Cincinnati Reds

Jorge Merlos not only translates inside the ball park, but also on car lots.

Dozens of previous inductees will be in Cincinnati this weekend, including Pete Rose, Davey Concepcion, Cesar Geronimo, Chris Sabo, Mario Soto, Tony Perez, Johnny Bench, Wayne Granger, Tommy Helms, Dave Parker and more.

"Every Reds fan has been waiting for this day and it is finally here," reports WVXU Senior Political Analyst — and baseball aficionado — Howard Wilkinson.

After 20-plus years, sportswriters no longer chat with Reds radio announcers during the second inning.

Diamond Sports Group, which owns the Reds regional sports network, finally paid its TV rights fees to the club.

Reds fans have lots of questions, but little is known about when and where Reds games could move if TV rights revert back to the team from Bally Sports Ohio.

Bally’s parent company missed a rights fee payment this week, which could lead to the TV rights reverting to the Reds by May 6.

Larkin was born and raised in Cincinnati and spent 19 seasons in the major leagues playing for the Reds.

It's an unofficial holiday in Cincinnati - Opening Day means marching bands, floats, and lots of community and Reds' spirit.

The committee "got rid of a lot of stuff that wasn't that exciting. We asked people to step up their game and many of them did," says organizer Debbie Knueven Gannaway.