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John Calipari throws out the first pitch at a Reds game

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CINCINNATI, OH - APRIL 24: University of Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari throws out the first pitch before the game between the Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants at Great American Ball Park on April 24, 2012 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)

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Kentucky continued its tour to show off the national title trophy on Tuesday night with a trip to the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, where John Calipari threw out the first pitch.

For what it’s worth, he threw a strike:

What’s interesting is that the Reds’ decision to host Kentucky and the trophy was a point of contention. John Clay explains:

Lance McAlister, host of WLW’s Sportstalk, said most of his two-hour show last night was taken up by people complaining and debating the Reds honoring John Calipari and Company.

“Non-stop calls for first 90 minutes,” McAlister told me this morning via twitter. “One caller said he’d refuse diamond seats if offered. It was stunning. And yet hilarious. I said it was the single dumbest debate I’d ever heard from Cincinnati fans. Reds, UC, XU and just people in the city all up in arms.”


The Reds facebook page got 344 comments on the post announcing Kentucky’s trip, and while it also got 681 likes, it’s pretty clear that not everyone in the greater Cincinnati area was happy about this decision. Scroll through the comments. There are some gems like this: “But for new contracts from Votto and Phillips, the UK team payroll would be higher than the Reds.”

Cliche, but timely and clever. I liked it on facebook.

Rob Dauster is the editor of the college basketball website Ballin’ is a Habit. You can find him on twitter @robdauster.