1976 World Series, Game 4: Reds @ Yankees

[@comfortat]

You know you have a GREAT lineup when Johnny Bench bats 7th. WOW

[@gnielsen07]

They had the best starting 8 of all time. Also Dan Driessen off the bench

[@joefaller4525]

@@gnielsen07 Geronimo batted 8th and hit .307 that year. Davey C batted 9th and hit .281. Tell me the soft spot in that lineup.

[@gregj831]

@@joefaller4525 That team was stacked!

[@staunchx]

And summarily goes on to win Series MVP. Still say its arguably the GOAT team. They had everything.

[@timorean320]

Yogi. Reggie tells a story when they are at the "All time Yankees day" they have occasionally, and they put on screen, all the greats that passed on, since last 1. Yogi was standing next to Reggie on 1st base line, elbowing him, and Reggie didnt want to be disrespectful, so he finally was like "What Yogi?" He looks at him, and says "Boy, I sure hope I never see my name up there." Classic Yogi.

[@don64]

Rest In Peace Joe Morgan,part of a great machine and,the greatest second baseman ever!

[@whippingwithsherrysean5955]

Who told u he was dead?

[@snave59]

Joe Morgan isn't dead.

[@paulsonj72]

@@snave59 He died in October 2020

[@Cincinnatus1869]

@@snave59 did he come back to life since his death 2 years ago ?

[@karenheringer9397]

The Reds in the 70s were probably 1 of the best teams in M.L.B. History. Consistently in the running at the top of the pack, for almost a decade. 4 World Series trips. Including back to back World Series Championship Titles. Rose, Perez, Bench, Foster, Griffey, Concepcion, Morgan and Geronimo. Great Bench and strong Starting Pitching. Good bull pen, and Great fans. They were an exciting team.

[@dominickmilano4858]

They only won 2 championships, they underachieved with the team they had in the 70s

[@ScottSchaffer-r4v]

@@karenheringer9397 Not one of the greatest teams ever, The Greatest!

[@vanillacreem816]

I was at that game , I was 5 years old with my father. It was heartbreaking for my dad, he was a die hard Yankees fan but after the game he even said the Yanks were simply outclassed by the Reds. Bench and the Reds were amazing.

[@Zorn76]

Your 6 and 7 Bdays went better, though.

[@gregj831]

That is awesome you were there!

[@Studio-kl9sb]

0,..kjk

[@SD-th9sp]

VanillaCreem that’s a good lesson your father taught you. It’s one that I hope to teach my son. Sometimes the other team played better. I hear a lot of complaining about umpires and pitching changes and what not. Sometimes they just play better.

[@SD-th9sp]

@@Zorn76 isn’t that the truth?! Haha.

[@richardfigueroa9498]

Back in the 1970's the big red machine used to started 6 to 7 players in the all stars game. Scary lineup all around.

[@richardfigueroa9498]

Yeah just about it. I'm still surprised the Reds only won two titles in the 70's with such a team.

[@BillMorganChannel]

@@richardfigueroa9498 Pitching..........

[@Scott-ly2nk]

The would go cold in the post season

[@thecutefamily3409]

It was really just that because it said their pitching was above average for the time​@@BillMorganChannel

[@aj60nyy]

I was in the RF bleachers and was pretty disappointed the Yankees didn't win the game, but also knew I was witnessing one of the greatest teams of all-time.

[@retiredusvet4396]

It was the last hurrah for my Big Red Machine, and consider this: The sweep by the Reds helped stir George Steinbrenner to go after the Free Agents, especially one Reginald Martinez Jackson! You would be celebrating big time the following 2 years! I'll never forget Reggie's 3 HRs on 3 swings during Game 6 of the 1976 WS.

[@DAVYMAC]

Also the VIDA BLUE deal was cancelled by baseball hierarchy. Funny how the hierarchy rarely denies large-market teams a great deal for pitching.

[@retiredusvet4396]

@@DAVYMAC Good point!

[@DAVYMAC]

@@retiredusvet4396 Thanks brother!

[@RodericSpode]

@@DAVYMAC Have they ever killed any other deal? I thought the Vida Blue thing was unique. I could be wrong about that, but am not aware of any others.

[@stevenpagnani7005]

Johnny bench. The greatest catcher of all time

[@deniseyambot8114]

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[@deniseyambot8114]

1976

[@mtp4430]

Steven Pagnani You're forgetting about Bob Uecker 😂

[@Maxbps88]

Without question or even debate. And I like to debate about everything. And Joe-Joe is the Best 2nd Baseman of All-Time, too.

[@stevekulbacki5238]

Had Munson not died so early he might be the best. forgot how good he was. Carlton Fisk was pretty in his own right.

[@shlomonissenbaum3750]

Best lineup in baseball history. Even a die-hard Yankees fan such as myself has to admit it. No shame in losing to such a team.

[@Shindler39]

The 1984 Detroit team was pretty amazing also with Trammel, Whithaker, Gibson, Parrish, Hernandez, Morris, they were a more complete team, that 1976 Cincinati Reds team was more of an offensive team.

[@snave59]

As a Yankees fan,you should know that the 1927 Yankees ,are generally considered, the greatest team ever.

[@snave59]

@@Shindler39 No they weren't.iI've never heard anyone mention them as being great.

[@thomasboaz9950]

Have you ever heard of murderers row. The lineup analysts consider to be the greatest lineup ever. 1927 Yankees. But the great eight were very close to them, also I'm a reds fan BTW.

