You have all of the facts channing, but you're going to need a face like Kevin Costner to make the point stick.
Grew up a Reds fan. Lived there for a minute in HS and my dad is from there and is a lifelong Reds fan. (Devil)Rays eventually won me over to the home team, but I still love the Reds. I went nuts when Eric Davis hit that two run bomb in game 1 of the 1990 series. I lived there as a kid while Pete was the manager.