Cincinnati PR

It’s one of the most unique seasons in the 147 years of baseball played by your #Cincinnati @Reds.

Two teams, no worries.

They do it in New York, right? Los Angeles, Chicago ….

…. and in CINCINNATI?

Let’s call ’em the ’91 #Cincinnati @Reds, and that would 1891, not the 74-88, fifth-place team from 1991.

The ’91 Reds were a two-headed contraption playing ball in both the National League and the American Association. For the first and only season in the history of professional baseball in Cincinnati, there were two teams in town.

Both called themselves the Reds.

The ’91 American Association @Reds were known as “Kelly’s Killers,” led by the indomitable Michael Joseph  “King” Kelly, and played at a new facility on the Ohio River, East End Park, the precursor to Schmidt Fields.

(Much love at this stage is extended to Cam Miller, Jim Farmer and the Society for Cincinnati Sports Research for this fabulous documentary …. here’s Part 1 of “Kelly’s Killers: The Forgotten Cincinnati Baseball Team.”)

Part 2, “Kelly’s Killers: The Forgotten Cincinnati Baseball Team” by Cam Miller and Jim Farmer

91 DAYS!!