The 2010 Reds Hall of Fame Induction Gala was held Sunday, July 19, 2010 at the Duke Energy Center in Downtown Cincinnati. A bevy of past Reds greats and Hall of Famers were in attendance, alongside the entire 2010 Reds roster and room full of fans.
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These guys greeted us at the door, and again through out the convention center, getting us to the Gala in one piece
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These are used at Redsfest too, right?
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The crowd gathers outside the room for drinks, chit-chat and whatnot
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Reds history was on display around the cocktail area
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Whose names will be on the 2012 logo?
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Dusty Baker greets Chris Spier on stage
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Brandon Phillips waves to the crowd
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Joey Votto, Paul Janish and Brandon Phillips take the stage
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The 2010 Cincinnati Reds take the Gala stage
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Corky’s ‘stache is just AMAZING.
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Harrang, Volquez, Hernandez and others
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Jay stands with his teammates on stage
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Johnny shares a laugh
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Reds Hall of Famers George Foster, Leo Cardenas and Tom Browning join the Reds on stage
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Cesar Geronimo waves to the crowd as he takes the stage at the 2010 Gala
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Barry Larking on stage, looking good!
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Wayne Granger, Johnny Bench and Barry Larkin
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Tommy Helms, George Foster and more
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Pedro Borbon takes the stage at the 2010 Reds Hall of Fame Gala
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Reds past and present take the stage at the 2010 Reds Hall of Fame Gala
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Phil Castellini addresses the crowd
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Marty Brennaman presents the Powel Crosely Jr. Award
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The fellas from Fox Sports Ohio telling us what’s up
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Fox Sports Ohio – holla!
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The 1975 Championship team was honored at the Gala
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In a tear-inducing segment, Sparky talks about the career of Pedro Borbon and his impact on the Big Red Machine
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The video boards at the 2010 Reds Hall of Fame Induction Gala provided an immersive, rich experience for the night.
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Members from the 1990 World Champion team gather on stage to celebrate their 20th anniversary.
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Norm Charlton and Rob Dibble with Marty Brennaman during the honoring of the 1990 team
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We love Herm Winningham!
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Eric Davis tells Marty a quick story about the 1990 team during the 2010 Reds Hall of Fame Induction Gala.
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Marty gets a quick word about the 1990 team from Glenn Braggs.
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Lou Piniella had a pre-taped message for the 1990 team during the Induction Gala.
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Tony Mullane’s career highlights were presented on the video boards at the Reds Hall of Fame Induction Gala
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Cairil Mills, descendent of Tony Mullane, addresses the crowd at the Reds Hall of Fame Induction Gala.
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Pedro and his daughter Jacqueline, who translated for her father.
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Chris at the mic
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Chris addresses the crowd during the Reds Hall of Fame Induction Gala
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Reds Hall of Famer Board President, Bob Cooper, kicks-off the Red Jacket Ceremony
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Reds Hall of Famers Eric Davis and Wayne Granger
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Chris Sabo and Pedro Borbon during the Red Jacket Ceremony
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Chris Sabo get his Red Jacket
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Barry Larkin and Chris Sabo during the Red Jacket ceremony
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Barry and Chris hug it out during the Red Jacket Ceremony
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Barry shares a hug with Chris and Pedro after they receive their Red Jackets
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The Reds Hall of Famers walk off the stage, waving and smiling at the crowd – very cool moment.
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All of the Reds Hall of Famers line up for a photo after the event. If you were there, you saw that is was a tad epic.
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Swag from the Gala included a mini-bat, program and a chocolate bar. YUM.
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Posted 07.19.2010 Tags: Reds Hall of Fame, Reds HOF Gala
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Sox patch

Reds fans should remember these jerseys from the 2009 Civil Rights Game. Most were price at $150 and up.

Ken Griffey Jr. game-used White Sox jersey - $2,500. Wow. Not sure these moved at all by the end of the weekend.

More Ken Griffey Jr. game-used White Sox jerseys

Great vintage look. Must have worn these during the season at some point. Modeled after the uniforms from the '50s.

New, but with a vintage look. The 'Go-Go Sox' wore this style in the '50s. Totally boss.

Wow, these are just fantastic. The Sox have a great bunch of throw-backs to rock.
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This great couple we met at Soxfest showed us their prized White Sox possession: a game-used Ozzie Guillen jersey from 1986. She was kind enough to let us take a few photo of the jersey, including the tagging shown below.
Later that weekend, we caught up with her again and she said that Ozzie really enjoyed seeing his old threads, and showed the Sox workers around him how small his used to be – the jersey is just a size 40. Ozzie told her a little fact about that jersey that set it apart from potential knock-offs. He would have a small horizontal stitch line sewn into the v intersection of the neck. Wish we would have a gotten a photo of it, but it just didn’t happen. Nice little tidbit there.

Ozzie Guillen game-used jersey from 1986

Jock tag from Ozzie Guillen game-used jersey

Inside tag from Ozzie Guillen game-used
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Ah, the good ol' autograph line at Redsfest. We spent a lot of time in these this weekend.

Ramon Hernandez signing autographs

View from the Reds Hall of Fame stage at Redsfest

Pedro Borbon & Clay Carroll signing autographs at the Reds Hall of Fame area

The championship banners hanging from the rafters of the Duke Energy Center are always a nice touch

Bounce House

Speed Pitch

Mike Lincoln throwing Wiffle Ball to the kids

The loneliness of empty autograph lines

So long from Redsfest

Topps Redsfest Baseball Cards

Autographs from Redsfest
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We were in Philly for Game 3 of the 2009 World Series – but without a ticket. Still managed to have a good time though. Here are some photos for ya…

Here's the scene just outside Citizen's Bank Park. MLB had a nice party-zone type of area going on with a music stage, merchandise, batting cages, speed pitch, free photos, free ice cream and more.

Free ice cream. HOLLA! Check out the wooden spoon. They're back, baby!

As a Reds fan, you kinda just want to forget this ever happened.

We had some. It hit the spot. Who's Bull?

Seriously, aside a special guest of the MLB or something, who would wear this jacket? We saw a few folks wearing them outside the ballpark. Like, where else on earth do you were that thing?

Fox and their marketing machine had "Glee" crap everywhere. I guess they sang the National Anthem before the game? Whatever. We hope that got rained on.

More of the scene outside the ballpark

We saw a lot of this - folks rollin BYOB. Can't quite pull that off outside GABP.

These Phillies fans had the right idea. Those little cooler carts can motor too!

Pearl Jam dressed up as Devo, playing 'Whip It', of course.
We were in Philly for the Pearl Jam show across the street from Citizen’s Bank Ballpark at The Spectrum. It also happened to be the LAST EVENT EVER at the fabled arena before they eventually tear it down.
The World Series, Pearl Jam, and The Flyers all happening that night on the same block! Add in Halloween and you have a hell of a night in Philly.
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A Blurry Chris Sabo at the Reds Hall of Fame press conference
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Posted 10.18.2009 Tags: Chris Sabo, Reds Hall of Fame
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