[@shlomonissenbaum3750]

@@thomasboaz9950 76 reds are better. Not a single easy out. Yeah Gehrig and Ruth were better than anyone on 76 reds. But thats just 2 of 8 All 8 of the 76 reds were superstars. Ceaser Geronimo was batting 9 for crying out loud

[@SingsLikeButter]

I have never seen this but I was the vocalist performing the anthem that night. The cool thing was that I'm from Springfield, Ohio. And the reliever that picked up the save for the Reds was Will McEnaney and he was also from Springfield. We played sports against each other in high School. And to answer a comment that was made I was not always a musician in the Navy. I was a BM on the USS Oklahoma City CLG-5 Flagship 7th Fleet and Gunners Mate. I forgot I even had a goat I received my PO 3rd Class Stripes when I returned to my duty station the next day.

[@icepickcharlie6552]

Great job Robert!

[@glennevans5824]

Robert Johnson ....very nice job you did there...

[@BrotherApexx]

You did your thing, man! Beautiful rendition of the song

[@dzanier]

you did a great job.

[@JohnSmith-op1tc]

To have Robert Sheppard dropping your name in Yankee Stadium and Joe Garagolia making sure the NBC audience got it after your excellent performance is a lifetime achievement for almost any of us. Great to see this!

[@blastfromthepast185]

Truly one of the greatest teams ever!

[@adamdorgant9454]

True!!!

[@reymondjames1726]

They sure were.

[@markgriffin5889]

Best team ever. What a lineup. Started following the Reds when I was 11, in 1974, and later interviewed Rose as a member of the media when he was a player/manager.

[@retiredusvet4396]

Fascinating! Wish Rose had not bet on baseball, and that he had - at least - been honest back in 1989 when confronted with the evidence by John Dowd. Oh well - You can't change history.

[@mightymadzak]

1976 Cincinnati Reds. The greatest starting lineup of all time in Major League Baseball. The Reds went undefeated in post season in 1976.

[@craigclemens986]

There’s a few Yankees teams that would compare just as well

[@jeffmartin3406]

How good is the Red's lineup when Johnny Bench has to bat 7th?

[@snave59]

@@craigclemens986 The 1927 Yankees are the team,that is generally considered,the best ever.

[@originnone]

@@snave59 but only if you stopped watching baseball in 1974.

[@dominickmilano4858]

​@@snave59the 98' Yankee team wasn't to bad either

[@VolumedMusicMan]

Mr. Shepherd Announcing the red machine gave me goosebumps... legends!!!!!

[@jamesmorris9209]

If the series were to last 10 games that Reds team would still sweep

[@christopheramrston9732]

The end of era the big red machine the end of 6 years of dominance one the greatest baseball clubs of all time

[@ScottSchaffer-r4v]

The end of the Big Red Machine happened during the following off season when Dick Wagner traded away the heart & soul of the BRM (Tony Perez).

[@VolumedMusicMan]

It’s so cool seeing these guys so young in their prime. As a young boy these guys were and still are my heroes. I have most of these guys baseball cards. Thanks for the memories Reds and Yankees...

[@Armyofficer]

The last great moment for the Big Red Machine - Prophetic how Bob Howsam spoke about how he felt this was the last time we would see such a franchise. How true...

[@ScottSchaffer-r4v]

Trading Doggie was the end of the BRM. It should have never happened.

[@jacktorrance2633]

Really? Yankees maybe?

[@t21229513]

@@jacktorrance2633he meant a team of a squares man!

[@michaelleroy9281]

​@@ScottSchaffer-r4v I didn't know Tony Perez was Doggie

[@staunchx]

@@ScottSchaffer-r4v Yuhp, Perez was the true leader of that team. Losing Gullet, Nolan, Eastwick & McEnaney didnt help either. Bringing in Seaver wasnt enough.

[@CryptoSteve65]

Reds probably had one of the all time best teams in the history of baseball if not the best.

[@gregj831]

Yep! That team was unreal. Dad used to take me down to Riverfront and it was never a matter of 'if the Big Red Machine would win'. It was by how much they'd win.

[@viralbuthow000]

One of the best offenses in ML history. Probably best catcher of all time, one of the best second basemen ever, and oh Pete Rose. Could had at least two more titles.

[@snave59]

Then why didn't they? Trading Tony Perez to the Expos,just so they could get Dan Driessen into the starting lineup,was a stupid decision by Reds management.

[@terrenceliburd8655]

They lost in 70+ 72

[@buckfan1969]

I'm in my 70's and this team had the best 'up-the-middle' I've ever seen. Morgan, Concepcion, Geronimo, and Bench. Most don't know those BRM teams led the league in team defense nearly every year too. Small market teams have no chance anymore; even when they find and groom a young phenom, as soon as he can he goes elsewhere for the bucks. No chance to collect that kind of talent over a period of years and keep it anymore. Sad.

[@H0kieJoe]

​@@buckfan1969 Yep.

[@jeffmeinhardt5247]

awesome game and series. I remember watching this as a kid. A true joy to watch. This to me was definitely the "golden age" for baseball. The stuff today doesn't compare. 1975-76 Reds was an iconic team and I would put them up against just about any team before or since.

[@BillMorganChannel]

Great comment, but a ton of good starting pitchers, but no lights out starting pitcher. They oozed confidence though and that went a long way. Sorry to be dull but my pick is the 1927 Yankees. I miss base ball!

[@BillMorganChannel]

@Jim McCracken Jim, the 27 Yankees had a team batting average of 308 and the great Reds team hit 280! My 27 Yankees had a staff era of .20 your 76 Reds had a team era of 3.51......the Reds were great but the 27 yanks were more domiant.

