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7 Things Our Family Enjoys at a Reds Game

April 2, 2018 By Nedra McDaniel 3 Comments

I’ve watched the Cincinnati Reds play baseball ever since I was a little kid.

I have such great memories of attending games with friends and family over the years.

Now that I’m older, I really enjoy making memories with my boys each season.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized, Cincy/NKY Area, Family Adventures, Featured, Travel Tagged With: ballpark, baseball, cincinnati reds, dollar menu, great american ballpark, reds, wiffelbal

6 Things I LOVE about REDSFEST

November 29, 2015 By Nedra McDaniel Leave a Comment

REDSFEST is an annual event in Cincinnati, Ohio that celebrates a love for the Cincinnati Reds baseball team.

I’m sharing more about why REDSFEST is a great annual event for baseball fans.

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Filed Under: Adventures With Friends, Cincy/NKY Area, Family Adventures, On A Date Adventures, Solo Adventures Tagged With: autograph, baseball, Baseball Player, Cincinnati, cincinnati reds, Duke Energy convention center, Redsfest

Cincinnati Reds ~ Redsfest

December 22, 2013 By Nedra McDaniel 1 Comment

Cincinnati Reds Redsfest at Duke Energy Convention Center

 

 

This year was the first time my family attended Redsfest. I had no idea how HUGE this event was!!!

 

Cincinnati Reds Redsfest at Duke Energy Convention Center

 

 

Redsfest is takes place in Duke Energy Convention Center which gives plenty of space for all things Cincinnati Reds.

 

Cincinnati Reds Redsfest at Duke Energy Convention Center

 

Cincinnati Reds Redsfest at Duke Energy Convention Center

 

 

The main floor had a variety of booths. You could purchase Cincinnati Reds memorabilia, get autographs from players, enjoy a variety of food vendors and get several freebies from various sponsors.

 

 

Cincinnati Reds Redsfest at Duke Energy Convention Center

 

Cincinnati Reds Redsfest at Duke Energy Convention Center

 

Kids can play baseball WITH players and also practice in several batting cages.

 

 

 

 

Cincinnati Reds Redsfest at Duke Energy Convention Center

 

My boys took a free catching clinic with Cincinnati Reds players.

 

 

Cincinnati Reds Redsfest at Duke Energy Convention Center

 

My kids got to play catch Cincinnati Reds players Devin Mesoraco and J.J. Hoover.

 

Cincinnati Reds Redsfest at Duke Energy Convention Center

 

We watched a special session that featured Reds players past and present.

 

Cincinnati Reds Redsfest at Duke Energy Convention Center

There was so much talent on the stage. I recognized several of the players from my childhood. Memories with baseball are like going back in time to different periods in your life. 

 

 I love that I get to share so many Cincinnati Reds baseball memories with my boys now.

 

Cincinnati Reds Redsfest at Duke Energy Convention Center

 

 

During Redsfest, we went ahead and purchased the newest Reds Heads Kids Club Membership.

For $25 kids get the following

  • Special ticket offers to Reds games throughout the season
  • Access to awesome ballpark experiences like player autograph sessions and Run the Bases
  • Exclusive Reds Heads edition of a replica Reds home jersey
  • Reds Heads batting practice replica hat
  • Membership card and lanyard
  • Amazing hologram Reds logo baseball
  • Cool glove shaped backpack
  • Reds Heads e-Newsletter
  • Free admission to the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum
  • Free admission to the Cincinnati Zoo
  • Free admission to the Cincinnati Museum Center?s OMNIMAX Theater
  • Free kids meal at Bob Evans

You can’t beat that deal!!!!

 

Cincinnati Reds Redsfest at Duke Energy Convention Center

 

The 2nd level of Redsfest had several booths and opportunities to get autographs.

 

Cincinnati Reds Redsfest at Duke Energy Convention Center

 

Cincinnati Reds Redsfest at Duke Energy Convention Center

 

My boys got to meet Zack Cozart during one of the autograph sessions.

 

Cincinnati Reds Redsfest at Duke Energy Convention Center

 

The third floor of Redsfest offered lots of activities for kids. There were playgrounds, trampolines, a stage, a special autograph area and a section where kids could try to beat the clock.

 

Cincinnati Reds Redsfest at Duke Energy Convention Center

 

 

Cincinnati Reds Redsfest at Duke Energy Convention Center

 

 

 

Create great memories with your loved ones. Don’t forget to keep your calendar open for Redsfest next year in December.

 

Cincinnati Reds Redsfest at Duke Energy Convention Center

 

Love Baseball? Make sure you also check out our visits to the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame & Museum and the Cincinnati Reds Ballpark Tour. 

 

You can check out the Cincinnati Reds website for more details about upcoming games and events.

 

 

Disclosure: I was given complimentary admission for review purposes. All opinions are my own. 

Filed Under: Adventures With Friends, Cincy/NKY Area, Family Adventures Tagged With: baseball, cincinnati reds, mlb, Ohio, reds

Cincinnati Reds Ballpark Tour at Great American Ballpark

August 8, 2013 By Nedra McDaniel 5 Comments

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My family recently went on the Scotts Ballpark Tour at Great American Ballpark.

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Filed Under: Adventures With Friends, Cincinnati/ Northern Kentucky Tours, Cincy/NKY Area, Family Adventures, Featured, On A Date Adventures, Solo Adventures, Tours you can take Tagged With: ballpark tour, baseball, baseball fan, cincinnati ohio, cincinnati reds, dugout tour, family travel, great american ballpark, pete rose, reds ballpark tour, riverfront club, Scotts ballpark tour, The banks, travel, visit Cincinnati

Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame & Museum

March 29, 2013 By Nedra McDaniel 4 Comments

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We’ve been to a lot of games over the years but had never been to the Reds Hall of Fame & Museum as a family.

