Mark Heyne

As the Reds go into postseason play for the second time in three seasons, here's some playoff history courtesy of Reds Hall of Fame Chief Curator Chris Eckes. 

The 1976 team went undefeated in the postseason, the only team to do that since Major League Baseball went to divisional play.  The Reds swept the Phillies in three games in the National League Championship and the Yankees in four in the World Series that year.  Eckes says prior to that run, Cincinnati manager Sparky Anderson had a prophetic discussion with reporters:

The Reds will be heading to San Francisco to face the Giants for the start of the National League Division Series this weekend.  Cincinnati is the number two seed in the National League after the Washington Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies this afternoon to take the top spot.  The Reds first game against the Giants will be Saturday night at 9:37.
 

Fireworks will light up the night sky over Coney Island Saturday in the nation's first-ever "Fire Up The Night." 

The event will pit fireworks teams from the U.S., Canada and Mexico against each other in a pyrotechnic extravaganza.  It's being sponsored by Cincinnati-based fireworks legend Rozzi's Famous Fireworks.

Alonzo Fireworks from  New York, Sirius Pyrotechnics from Quebec and Lux Pirotecnia from Mexico City  will be competing for international bragging rights.

Rozzi's will put on a show after the competition.

The Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition is claiming victory over what it called "special signs" erected at Washington Park in Over-the-Rhine. Three people living near the park filed suit September 4th.  Coalition Executive Director Josh Spring says the Cincinnati Park Board voted today to strike down Park Rule 28, which he says allowed the board to post a sign in any park with any special rules that would be enforced like law.