[@BillMorganChannel]

@Jim McCracken They beat out the Boston Red Sx with the great "Baby Doll" Jacobson! The Reds beat no baby dolls! Here are my trivia questions for you! Who lead the 76 Reds in: Triples? Home Runs? RBIs Stolen Bases? Caught Stealing? Walks? Batting Average? Slugging %? What was Johnny Bench's Battng Average? Wins? Lowest ERA? How many pitchers had a losing record? Saves? Innings Pitched? Stikeouts by a pitcher? What countries were the following born in? Ed Ambrister? Pedro Borbon? Dave Concepion? Cesar Geronimo? Tony Perez? Manny Sarmiento? Who committed the most errors? Which regular had the highest fielding percentage? Who was the back up and the third string catcher? Which "non regular" had the most at bats? Who was Joe Henderson? Name the manager and 4 coaches. How many games did Pete Rose NOT bat lead off? Who batted the first the most (Rose) who batted the most 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th? What number was Cesar Geronimo? Who was number 32? Only one team had a winning reord vs your Reds...which team in 1976? Your Reds were 13-5 vs two teams....which teams? Did your Reds have a better home or road record?

[@philiptucci2458]

The Reds we're very successful, led by Sparky Anderson

[@gregj831]

My brother and I got to stay up to watch it. Johnny Bench could just separate himself and take over a game.

[@ace942]

I think the 75 - 76 reds teams were probably the best collection of baseball players ever. I can only imagine what it would cost in today's money to have that kind of team today.The Yankees were a pretty decent team and yet they got swept. As mentioned by someone else, this is the last time that a national league team won back to back world championships.

[@halwarner3326]

The Reds were the most confident team ever. I realize they were up 3 - ' 0 but still. Look at their faces, their body language.

[@ShawnC.T.]

No nonsense was written all over their faces...

[@staunchx]

Poised as can be. Great point.

[@oldmanyellingattv4533]

This game was on 44 years ago??? I still remember this game as if it was yesterday wow time flies by.

[@BillMorganChannel]

Who is your all time favorite base ball player?

[@oldmanyellingattv4533]

@@BillMorganChannel wow that's a hard question to answer. So many greats Rickey Henderson ichiro catfish Hunter Griffey jr. Mickey Mantle. You heard today I'll have to say Rickey Henderson. I watched him walk to first steel II steel 3rd and Steele home.

[@BillMorganChannel]

@@oldmanyellingattv4533 I love it! Amazing how his body stood up is it not?

[@heyyyyyynow]

Seaman Johnson. Thank you for your service.

[@roseandbench]

The Big Red Machine was just plain sick good.

[@drbonesshow1]

Still they blew many other opportunities. Should have won 5 or 6 series total.

[@joeambrose3260]

Great team yet not a dynasty. I've heard some historians say at least 3 WS flags, not just appearances,within 5 seasons. I think more like 3 straight titles, which only the Yanks and A's have done

[@andrewwashington9904]

This 1976 Cincinnati Reds Team were just a Powerhouse!

[@englandbengal]

Joe Ambrose they were literally one of the best teams ever. Only comparable to the 27’ Yankees!

[@lloydkline6946]

Pitching relief pitching only weakness, Cincinnati red 1975&1976

[@don64]

One of the greatest teams in the history of Baseball!

[@lloydkline6946]

Greatest none free agent baseball lineup ever

[@BillMorganChannel]

@@lloydkline6946 What about the 1922 Giants?

[@lloydkline6946]

@@BillMorganChannel I grew up the Cincinnati red 1975 & 1976, best line up I ever saw, 1927 new York Yankees babe ruth & lou gehrig, original dynamic duo, 1950s new Yankees great team , i can look up 1922 giants, i got baseball ⚾️ 📚 books, , i read detroit news & detroit free press every day sports pages, got sports books

[@BillMorganChannel]

@@lloydkline6946 Here are my trivia questions for you! Who lead the 76 Reds in: Triples? Home Runs? RBIs Stolen Bases? Caught Stealing? Walks? Batting Average? Slugging %? What was Johnny Bench's Battng Average? Wins? Lowest ERA? How many pitchers had a losing record? Saves? Innings Pitched? Stikeouts by a pitcher? What countries were the following born in? Ed Ambrister? Pedro Borbon? Dave Concepion? Cesar Geronimo? Tony Perez? Manny Sarmiento? Who committed the most errors? Which regular had the highest fielding percentage? Who was the back up and the third string catcher? Which "non regular" had the most at bats? Who was Joe Henderson? Name the manager and 4 coaches. How many games did Pete Rose NOT bat lead off? Who batted the first the most (Rose) who batted the most 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th? What number was Cesar Geronimo? Who was number 32? Only one team had a winning reord vs your Reds...which team in 1976? Your Reds were 13-5 vs two teams....which teams? Did your Reds have a better home or road record?

[@lloydkline6946]

@@BillMorganChannel i did not live in Ohio, or Cincinnati, Cincinnati red 1970s, i live in metro detroit, i remember the Cincinnati red of 1976. I hear of Boston red socks vs Cincinnati red 1975 legendary world series of baseball, i got a world series of it has the 1975& 1976 Cincinnati red , sparky Anderson managed the detroit tigers too, world series books has stuff on Cincinnati red of 1975& 1976

[@blakkat4126]

Rose playing about three feet away from Rivers is classic. Definitely got into Rivers’ head.

[@staunchx]

And then to field the Rivers line drive hit right at him in the 9th was the cherry on top. Rose was a savage.

