The era of free agency in Major League Baseball ensured that it would be difficult to keep star teams together year after year. The 1976 Cincinnati Reds were one of the last to be considered a "dynasty," and this book documents the season of one of the greatest teams in baseball history. During the pursuit of a second-straight world championship in 1976, the "Big Red Machine" was fueled by all-time hits leader Pete Rose, slugger George Foster, and all-stars Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan, as well as a balanced pitching staff that had seven players notching double-digit win totals. The 102-win…mehr
The era of free agency in Major League Baseball ensured that it would be difficult to keep star teams together year after year. The 1976 Cincinnati Reds were one of the last to be considered a "dynasty," and this book documents the season of one of the greatest teams in baseball history. During the pursuit of a second-straight world championship in 1976, the "Big Red Machine" was fueled by all-time hits leader Pete Rose, slugger George Foster, and all-stars Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan, as well as a balanced pitching staff that had seven players notching double-digit win totals. The 102-win regular season ended with a World Series sweep of the New York Yankees.
Doug Feldmann is a professor in the College of Education at Northern Kentucky University and a former scout for the Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, and San Diego Padres.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Prologue 1. Recharging the Machine 2. An Array of Stars 3. Lockout 4. Opening Day and a Star-Spangled Monday 5. Battling the Boys in Blue 6. The Bird Takes Flight, and the Machine Rolls On 7. A Nation Celebrates, and a World Competes 8. An Historic Finish 9. "The Best There Is" Epilogue 1976 Final Major League Baseball Standings 1976 Final Cincinnati Reds Statistics Sources of Quotations Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Prologue 1. Recharging the Machine 2. An Array of Stars 3. Lockout 4. Opening Day and a Star-Spangled Monday 5. Battling the Boys in Blue 6. The Bird Takes Flight, and the Machine Rolls On 7. A Nation Celebrates, and a World Competes 8. An Historic Finish 9. "The Best There Is" Epilogue 1976 Final Major League Baseball Standings 1976 Final Cincinnati Reds Statistics Sources of Quotations Bibliography Index
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