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The 1935 Cincinnati Reds were given permission to play seven night games primarily due to attendance problems. One game against each team in the National League and only the New York Giants refused to play at night. The Reds defeated the Phillies 2-1 in that first night game and here are various quotes made about the game:

"Manager Jimmie Wilson of the Phillies said the lights had nothing to do with the low hit total. 'Both pitchers just had all their stuff working, that's all. You can see the ball coming up to the plate just as well under those lights as you can in the daytime.'" - Associated Press Wire (05/24/1935)

"I think it was evident to everyone there that this was a night which would usher in a new era of baseball. You could tell that night baseball had come in like a tidal wave." - Red Barber (May 1985)

"No pun intended, but there was electricity in the air, on the field and in the dugout. The ballplayers did not get blase, they got fired up too." - Billy Sullivan