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The guest of honor for drinks and hors d’oeurves was slated to be Tom Browning, the retired Reds lefty hurler who authored the only perfect game in franchise history. He also helped lead the Reds to their last World Series win, a sweep of the Oakland A’s in 1990. Cincinnati, incidentally, has won its last nine consecutive World Series games, dating back to Pudge Fisk’s fair ball wave in the classical ’75 Classic that helped Boston force game seven.