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Thursday, June 05, 2008
There are only a few more days to buy a chance to win Joe Nuxhall's 1989 Lincoln Continental, which will be raffled Tuesday, June 10, at Hamilton Night at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.
The not-often-driven car will be given away on the anniversary of the Reds Hall of Fame pitcher's first major league pitch as a 15-year-old in 1944. Son Kim Nuxhall said his dad would liked the idea to raffle his car to benefit the Hope Project.
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In honor of Hamilton Night, the first 30,000 fans at the Cincinnati Reds Game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday, June 10, will get this replica statue of Joe Nuxhall that sits out on Crosley Terrace. The statue depicts the Ol' Lefthander as a 15-year-old pitching in his first game on June 10, 1944.
Joe Nuxhall's car at Tragesser Ford in Ross will be raffled off on Tuesday, June 10, at the Reds game at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. There is still time to get a chance to win Joe Nuxhall's barely driven 1989 Ford Lincoln Continental.Buy your chance
People can still buy $20 raffle tickets for a chance to win Nuxhall?s 1989 Lincoln Continental at several area locations:"I think he'd be happy with that," Nuxhall said of auctioning off the car. "There's some memories tied to that; a few trips to the ball park, no doubt, were taken in that, and around town and to a Miami (University) basketball game I'm sure over the winter a few times."
The Hope Project benefits the Miracle League, Children's Center at One Way Farm, Butler County Reds Rookie Success League, and Joe Nuxhall Scholarship and Character Education funds.
Just like every event that honors the man also known as Nuxie, who died in November, it will be a difficult time for the Nuxhalls.
"It's going to be intense, it's going to be emotional since it's the anniversary of his first pitch and it's Hamilton night with a lot of Hamilton people there and Fairfield people," Nuxhall said. "Indirectly I kind of hope a Hamilton or Fairfield person wins the car. That would be kind of neat."
Dave Tragesser, owner of Tragesser Ford in Ross Twp., has the Lincoln Continental, a car the Ol' Left-hander bought new from Tragesser.
The proprietor-patron relationship between Tragesser and Nuxhall developed into a casual friendship where they would eat breakfast at the Venice Castle or play a round of golf.
"When you're friends with Joe, you talked about baseball or how bad you golfed," Tragesser said.
Cyndi Brown, who chairs the Hope Project fundraisers, got to know Nuxhall in the few years before he died.
"He epitomized and could have been the poster boy for all the virtues of character," said Brown. "As we all know, none of us are perfect, but I think Joe came pretty close."
Counter stool
The counter stool at Bob Evans on Ohio 4 in Fairfield that Joe Nuxhall sat on at breakfast for a decade was unveiled May 29 at the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum.
The stool was added to the new exhibit honoring Nuxhall, "The Ol' Left hander: A Tribute to Joe Nuxhall."
