Cincinnati Reds Big Red Machine Reunion Great 8 Ceremony

The 75 and 76 Reds teams were the GOAT all time in MLB history.

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Johnny Bench was also one of my heroes.

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Mickey Mantle was the first guy I recall being enemorred with, but that was actually after he wasn't playing any longer. Then late one weekend night I saw a program with a catcher talking about various techniques for playing the position, hitting, etc. That was Johnny Bench just before he exploded into super stardom. He was my favorite player until the day he retired and is still probably my all time favorite.

Foster was a little league coaches nightmare, I recall coaches telling guys "DO NOT catch fly balls one handed like George Foster does!"

ETA: I also remember Bobby Tolan standing at the plate with that impossibly high bat position. I liked Seaver as a Red but I always thought of him as a Met.

The Big Red Machine should have won more than two World Series.

They had no business losing to the A's in '72, after getting a little lucky beating a great Pittsburgh team in the NL championship series.

thanks for sharing - I remember as a kid - what a lineup.

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1B - Tony Perez
2B - Joe Morgan
SS - Davey Concepcion
3B - Hits Leader
LF - George Foster
CF - Cesar Geronimo
RF- Ken Griffey Sr
C - Johnny Bench

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Someone in that lineup won the 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977 MVPs

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CF - Cesar Geronimo

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As a kid in the 70's, I used to love yelling his name every time I jumped from a great height...

best sustained collection of position players in my lifetime and also still the best World Series ever for my money the '75 Series with the Red Sox.