[@brianarbenz1329]

You can't watch an old World Series KZbin without getting nostalgic. I was in my freshman year in college that fall. I'm from just 100 miles from Cincinnati, but I was a Cardinal fan as a kid. This may be the first Series I was too busy to watch much of, with classes and my first job, selling sporting goods and toys (including Pong, the first video games!) at Sears. That signaled the move toward special effects and graphics that have turned today's TV sports coverage into video games. Around 1976, viewers had a great balance -- replays and great camera angles that we hadn't had before, but not too junky.

[@orlandoanthony3086]

Great teams with legendary players. When Baseball was played the right way.

[@dkg46342]

You know your lineup is stacked when Bench is in the 7 spot!

[@johnlevalley521]

Yes. Bench was the MVP of the series too.

[@headphonejedimaster3755]

The funny thing is that I think Bench only hit 234 for that year, it was an off year compared to the other years in the 70s. But he caught fire in the postseason

[@RisingSon011]

headphonejedi master he was struggling with an injured shoulder most of that season

[@jamilmccoy2994]

Unstoppable Force this reds team was in ,,74,75,76....

[@ShawnC.T.]

@@jamilmccoy2994 Not '74, they failed to make the playoffs that season...

[@bengaljam4550]

Listen to Bob Howsam's words at 2:23:15. This is the last championship team before free agency started in 1977. Will never be a team like this again.

[@markjohnson9455]

The Reds of 76 were the last team built without free agents and the last NL team to repeat. They call the Great Eight for a reason.

[@Jiltedin2007]

I thought Free Agency began after the 1974 Season. Catfish Hunter signed with the Yankees on New Year’s Eve, 1974. Had a team in Los Angeles not have been too determined to win the NL West Division, perhaps the Reds could have challenged for a 3rd straight Pennant. When the Dodgers were 30-9 in 1977, the entire NL West Division(Including the Reds) were below .500 with the Dodgers holding a fat 12 game lead on Cincinnati for First.

[@bengaljam4550]

@@Jiltedin2007 technically he was the first free agent but that was primarily due to a contract glitch with the A's. Arbitrators ruled in hunters favor.

[@markstein1916]

Regardless of free agency, it was trading Tony Perez the following year that would do them in, and end the dynasty. Howsam admitted later that it was his biggest single mistake.

[@andrewhiedelburg4576]

Best team ever assembled! Great8 As many hof players in one lineup as you'll ever 👀

[@snave59]

No.The 1927 Yankees were better.

[@GasCityGuy]

It's enough just to watch the Big Red Machine be introduced... great posting!

[@philiptucci2458]

Phenomenal World Series, really bring back all the great memories of life, so nice to see again

[@BillMorganChannel]

Who is your all time favorite base ball player?

[@BillMorganChannel]

@Kevin Michael I agree this series (1976) was dreadful. I think the Yankees team in 1976 was inferior to the 1976 Reds, Dodgers, Reds and Pirates. Agree or am I nutty?

[@philiptucci2458]

@@BillMorganChannel I always liked Pete Rose who was a great competitor, all the great players in this series, many Hall of Famers made it enjoyable to watch

[@BillMorganChannel]

@@philiptucci2458 Once, while painting, I went to the KZbin, and searched for Pete Rose interviews. Good old Pete never did a bad or dull interview. When I was young, my parents took me and sister to Pittsburgh to see some games and we stayed at the Hilton where the visiting team stayed. Pete Rose was one of the nicest autographers ever. Johnny Bench was one of the worst, he stormed past the kids with an angry scowl.

[@philiptucci2458]

I’m surprised to hear this about Johnny’s behavior, probably he was having a bad day, very unprofessional

[@rshelley7496]

Scary thing was Bench's best years were behind him and he still wins MVP of this series

[@Muskegon333]

Bench had surgery on his lung and he said he was never the same. Just imagine if hadn't had the lung problem.

[@rshelley7496]

@@Muskegon333 he is pretty much considered the best catcher ever..if he didnt have that lung situation he was lookin at even higher status as a player regardless of position

[@dzanier]

The old Stadium was unquestionably the most beautiful stadium I have ever been to. It had an aura about it. The new one not only has none of those things, it wasn't even needed.

[@mikerussell1859]

I was fortunate enough to see a game there in 2007, its next-to-last year. I remember thinking that if I wasn't a baseball fan, I'd think it was outdated, cramped, and overpriced. But as a baseball fan, I 100% agree! It's almost as if the ghosts of legends past are there watching the game with you.

[@inmyhouse11]

The new stadium is one giant toilet

[@garygennaro6029]

@MANCHESTER UNITED I find soccer boring

[@garygennaro6029]

@MANCHESTER UNITED I'm of European decent. There is a lot of strategy that goes into baseball game management.

[@inmyhouse11]

Watching a bunch of men in shorts running up and down kicking a stupid ball like a fucking 2 year old in nursery school is possibly the dumbest fucking game ever created. Dont even get me started on the refs that look like fucking dickheads wearing that ridiculous fucking outfit

[@eddiesimms9301]

I was a young 18yr old, it was the start of my Senior year of Hi School at Queen Anne. I had enlisted in the US Army's delayed entry program which was very popular during that time and was scheduled to report for active duty upon completion of school via graduation etc. And I was a BIG REDS fan...."The BIG BAD RED MACHINE"…..THE MACHINE !!!.....Yeah Baby....

[@theprofessor8589]

After watching the first game, I slept through the next 3 games. I was 13 and that sure that the Reds would sweep this series. They were too dam good.

[@BillMorganChannel]

Remember Mickey Rivers freaking out in game one, first inning when Pete Rose crept in?

