re: for the old-timers - the end of the Jim Smith era

Funniest part of the game was when Big Red was in the stands. When the opposing manager would go out to the mound to talk to his pitcher, Big Red would do a marching cadence for every step the manager took, "Hup, hup, hup!". It annoyed the hell outta the managers, and they'd stutter their steps sometime, just to try and throw off old Big Red. He was sooo loud, because there were few people in the stands. We loved it!!