As soon as Barry Larkin got the word that he was being inducted into Cooperstown this year, he immediately started making plans for a celebration here in his hometown of Cincinnati. Said celebration is upon us. He loves this town and wanted Reds Country to be able to share in the celebration. The Reds organization came up with the brilliant idea to celebrate “11 Days of Larkin.”
Today is day 10.
Today the Reds retired the #11 jersey. He didn’t become #11 until after he took the job of starting short stop from Kurt Stilwell in 1987. Larkin took Stilwell’s job and his number. #11 was Stilwell’s number previously. The spring of ’87 was a flat out competetion between Larkin and ...