[@royalt3690]

That Reds lineup was amazing! The Reds of 2023 are amazing as well. The most exciting team in baseball!

[@sergioloveu]

Yeah! The Big Red Machine. Now at this moment, I don’t remember who won the World Series or what were the highlights but I do recall the great charismatic stars that made this team. From, the Manager Anderson to Bench to Rose to Griffey to Perez it was marvelous to watch.

[@markharvey85]

What moment in time!! My favorite Era! 1967 to 1986! NBC also had the Best Music! Jazzy & Hip! Loved watching my A's win three in a row! Beginning with defeating those Reds in seven games. What an Era

[@abelincoln5698]

One Thing I have noticed is that every great baseball team throughout history has one thing in common : a great catcher. These two teams were certainly no exception.

[@orbyfan]

The 1927 Yankees were an exception, but the '20s wasn't a great decade for catchers.

[@TJRosenthalmusic]

This broadcast is badass. Legends in the booth and on so many on the field. Munson had wheels, scoring from first!

[@musicman76enator]

And no Political Agendas, no social media, no constant phones out all the time, no Participation Trophy culture, no dumb Pitch Clocks, and no Gambling or sports book Ads.

[@Tony-hz8ld]

George Foster batting 6th with 29 HRS 121 RBIs(1ST) .306 in 1976...5 batters in that lineup batted over .300 during the season WOW

[@craigclemens986]

1927 Yankees: Coombs 360; Lazzeri 308; Ruth 362; Gehrig 373; Meusel 340.... team average was about 306, and the pitchers had the 2nd best ERA

[@Tony-hz8ld]

@@craigclemens986 Almost everyone batted .300 in the late 20s and early 30s but they are impressive numbers.

[@craigclemens986]

@@Tony-hz8ld that’s not true. By the mid ‘20s the mix was similar to current

[@Tony-hz8ld]

@@craigclemens986 We are talking about 1927.1927 AL average team batting average was .286 today its .234. Two teams batted over .300 AS A TEAM. 25 players batted over .300 in the AL.

[@Tony-hz8ld]

@@craigclemens986 It is true

[@ronlevovitz7088]

Amazing that anyone beat the Reds that year. What a lineup!

[@easyenetwork2023]

I thought they won more games in 1976. However, their offensive numbers were better in 76’ overall, I do believe. Think Joe Morgan was MVP that year, that or Perez.

[@vladiator8120]

@@easyenetwork2023 Coincidentally the last 2 NL teams that had the opportunity to repeat as Champions were beaten in the World Series by the Yankees. Braves in 1996 and Phillies in 2009.

[@BillMorganChannel]

@@easyenetwork2023 The 75 team won 108, the 76 won 102.

[@mitchellpearson6894]

@@BillMorganChannel yeah but the 76 team was better..

[@lloydkline1518]

Ever hear of pitching: Don gullet, jack Bellingham; Nolan,; little else

[@thranktwaddler]

classical great announcers. 76 reds greatest ball club of all time.

[@lloydkline6946]

It the greatest none free agent baseball lineup ever

[@tyhebbeler1745]

I could listen to Joe Morgan talk about baseball for hours. RIP

[@MrAitraining]

Damm that Reds lineup. Amazing

[@RTPgardenguy]

Wow, thank you so much for posting. I lived in Cincinnati during this time and was too young to stay up and watch. I can remember how excited we were in elementary school when the Reds won in '75.

[@yourroyalhighness7662]

Joe Morgan often refers to Willie Mays as “The great Willie Mays.” Smart man, Joe Morgan.

[@RisingSon011]

Johnny Bench drove in more runs in the 70s than any other baseball player . And Perez drove in more than any other player except Bench ! That is pretty amazing considering they usually batted next to each other in the lineup. the Reds of the 70s were a pitchers nightmare

[@abelincoln5698]

@MAN UTD well go watch soccer and STFU

[@iamTW64]

I remember this game fondly. There were a lot of us in KC that jumped on the Big Red Machine bandwagon after Chris Chambliss broke our hearts with one swing in the bottom of the 9th inning of Game 5 of the '76 ALCS.

[@johnsain]

Yanks had 2 incredible comebacks in 2 years vs KC in the playoffs.

[@ericcollins8794]

@@johnsain both in the 9th inning in 76 and 77

[@davidr5961]

was it worse the following year, watching the royals blow that lead in the 9th of the deciding game?

[@dskyyksd]

Al Cowens was safe and Chris Chambliss should have been called out for failing to touch home plate after all the hoodlums stormed the field and stole it.

[@87Khein]

@@davidr5961 Kansas City has two titles though. Sure, they're really spread out but a lot of fans have only one or even none.

[@roseandbench]

Superstar team from heaven these Cincinnati Reds.

[@Briguy75]

Team of the 70s !!!

[@isuckathearthstone7184]

Man how loaded was that Reds lineup? A hall of famer or all star player at every position.

[@karltrafton7547]

The dodgers in the 70s just didn't.have that juice. To kick the Yankees ass

[@waynejohanson1083]

Could be the best starting 8 in history.

[@IAm-qf2xb]

That pitching staff though.

[@jdawgbroski]

@@IAm-qf2xb Staff was good--no stars, but solid.

[@IAm-qf2xb]

J Co I wil give you 75 but not 76. It was a masses of asses staff, unremarkable in every way.

[@jaydogtitan-ok3vw]

My mom who passed in August 2023 was a big Reds fan in the 70s got me into baseball during the '75-'76 championship seasons when I was 11 years old, I can't think of October baseball without thinking of the Cincinnati Reds.