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Filed Under: Adventures With Friends, Cincy/NKY Area, Family Adventures, Featured, On A Date Adventures, Solo Adventures Tagged With: baseball, Cincinnati, cincinnati reds, Cincinnati Reds Hall of fame and museum, Great America Ballpark, oh

Sometimes you gotta take one for the team

November 6, 2011 By Nedra McDaniel Leave a Comment

Let me start out by saying I’m not a super huge sports fan. Growing up we would occasionally go to the see Cincinnati Reds baseball or Cyclones hockey games.

I also was a cheerleader for about 5 years, who never really understood the game of football. I would like to blame it on having my back to the action but really it just never fully interested me to try to figure out what all of the plays meant.

In college I had the best job in the world. Several of us students were waitstaff at the arena in Dallas. We took food and drink orders on a handheld computer from customers in the VIP sections and then a “runner”  would bring down the food. We pushed the buttons, the runners did the legwork and we were the ones who got tipped along with a great basepay. The only time this beautiful system didn’t work was when the runners got behind and we had to pitch in.

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Did I mention we got paid to watch professional basketball and hockey in some of the best seats in the house? I got to see Michael Jordan play. At the time the Mavericks played the Bulls they were the worst team in the league. We witnessed a miracle that night when the  Mavs beat the Bulls. We also watched The Stars in the playoffs along with many fights. I have to say those are fun to watch. The only casualty of the job was watching out for the occasional puck that would fly into the crowd or dealing with drunk perverts.

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So who knew my heart would eventually belong to another fellow college student working the beer stand. I made him so proud when I turned down a player who had sent a ball boy to get my number. The player was injured, had some free time on the bench, and I’m sure I wasn’t the first or last person he had sent a ball boy with the task of getting a phone number from. But it sure made my beer stand boyfriend on Mavs games/ waitstaff for Stars hockey games feel pretty good. (He wanted me to set the record straight)

When you date you do things for each other because you are so excited about the other person. I had never voluntarily watched a college football game before. So there I was on Christmas break, watching Michigan play on New Years Day, all by myself, as a weird form of support for the man I loved. He liked sports but didn’t force them on our dating life. Now granted he was getting to witness them a few nights a week while we were working.

So fast forward into our married life and there is ALWAYS some sporting event going on to watch. College football being on the top of the priority list to reschedule around  if possible or be DVR’d with the challenge of not listening to the radio or receiving phone calls until the game could be watched. I will go to any sporting event once for the quest for variety but I’m not fully committed to the home watching participation part.

So how did I win wife of the year from my husband?

By scoring my family (4 )$70 tickets to the University of Michigan game out of   PURE LOVE!

290417 2314196104733 1544351868 2405290 1150334725 o e1322325864360My husband had told me about a sports radio station doing a live remote at the local Meijer that was giving tickets to several different sporting events. I picked up the boys from school and headed over to the store, entered the contest, went home to listen to sports radio for an hour and a half to hear them mispronounce my name as the winner,and drove 70mph down Lake Michigan Dr. to beat the other winner for 1st pick of the tickets. Please don’t judge- I was driving with Nascar safety and precision.

I had just scored the best birthday/anniversary gift ever. This was a dream gift for my husband that wasn’t in the budget at all, which made it even more of a blessing. He was now going to be able to share the experience with his family. He had been talking about the experience at the “Big House” for years. So our boys were already groomed to be elated for the ultimate encounter of all things Michigan. My oldest son even gets offended at the sign of a state fan sticker in parking lots or on random strangers walking around with state fan swag.

Our family did visit the free spring game scrimmage this past spring where the boys got to also tour the locker room and watch the warm ups before the game. I met up with them there later joined by a neighbor who brought her boys. She and I were not as committed to the whole day experience.

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Getting to watch a real game was the perfect progression. The boys were anticipating the day with Christmas excitement. We found jerseys for everyone to wear and got up early to make the drive to Ann Arbor. We paid the ridulous price of parking at a gas station and made our way in to the stadium. We are normally die hard “always find free parking” people but it’s hard to find parking amongst 110,000+ people.

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We were seated across the aisle from the student section. Our seats were great and near the excitement with the band.

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The students were well behaved so we didn’t have to explain any life lessons that day. We watched the team score touchdown after touchdown, participated in the slowest “wave” I have ever seen in my life, the boys and I learned the hand motions and cheers to several of the songs as the band played. I can’t say I know football any better than my 5 year still at this point but I did enjoy the experience and it was very surreal to see what 110,000+ people looks like in a stadium.

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Sports are my husbands love language and I don’t speak it. Fortunately we have had friends and family who have helped fill that void for him over the years.  He is now training our boys with a sports education that includes a morning ESPN ritual. I’m sure as our kids grow and become more involved in sports I will eventually be converted to the cold side of the bleacher. I might even be tempted to purchase a cowbell or wear my Snuggie in public.

One of the compromises when you love someone is sharing what brings them joy.

So it looks like I’m outnumbered on this one and will continue to be very well rounded in my lifelong degree of physical education.

 

Check out the rest of the year’s football schedule and ESPN to know the schedule for all things sports related.

Filed Under: Adventures With Friends, Family Adventures, On A Date Adventures Tagged With: adventure, baseball, big house, cincinnati reds, dallas mavericks, dallas stars, football, fun with family, hockey, Meijer, stadium, The Huge Show, university of michigan

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