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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Is the Castellini quote made in Hamilton haunting?
Despite winning last night, the Reds still have lost their most recent series to the Astros and the Rockies and have a sub-.500 record. As the team has continued its mediocre ways, I can’t help but think of when Reds owner Bob Castellini came to Hamilton in January.
Castellini, the keynote speaker at the Chamber of Commerce annual dinner, proclaimed before a crowd of 400 that the Reds would be a competitive ball club this year. Most notably, he said, “If we don’t win this year, we might all get fired and I’ll start by firing myself.”
Thoughts?
I couldn’t find the story online, but I’ve copied and pasted the Jan. 26 story from our in-house archives.
Baseball-themed chamber dinner honors Nuxhall By Joshua Rinaldi Staff Writer
HAMILTON - Cincinnati Reds President and CEO Bob Castellini stood in what he called “the heart of Reds’ country” and told a crowd of more than 400 the professional baseball team will be competitive in 2008.
“If we don’t win this year, we might all get fired and I’ll start by firing myself,” he said.
Castellini was the keynote speaker Friday night at the 98th annual Greater Hamilton Chamber of Commerce dinner held at Vora Technology Park.
Baseball was the theme of the event, which also honored Tim Nichting, who led the West Side All Stars to the Little League World Series, as citizen of the year. The lifetime achievement award was given posthumously to Joe Nuxhall.
Chamber President Kenny Craig, who donned a baseball tie, said event attendance of 443 set a record.
At the dinner, Castellini discussed off-season progress he believes the Reds have made by signing additional pitching.
In honor of Nuxhall, Castellini said the organization was trying to name a portion of Main Street Nuxhall Way in Cincinnati close to the Great American Ball Park, which also has a bronze statue of his likeness.
“I’m not promising anything yet, but I’m working on it hard,” he said.
Castellini also said he hoped to see the crowd again on June 10 at the ballpark for Hamilton Day, which also marks the 64th anniversary of Nuxhall’s history-making pitching debut at age 15 as the youngest player in the Major Leagues.
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Market Street cavity
We’ve gotten several calls since the story was published today about the cavity under Market Street that is collapsing the road. Most just wanted more information about the history of the canals, which they found fascinating.
I found this old article by local historian Jim Blount about the canals. Read all about it here.