[@claudesledge9102]

Damn,the Cincinnati Reds had a monstrous lineup(1976)...I had to replay the announcement just to believe what I was witnessing...also,I thought Willie Randolph started with the Yankees in 1981(live and learn).

[@matthewmosley1460]

Absolutely, without question, the GREATEST TEAM in baseball history!!

[@snave59]

No they aren't.One of the best ,yes.The 1927 Yankees were better.

[@freethinkerrr2897]

Several eras have had dominating teams and players in their time. If only we could put some of these great championship teams into a time machine and pit them against another championship team playing in their prime for a 7 game series. Only then could we could settle these “greatest team ever” debates for good!

[@davidsamuels9557]

Oakland won three consecutive World Series titles, and beat Cincinnati in 1972 without Reggie Jackson.

[@joefaller4525]

@@davidsamuels9557 I was a Reds fan and they won WS while I was in HS. The A's had an amazing pitching staff. Catfish, Blue Moon Odom, Vida Blue, Holtzman. Thye had some stellar position players also. Hard to argue with 3 straight WS titles with a lousy owner to boot.

[@staunchx]

They get my vote.

[@dovid70]

this is the last game of the big red machine man they were amazing.

[@BillMorganChannel]

Who is your all time favorite base ball player?

[@rockobuckom.j.7212]

Joe Morgan is a Great Interview..you can see why he was a play bye play announcer!

[@79SteelyMatt]

The 1976 Reds were the best team in baseball history-speed power fielding defense and pitching and Sparky in his prime.I despise the Yankees but got to show much respect to Yankee captain Thurman Munson who was born and raised in Akron,Ohio-a tragic death lost much to early he was always a true Buckeye in his heart

[@uncletony6210]

but it was the same team in 77, 78, and they lost.

[@clintscroggs65]

Canton, Ohio

[@stevelyons5297]

Uncle Tony not the same team

[@RisingSon011]

Uncle Tony it most definitely was not

[@EdsterIII]

So many HOF's. EXCELLENT PLAYERS. TOP HITTERS. 150% all out players.

[@roseandbench]

Bench hitting seventh...that's one scary lineup.

[@stevenkramer4762]

Scary when Foster batting sixth...

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

Bench had been hurt all year, and Foster had yet to show his power. Once Perez was traded, it all changed.

[@usaveteran-retired6464]

Bench actually asked Sparky Anderson to move him to the 7th spot in the batting order, in order to move Foster, others in better spots - That's putting the team first, which every member of the 1975-76 Big Red Machine did at all times.

[@karltrafton7547]

It's very spoke. Hitting 7th. That's deep

[@joeambrose3260]

Bench was the MVP. Wowsers!

[@Muskegon333]

Rose, Morgan, Concepcion, Perez and Bench. What an infield. Power, average, speed and gold gloves.

[@michaelmacaraig2841]

The only team to go perfect since the postseason expanded to having a league championship series. They went 7-0 in the postseason. No team ever went 8-0 when the league championship series became a best-of-seven series.

[@englandbengal]

Michael Macaraig best team ever!

[@87Khein]

The 1999 Yankees and 2005 White Sox both went 11-1. That's the closest any team has come since.

[@paulsonj72]

@@87Khein Oakland went 8-1 in 1989 when it was two rounds and not the three of today.

[@williamhouse8602]

It was great growing up in Cincinnati and being a teenager during the Big Red Machine

[@6412mars]

Brother..we were spoiled..a baseball fans dream 👍

[@pigalleycatemanresu7321]

The Reds, 100% class! They repeated as world champs, and celebrated their victory like men, with respect for their team-mates and their opponents. Contrast that to the now ritual display, of a team of spoiled children, clinching a wild card at 5 games over .500.

[@bearsden0072]

JOHNNY BENCH WAS MY FAVORITE PLAYER WHEN I WAS A KID

[@TURTLES_FOR_LIFEEE]

Me also and I am a Baltimore Oriole Fan. In my humble opinion, greatest catcher in baseball History.

[@Groucho-tg1tx]

Pete Rose was and still is for me

[@waynejohanson1083]

He was 42 going on 72

[@lloydkline6946]

He had a cannon of an arm for stealing basemen

[@ronhubbard6747]

RIP Joe Morgan

[@mickeywhitlock162]

This was the culmination of the team l rooted for during the 60s and early to mid 70s, listening to Al Michaels and Joe Nuxhall on the radio. Watched as this team was put together piece by piece. Very satisfying to see and relive these moments of my team.

[@hermanzoon]

Johnny Bench is batting seventh. What does that say about the previous six batter? wow!

[@fredkruse9444]

He had a shoulder injury, and hit only 16 HR and a career-low .234.

[@OPTIONALWATCH]

I really never thought this Yankee team could compete with the Reds. It was a clear sweep from the start.

[@dzanier]

+Luis Donado When you look at how utterly dominant the Reds were that year, they led the NL in every major offensive category, they led the league in fielding percentage, and their bullpen had more saves than any other. This Yankee team was good, but between the Reds simply being better and the Yanks' being exhausted after the five-game victory over KC in the ALCS, it came as no surprise that the result was extremely one sided. The Reds never made an offensive substitution, only trailed for three innings the entire series, and outscored the Yanks 22-8. It was absolutely no contest.

