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Parade Photo FindlayMarketParade.com was created to provide information about one of the grandest parades in baseball and the activities that surround it. Everything begins with the announcement of the Grand Marshal of the Parade, which occurs usually in early March. The last three Grand Marshals include: Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench and Frank Robinson. Activities that follow include: Homemade Brand Ice Cream Social & Sundae Eating Contest, Meet the Budweiser Clydesdales and of course The Findlay Market Parade.

This year's 93rd Findlay Market Opening Day Parade will be Thursday, April 5, prior to the game. The Opening Day game will feature the Cincinnati Reds and the Miami Marlins at 4:10 p.m.

2011 Parade Photos

100 PHOTOS! 5 Galleries of 20 pictures each. Hope you enjoyed The Findlay Market Parade as much as we did. Come visit the market Tuesday through Sunday.

Gallery I

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Color Guard
Joe Morgan
Mike Leake
George Foster and more...

2011 Gallery I Pictures

Gallery II

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Retired Cincinnati Police Chief Tom Streicher
Rosie Reds
The Fox Team
School bands and more...

2011 Gallery II Pictures

History of Opening Day

Opening Day:

How One Game Became Cincinnati’s Baseball Holiday

By Greg Rhodes

Cincinnati Reds Team Historian

“It’s a holiday—a baseball holiday! Ain’t no other place in America got that!”
— Sparky Anderson

Opening Day 1971 in CincinnatiOpening Day, 1971, the Big Red Machine opened the season at Riverfront as the National League's defending champs before 51,000 shivering fans in 45 degree weather. The Reds lost to the Braves, 7-4.

When Sparky Anderson arrived on the scene with the Reds in 1970, Opening Day was an established holiday in Cincinnati. You can’t find it on the calendar, but make no mistake: Opening Day is baseball’s annual festival and nowhere is it celebrated like it is in the Queen City.

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