Before Cincinnati Reds Opening Day on Tuesday, everyone knew the Cincinnati Bengals would have Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and Zac Taylor as featured guests with Burrow himself throwing out the first pitch.
Little did they know it would be just this wild.
While Cincinnati has a reputation as a baseball town, one wouldn’t know it with the way attendees reacted to the football stars and their presence.
Granted, some of the unpopular selling-oriented moves by the Reds in recent times haven’t exactly helped what is already a lopsided situation in the Cincinnati pro sports scene.
Still, the reaction to Burrow’s pitch and the general vibes speak to just how beloved the Bengals are in the city right now:
STRIKE ‼ Bengals Quarterback Joe Burrow throws the 2022 Reds Opening Day First Pitch to his head coach, Zac Taylor! pic.twitter.com/eJlRA4ds6Q
— FOX19 NOW (@FOX19) April 12, 2022
Let’s go, @Reds! @Real10jayy__ | @teehiggins5 | @JoeyB pic.twitter.com/BqTkq98HA4
— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) April 12, 2022
An Opening Day first. A WHO-DEY chant breaks out. #Bengals pic.twitter.com/mRUVp5mSkS
— Mike Petraglia (@Trags) April 12, 2022
Tee Higgins: "Joe, just throw that first pitch like you're looking at me or Ja'Marr in 1-on-1 coverage."
Burrow: pic.twitter.com/8xBbfDriek
— Ben Baby (@Ben_Baby) April 12, 2022