[@ckendall67]

+Luis Donado The Yankees were coming off an emotionally-draining, hard-fought ALCS vs Kansas City & had only a day's rest, a travel-day essentially, to get ready for the World Series, while the Reds had some extra rest after sweeping a Phillies ballclub that, had they won the NLCS, probably would've won the World Series as well, although I read that the Phils were somewhat of a fractured clubhouse going into the playoffs. The Yankees-Royals ALCS Game 5 received a lot of fanfare for its dramatics, but the World Series proved to be a reality check for those that thought the Yankees might've had an outside chance at beating Cincy. Winning that ALCS was the Yankees' "World Series" for 1976, but once they brought Reggie Jackson into the fold the following season, you had to figure the Yankees would be champions soon enough...which they were successful in '77 & '78. The '76 sweep vs Cincy was like a learning curve for the Yankees, as they knew what it was like to go up against a truly dominant ballclub.

[@dzanier]

+ckendall67 I wonder if the fracture in The Phillies clubhouse was caused by Dick Allen. I believe that before the playoffs began, he said that he wouldn't play unless the Phillies included Tony Taylor on the active roster. This WS was a learning curve for the Yanks. I don't exclude the possibility the Yanks could've repeated as AL champs, and maybe won the WS, even if they hadn't signed Reggie. Had they gotten Grich and Rudi, which was their initial objective, they wouldn't have had to trade Oscar Gamble to get Bucky Dent. Grich would have played short. That isn't a knock on Reggie, as he was a great addition and a clutch player.

[@BobJ1979]

+Luis Donado I think the Phillies would have beaten the Yanks, too...

[@davidr5961]

Catfish Hunter kept it close, i believe, in game 2

[@brettshepherd5240]

As a dodgers fan from this era, the reds were our biggest rivals but i must admit, i liked the big red machine.

[@dantheman5745]

My older brother was a Dodgers fan. He never rooted for my Reds, but whenever they made the playoffs, I always rooted for LA.

[@waynejohanson1083]

The Dodgers / Reds rivalry was the best in the seventies. Both had great infields.

[@jerrynewberry5050]

I was a 14 year old Dodgers fan whose favorite player was Johnny Bench.

[@dwaynecoy1871]

I was a Reds fan during this time as a teenager. I always hated the Dodgers and Tommy Lasorda. But you really had to appreciate all the great series they played against each other. And whenever I think of the Dodgers of the 70's, you always go back to that infield that was so good and was so consistent for so long...Garvey, Cey, Lopes, Russell.

[@EphSBGGSO]

Sparky reacting to Bench's HR in the 9th: "Boys, I got news for you, we're gonna be world's champions AGAIN, sugar bear!"

[@stevelyons5297]

The "Great Eight" of Rose, Griffey, Morgan, Perez, Foster, Bench, Dave Concepcion and Geronimo started together in just 87 of the team's 162 games and went 69-18 for a .793 winning percentage. A .793 winning percentage projected over an entire season translates to an astounding record of 128-34.

[@robertkoth4022]

Unbelievable, I remember they were 70 and 30 after 100 games.700 hundred baseball. Un heard off

[@Armyofficer]

Awesome footage - I saw this back in 1976, in Ohio at the age of 13. Great memories, and this was the last great series with the Big Red Machine.

[@lloydkline6946]

Greatest ⚾️ baseball lineup ever

[@chuckcollins2349]

76 Reds..Best baseball team ever!!!

[@waynejohanson1083]

What about the 27 Yankees

[@jonathanjohnson9101]

I LOVED WATCHING Johnny Bench!

[@oroborus3045]

Billy Martin managing like it's still the 1950s. What was his starter doing out there in the 8th when they had a stud like Sparky fresh and ready in the bullpen.

[@Jimbo898]

Bye far one of the best teams I ever saw, they were loaded.

[@jerrscott6373]

With Johnny Bench batting 7th, you just knew this wasn't going to end well for the NY Yankees.

[@DodgerFan1988]

The last NL team to win back to back titles.

[@Dan-iy8ig]

Yes and Joe Morgan was MVP in 1975 and 76

[@87Khein]

The 1996 Braves had the best chance to do it but somehow lost four straight after winning the first two in New York as well as having a 6-0 lead in Game 4.

[@bconni2]

Dodgers will do it next year.

[@SatoshiHODL]

This Reds team is a whose who squad of hall of famers from the top down. Crazy

[@VanHalenFan1964]

AND THIS ONE BELONGS TO THE REDS!!!

[@ardie77]

Wow Bench hitting 7th! That was a team!

[@jerrygeorgopoulos2313]

Saw the Big Red Machine in person at Candlestick Park in 1975 as a young kid and was amazed at their team chemistry. What a group of exceptional, classy guys. It's what made the Reds a legendary team. Was just thinking about Joe Morgan as I was fielding balls with my son and thought I'd revisit their greatness. The BRM will never be duplicated.

[@JosephDungee]

Love hearing the "Scooter" on the mic. Phil was a homer but he certainly made the Yankees broadcasts interesting, him and his long-time partner Bill White (A true gentleman)

[@dzanier]

bill white is a great man.

[@rockintetster]

And this was the last World Series broadcast to include the home team announcers. Scooter was not there next year to call Reggie’s home runs. Instead we got Howard Cosell rudely interrupting Keith Jackson.

[@ram3621]

I rode the elevator with The Scooter up to the booth at the Kingdome in Seattle in '87, I believe, Saturday of Labor Day weekend. I worked for a weekly in Meridian, Idaho and was there to interview Dennis Rasmussen. I told Phil this and Phil told me Dennis had flown out to be with his wife who just had a baby but he would be back Monday for my interview with him. Later I was in the locker room with Rickey Henderson, Winfield, Tommy John, mgr Lou Piniella, Donnie Baseball. I was in heaven. But meeting Phil was the best...a real gentleman

[@itzamnaflores1924]

FANTASTIC TO REMEMBER THOSE GREAT CINCINNATI REDS AND POWERFUL YANKEES ⚾⚾⚾ BASEBALL LIVES FOREVER ⚾⚾⚾

[@luisaaguilarmoyeda9420]

Johnny Bench...an all time great.

