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Opening Day
8:09 pm
Mon March 25, 2013

Reds release details for Opening Day

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Manager of Team USA in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, Joe Torre will throw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Reds opening day, on Monday.  In a release, the team announced the gates will open three hours before game time at 1:10 PM. 

Earlier the Reds Community Fund will sponsor a Charity Block Party on Joe Nuxhall Way and Freedom Way.  That starts at 11:00 AM.

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Reds Opening Day
3:08 pm
Fri March 22, 2013

Why ticket campout has become a tradition for many Reds fans

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Credit Sarah Ramsey
Dozens of Reds fans started lining up for Opening Day tickets Friday morning.
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Sherry Stone from Fairmount is first in line along with Joe Beirre, Aaron Wright, and Cassie Leibfath.
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Dustin Horn and Dan Calton from Middletown meet Shyla Miller, Kristen Brafford and Amy Thompson to play a game of cards while waiting in line.
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Joe Young from Fairfield has everything he needs for the Opening Day ticket campout, except for a tent that his friend will bring later.
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Sheila Owens with her mom Sherry Owens, from Bright, Indiana, are chatting with Sebastian Beiser and Lonnie Black, passing the long wait for tickets..
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Phil Castellini, Reds Chief Operating Officer, enjoys the tradition of fans being able to buy tickets at the box office for the first game of the season.
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Even Gapper has to camp out for tickets.
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Pitching a tent in front of Great American Ball Park.  Braving the cold night ahead.  Reds fans who do this swear by, not at, the annual ritual for a number of reasons.  Dozens of them started lining up at 9 Friday morning for a shot at the 1,500 Opening Day tickets that go on sale Saturday morning at 9.  

Camaraderie seems to be one of the biggest reasons.  Everyone pulls together and behaves themselves.

"You come down, you make friends with people and you watch each other's backs and stand in line," said Jeff King of Florence, a 10-year veteran of the campout.

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