Eh, I kinda like the tradition. The baseball parade and whatever, everyone talking about how great baseball tradition is in Cincinnati, and then the Cubs put up 15-16 runs on the Reds, then lose the rest of the games in the series. What's weird is our home opener doesn't come until the next Monday, which kinda stinks. Anyone remember the last time we opened at home? That's not weird at all. This year was the first time in a while that we even had a first-week home series. Last opener at home was 2001 against Montreal. We did in 2005 too Your post can be interpreted in two different ways. I originally thought you meant we opened at home in 2005, too, which we didn't. Then I realized you meant we had a first week home series in 2005, too.