If you are want to feel old, this is the Cincinatti Reds "Big Red Machine" reunion photo.

LOL true, true.

For guys in their late 70s and early 80s, they look pretty damn good.

Apparently this was the last time Pete Rose made a public appearance, and he certainly doesn’t look like a guy who was about to die a few days later.

I’m guessing it was heart-related.

Foster in in the red hat. He’s obscured in the photo but in other pics he looks very good for 75 years old

Too bad Johnny Bench isn’t in the photo. Arguably the greatest catcher of all time
What a team they put together.

Let me test my memory off of that photo.

Rose, Foster, Conception, Bench, Geronimo, Morgan, Griffey Sr. and Perez.
A machine indeed

I remember playing Dixie Youth ball back in the mid 70s, everyone wanted to be #5.

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if you fondly remember watching the big red machine, you probably don’t need help feeling old.

Your back and joints are doing that

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I can verify this to be a true statement!

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if you fondly remember watching the big red machine

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Getting to watch him play for his whole career, Johnny Bench would be my starter for my all-time baseball team. Crouching for 16 years behind a guy with a piece of wood in his hands is pretty outstanding.

Bench is the one player on that team who was indisputably the GOAT at his position. A strong argument can be made for Morgan at 2B although his real peak was very short.