August 5, 1990 San Diego Padres at Cincinnati Reds Play by Play and Box Score - Baseball-Reference.com
Reds vs. Padres - Aug. 5, 1990.
I was nine years old at the time and knew the Reds were good but didn't have an inkling of what was going to happen at the end of that season.
The things I remember vividly from that game:
Reds vs. Padres - Aug. 5, 1990.
I was nine years old at the time and knew the Reds were good but didn't have an inkling of what was going to happen at the end of that season.
The things I remember vividly from that game:
- Riverfront Stadium was huge - or at least it seemed that way to me. I walk into MLB parks now, and they're all so small. I've gotten bigger, yes. The playing fields have indeed become smaller as well. I also remember though - the actual edifice itself was BIG. New ballparks now - they try to put you right on top of the action, and I wonder sometimes if young kids going to their first game feel the same sense of awe at the vastness of it all. I know a lot of people don't miss that stadium, but I do.
- Hal Morris hit a HR off the fair/foul pole. I thought that was the coolest thing in the world at the time, and I must admit that every time I see that happen to this day, I think back to that first game.
- I sat in the green seats in CF. My mom took me to the game and I asked her to get tickets there so I could sit close to where Eric Davis played.
- I remember watching for Tony Gwynn, but I didn't realize until now just how many notable players were on the field that day for San Diego. That team also had Jack Clark, Fred Lynn, Roberto Alomar & Joe Carter.
- That team is perhaps remembered most for the Nasty Boys, but I didn't get to see a single one of them that day. Jose Rijo pitched a complete game.
- San Diego had some guy named Rich Rodriguez pitching in relief
