to pick up their helmet nachos…
It was another great season of Reds baseball in Cincinnati. We made it to five Reds games this season. Next season, we’re already planning on attending many more baseball games. We just enjoy them so much more than the soccer games. 😀⚾️🎙️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on September 26, 2019
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This photo showed up in my Timehop of Genifer hanging out with all our friends at the Reds game from four years ago…
😀🦕❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on August 19, 2019
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We went grabbed an Uber down to The Banks this afternoon to go watch our Reds play Sunday afternoon baseball against the Cardinals. It was our fourth Reds game of the season. We were meeting up with Geri, Cleve, Alyssa and their baby, Pippa. When we down to The Banks, we found there was a whole festival going on…
It turns out it was the Cincy Celtic Fest. We hung out there for a second, and then we went into Great American Ball Park to watch our Reds. We had tickets up in the Fioptics District again. I think it’s our favorite section in the whole ballpark…
Usually, we don’t go up into the Fioptics District. We usually just watch the game from the Fioptics terraces. But today, we didn’t the upstairs. And that’s fine. It was pretty warm out and the upstairs had plenty of shade and a nice breeze…
And we got free pizza again…
It was a good game. The Reds snatched defeat out of the jaws of victory to lose 5-4…
I’m really at getting everyone together for group photos at things like this. For whatever reason, it’s just something I never really think about until everyone has gone their separate ways, and then it’s like, “I should have taken a group photo. Dang.” I’ll have to work on that.
After the game, we went back to Aster to wait for the Uber prices to drop…
And then we went home. It was another really fun Sunday. 😀🇮🇪⚾️🥃❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on August 18, 2019
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Tonight, we went to our third Reds game of the season. Genifer’s financial advisor, Courtney and her boyfriend Mike were in Cincinnati for the evening. And they took us to out to GABP to see the Reds take on Mike Trout and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. I don’t think we’ve ever seen the Angels play before at GABP…
It was a beautiful night for baseball…
Mike got us tickets out in center field so we could have a good view of the Trout…
We never sat out in center field before. I was neat to get to see the ballpark from a new vantage point. But the setting sun was pretty brutal at the start of the game…
There he is…
The best player in all of baseball, Mike Trout…
The Reds hung five on the Angels in the first inning including a ball that Jose Peraza hit that looked like it was coming right towards us only to hit off the top of the center-field wall. I went back and watched the replay. And if you look really close you can see us…
Reds ace Luis Castillo was pitching for the Reds…
And he threw a gem. Luis Castillo struck out a career-best 13 batters through seven innings, and got us all free pizza!
And Mike Trout hit a bomb into the upper deck just above us…
And this one belonged to the Reds, 7-4!
What a great night at GABP! A big thanks to Courtney and Mike for taking us out to the ballgame! It was pretty incredible to get to see Mike Trout and Luis Castillo do Mike trout and Luis Castillo things. 😀⚾️❤️
Posted by Thadd F. on August 5, 2019
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