Sean Casey, The Unbelievable Ukulele, and Rebirthing Baseball

My city is a city in which we throw a parade on the first day of baseball season. Also that parade features a giant fiberglass rooster, one which is carefully slotted into a car wash

bay so as to look its best as it makes its way through the heart of downtown. My city is the best city in the world.

We not only send car-bound fowl sailing majestically past the populace, we dispatch one of our own to lead it. This year we shall be led into battle by Reds Hall of Famer Sean Casey.

This is such an obvious choice it’s difficult to believe Casey hasn’t Grand Marshalled at least 14 of the last 15 Opening Day Parades, with perhaps a single year off to let Sparky Anderson squeeze in. Even people who…