*** THIS DATE IN #REDS HISTORY! APRIL 3 *** April 3, 1990 - Cincinnati Reds GM Bob Quinn traded Jeff Richardson and Mike Roesler to Pittsburgh Pirates for Outfielder Billy Hatcher. This was outright theft. Hatcher was one of the missing pieces for solving the 1990 puzzle. His play in CF, allowed manager lou piniella to move eric davis to left field to save his legs and ensure he was still able to play by October. A key move. April 3, 1998 - Just four days after being obtained in a trade with Cleveland, Reds 1B Sean Casey is hit in the eye by a ball thrown by Damian Jackson during batting practice. His eye orbit is fractured, and will require surgery on April 8th. April 3, 2006 - HAIL TO THE CHIEF! Visiting Chicago Cubs win ugly slugfest 16 - 7, over home Cincinnati Reds. Sitting Presidential office holder, George W. Bush, #43 in your game program, throws a ceremonial pitch at the invitation of new Reds owner Bob Castellini, one of his former ownership partners with the Texas Rangers. No current president had ever thrown an opening day pitch in Cincinnati, the traditional site of the National Leagues opener. Which is strange to consider since this idea started with Cincinnatis William Howard Taft when he was President. April 3, 1994 - in the first ESPN created Sunday night major league season opener, St. Louis Cardinals OF Ray Lankford hits a home run as the first batter of the 1994 season. St. Louis goes on to defeat the Cincinnati Reds, 6 - 4, with Bob Tewksbury gaining the win. REDS owner Marge Schott publicly insists on not acknowledging this ESPN creation as the official opener and demands the parade and ceremonies be held the next day for the second game on Monday afternoon. This solution seems to make all parties happy. -- And then they go on strike that year....lol -- bad ERA/time for MLB with regard to pleasing fans in a new age of outright crass money-grabbing. April 3, 2012 - Cincinnati Reds selected Alfredo Simon off waivers from Baltimore Orioles. (A move many panned, myself included. History has shown, It was a great move by Walt) And the rest....... April 3, 2013 - Cincinnati Reds signed Mike MacDougal as free agent. April 3, 2009 - 3 Krivsky moves. Some of his last! Cincinnati Reds released Justin James, released Jacque Jones & released Eddy Rodriguez. April 3, 1999 - Cincinnati Reds released Brendan Donnelly. April 3, 1964 - Chicago Cubs purchased John Flavin from Cincinnati Reds. April 3, 1958 - Detroit Tigers purchased Stan Palys from Cincinnati Redlegs.
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