Although baseball's opening day is special in every city, Cincinnati's has long been considered the creme-de-la-creme.  Professional baseball's first team is the only one to open each year at home and its fans celebrate the entire day like no other. Sports Illustrated's Frank Deford once said,"... the citizens celebrate with the same display of annual ardor that lapsed Christians save for Easter."  And USA Today chimed in with, "Cincinnati has traditionally been the showcase season opener ... nothing else has the glitz of the Reds and opening day. It's ...

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