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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and welcome to the Stupid distri Minute. I'm your host,

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<v Speaker 1>Kep Pound. Today we're talking about the Cincinnati Reds. The

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<v Speaker 1>Cincinnati Reds are considered baseball's oldest professional franchise. The team

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<v Speaker 1>began in eighteen sixty nine as the Cincinnati Red Stockings,

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<v Speaker 1>becoming the first openly professional baseball team by paying all

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<v Speaker 1>of its players. Organized by attorney Aaron B. Champion and

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<v Speaker 1>managed by Harry Wright, the Red Stockings toured the country

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<v Speaker 1>and finished their first season undefeated, changing the sport forever.

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<v Speaker 1>The modern Reds franchise was established in eighteen eighty two

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<v Speaker 1>and has since won five World Series championships, including the

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<v Speaker 1>legendary Big Red Machine teams of the nineteen seventies led

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<v Speaker 1>by Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Pete Rose, and Tony Perez.

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<v Speaker 1>When baseball went pro, it all started in Cincinnati. This

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<v Speaker 1>has been the Stupid History Minute and I'm Kep Pound.

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