Major League Baseball team formed in 1882 in Cincinnati, Ohio and a member of the Central Division of the National League, named the Cincinnati Reds. The team owner from 2006 is Robert Castellini and they are formerly known as: The Red Stockings in the 19th century; the Redlegs from 1953 to 1960. The team’s home ballpark is Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati and their uniform colors are red and white, trim black. Their logo is a drop-shadow red wishbone "C" with the drop-shadowed word "REDS" inside. They had the baseball's best overall record in 1981 and the first place in N.L. Central in 1994 and also have won few pennants in 1882,1919, 1939, 1940, 1961, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976 and 1990. After the hiring of George "Sparky" Anderson in 1970, the Reds embarked upon a decade of excellence, and became known as "The Big Red Machine".

Until June 30, 1970 they played at Crosley Field, when moved into brand-new Riverfront Stadium, on the shores of the Ohio River and began the 1970s with a winning of 70 games of their first 100 games. The Reds won the NL West by ten games in 1976 and went undefeated in the postseason. The President George W. Bush became the first sitting president to throw out the first pitch at a Reds game for Opening Day 2006, when he threw out the ceremonial first pitch.