Crosley Field was cramped, crumbling, and trapped in a disintegrating neighborhood, and both the Reds team and their fans were scrambling to enter the shiny round multipurpose stadium on the river. Great cheers arose when Pete Rose, Jr. swung a wrecking ball to bring the old girl down.
In the rush to clear out, the Reds conducted an auction of Crosley’s assets. One item was a hot tub from the locker room. Pizza emperor Buddy LaRosa nabbed it for his Golden Gloves for Youth boxing program.
The hot tub arrived stuffed with fabric.