[@astralwerks4]

There was no shame to falling before this great Reds team.

[@jamilmccoy2994]

Johnny Bench smacked the Yankees around in that world series...

[@snave59]

I think he had around a .500 batting average in the world series.Hence,he won the world series mvp award.

[@jazzfusionary]

The Big Red Machine was the best team ever!

[@lloydkline1518]

Ever hear of pitching; Don gullet; jack Bellingham; Nolan; little else

[@lloydkline1518]

It the greatest baseball hitting lineup

[@snave59]

1927 Yankees are generally considered the best team ever,by any knowledgeable baseball fan.

[@snave59]

@@lloydkline1518 They had a very good bullpen.Rawley Eastwick and Will Mcenanny were 2 of the best relief pitchers in baseball,back then.

[@lloydkline1518]

@@snave59 1975& 1976 reds ; i remember they sweep the ny yankees ;lefty don gullet : he got hurt like first seasin with ny yankees jack billingham great ground ball pitcher

[@gfhunter]

I will always be a part of the "BIG RED MACHINE!" No team greater!

[@cjs83172]

DMR4736 And of course, the greatest team of all-time, the 1927 Yankees. But in modern times, I don't think there has ever been a team greater, especially from an offensive point of view, than the "Big Red Machine" teams from 1970-'76. Their one Achilles' Heel, which showed up over and over again when they got to post-season play, was pitching. That got them beat by the Orioles in 1970, the A's in '72, even without Reggie Jackson, a Mets team in 1973 that barely finished above .500, and even the Red Sox had them on the ropes in the 1975 World Series on numerous occasions, but lacked the experience the Reds had. But the lineup shown by the Yankees in 1976 was so weak that even the usually pedestrian Reds pitching was able to handle them, while the Yankees struggled from the same thing that got the Red Sox beat in 1975, lack of experience.

[@kevaninthe4135]

***** Good point about the Reds pitching. Just a bunch of "JAG's" as Bill Parcells would say. I'm not going to say the '27 Yanks are not the greatest team of all time but I'd put the 1929 Philadelphia A's up against anyone.

[@cjs83172]

In fact, that team did to the rest of the American League in 1929 what the Yankees had done in 1927. And remember that they won that World Series without either of their dominant left-handed pitchers starting a game. The reason was that, since he realized before the season ended that the Cubs would be his competition in the World Series, Connie Mack had right-handed pitcher Howard Ehmke scout the Cubs from the stands at Wrigley Field, and Mack learned two things. First, he learned that they were a fastball hitting team, and secondly, he learned that their lineup was dominated by right-handed batters. To neutralize their fastball hitters, Mack had Ehmke, an junk ball pitcher, start the first game, and he set a record of 13 Ks in a world Series game, a record that would stand for 24 years, until Carl Erskine broke it in 1953. But Mack also had his best left-handed pitchers, including Lefty Grove, in the bullpen, and started only right-handers in that World Series since the Cubs were a right-handed hitting team.

***** Thanks for your nod to the 1929 Philadelphia A's! I'm a big Oakland A's fan and semi-historian, the 1929 A's are grossly underrated. If I could go back in time and see one game it would be game 4 of the series and the ten run rally in the top of the seventh inning.

[@joemartin1253]

Not a Yankees fan but you can't forget 1998 Yankees.

[@kenfields603]

The Reds were the best modern era team ever, they played in such a tough division and to dominate for a decade with slightly above average pitching speaks to the consistency of 'The Great Eight.' In all fairness if free agency hadn't arrived during this time period would I be talking about the Athletics in this light?._..._. Alas we'll never know but three titles in a row is impressive, from a lifelong Reds fan.__......._ Go Big Red Machine !!!!

[@borood1188]

The Big Red Machine. Greatest team ever.

[@Lava1964]

Nice to hear Bob Sheppard's voice again.

[@otaviofrnazario]

He was great. He was missed in the last season of Yankee Stadium

[@banking-cartelmedia-cartel7206]

That was my team! We sat outside and would listen to the games on a transistor radio. What a team that was. Watching this was a wonderful step back in time. And Thurman Munson - what a tremendous player he was. And when the Yankees got Catfish Hunter and Reggie Jackson the next year they were Off to the Races with more championships. I think in 1977 the red should not have traded Tony Perez they should have kept that great team intact and they also got rid of Gary Nolan during the season but Gary I think may have had some arm trouble and they picked up the great time-saver but there's something about that team in 1977 where they have lost some of their luster otherwise the Big Red Machine based on the 1975 and 76 season you would have thought would have been back in the World Series in 1977 but it just didn't happen.

[@bobbyb.6644]

Best team EVER! Tony Perez was the unsung hero.🤗 Team slid when they tried to replace him later on - ruined the chemistry?

[@josephgreen2824]

This was the first world series I watched in its entirety. Total dominance by the Reds. It was the year before Reggie Jackson arrived in New York.

[@ianbruce4314]

That is why they are called the great eight, best line up since the 27 yankree's

[@gregj831]

That team truly was THE BIG RED MACHINE. My dad would take me and my brothers down to Riverfront and it was never a question of whether they would win. It was a question of how much they'd win by! They destroyed the competition.

[@brianmccormick3837]

RIP Joe Morgan. Still can't imagine how shaken Tony Kubek must have been by his death.