Today, the Cincinnati Reds are a good team, but in the
1970s were absolutely unstoppable. The
team sat on the National League in 1970-1976, and the domination they are known
as one of the best teams in baseball history. His
record was 683 wins and 443 losses, including two titles in the World Series,
four National League pennants and five titles in the West of the National
League Division. For
its success has been nicknamed The Big Red Machine, friendly name of the team
kept as long as he made his star players.
The
nickname was coined by journalist Bob Hertzel. First
published in the Cincinnati Enquirer in 1968, the name stuck as the team won
more games. They
finished the 1970 season with an impressive 102-60 record.
The
starting lineup that could include Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Tony Perez, Joe
Morgan, Dave Concepcion, Geoge Foster, Ken Griffey Sr. and Cesar Geronimo. They
were called the "Big Eight", a well-deserved nickname when he closed
the season with only 19 losses in 88 games with this line-up match. The
manager of the team was Hall of Famer Sparky Anderson, a new director at the
time.
The
Reds were not to win another World Series until 1990.
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