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WEBVTT MARKET, WHO ALSO ORGANIZE THEPARADE.FINDLAY MARKET, WHO ALSOORGANIZE THE PARADE.WITH BANDS, AND CROWDS, ANDSPECTICALS, THEY CAN STILL CALL IT THEOPENING DAY PARADE, BUT THIS ONEWON'T EXACTLY LIVE UP TO THATNAME, BECAUSE THIS YEAR THEOPENING DAY PARADE WILL BE ONTHE FOURTH GAME OF THE SEASON.>> IT WILL BE HARD EVEN ON ALLOF US NOT TO HAVE THE OPENINGDAY PARADE ON OPENING DAY, IT'SSUCH A TRADITION HERE.BRIAN: RENEE MILLER IS CO OWNEOF BOUCHARDS, ONE OF THE FINDLAYMARKET BUSINESSES.MAJOR LEAGE BASEBALL MOVED THEOPENING DAY GAME TO THE THURSDBEFORE EASTER, WHICH IS ALSO AHUGE WEEKEND FOR FINDLAY MARKEBUSINESSES.IT WILL BE FOUR DAYS INTO THESEASON.BRIAN: WHAT SOME DON'T KNOW ISTHAT THESE SAME OWNERS ALSOORGANIZE THE PARADE, AND MOST OFTHEM CLOSE DOWN OPENING DAY TOPUT ON THE PARADTHEY SAY THEY JUST CANNO AFFORDTO LOSE THE DAYS LEADING UP TOEASTER, SO THE PARADE WILL BEHELD ON THE MONDAY AFTER EASTEKELLY LANSER IS SPOKESWOMAN FORFINDLA MARKET.CERTAINLY IT WILL BEDIFFERENT, BUT I THINK PEOPLEWILL UNDERSTAND.BRIAN: SOME DO, OTHERS FEEL LIKETHE EXCITEMENT OF OPENING DAYCANNOT BE THE SAME FOUR DAYSLATER.>> YOU CAN'T HAVE OPENING DAY IFIT'S NOT OPENING DAY.>> ANY TIME YOU HAVE A BIGCHANGE LIKE THAT SOME ARE GOINGTO BE QUESTIONING, WHY CAN'T WEKEEP IT THE WAY IT WAS BUT TIMDO CHANGE.BRIAN: AS THOSE WHO ORGANIZE THEPARADE HOPING TO CELEBRATE REDSVICTORIES FEEL LIKE THEY WEREPUT IN A NO WIN SITUATION.THEY WON'T CHANGE THE NAME THE OPENING DAY PARADE.FOURTH GAME OF THE SEASON PARADEDOESN'T HAVE THE SAME RING TOIT.SHEREE: FOR MORE ON WHY MAJORLEAGUE BASEBALL IS MAKING THSCHEDULE CHANGE, WE HEAD OVER TOSPORTS DIRECTOR GEORGE VOGEL.MIKE GEORGE, WHY ARE THEYSTARTING ALL THE TEAMS ON THESAME DATE?GEORGE: ALL OF THIS CAN BETRACED BACK TO ONE THING.A NEW COLLECTIVE BARGAININGAGREEMENT HAMMERED OUT BETWEENTHE PLAYERS AND OWNERS LASTOFFSEASON.IT CALLS FOR THREE TO FOUR MOREOFF DAYS FOR PLAYERS DURING THESEASON, SO BASEBALL IS STARTINGTHE SEASON EARLIER, RATHER THANGO LATER INTO OCTOBER.HERE IS A LOOK AT THE START OFTHE REDS SEASON.OPENING DAY IS NOW THURSDAY,MARCH 29 AGAINST THE NATIONALS,THE REDS FINISH OUT THE SERIESSATURDAY AND SUNDAY, WHICH ISEASTER WEEKEND.THEN THE PARADE WILL BE HELDBEFORE THEIR GAME AGAINST THECUBS ON MONDAY.BOTH THE SEASON OPENER OTHURSDAY, AND THE GAME ON MONDAYWILL BE 4:10 STARTS.THE REDS WILL TREAT THE THURSDAYGAME AS AN OPENING DAY, COMPLETEWITH THE USUAL BLOCK PARTY DOWNON THE BANKS.THAT WILL BEGIN AT THE USU11:00 A.M. AND RUN INT --UNTIL 3:30.SO THE BLOCK PARTY WILL BETHURSDAY, THE PARADE ON MONDAY.THE REDS SAID THEY WILL DOEVERYTHING THEY ALWAYS DO FORTHE PARADE, INCLUDING HAVIPLAYERS RIDING THE PARAD -- RIDE IN TH PARADE.

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