It's a sad day in Cincinnati. The Old Lefthander, Joe Nuxall, passed away last night, after fighting health concerns for the past several years. He is a Cincinnati icon, the youngest play to ever play professional baseball, starting when he was 15 years old. It was during the war, and was recruited because of a lack of players, started as a pitcher on June 10, 1944. He retired from baseball in 1966 with a record of 130-109. In 1967 he began a broadcast career with the Reds, and teamed with Marty Brennaman in 1974. The two of them were Reds baseball, and in our family we listened to them on the radio and watched the game on TV with the sound turned off. No one could personalize the game like Marty and Joe, and summer will not be the same without his voice from the booth.

He will be greatly missed.