MLB 1976 World Series Highlights

[@smg1665]

RIP Joe Morgan 1975 and 1976 MVP

[@ccjjpp1966]

That was one hell of a team. The 1976 Cincinnati Reds swept the Phillies in the NLCS who won 101 games that year, then swept the Yankees in the World Series.

[@theeditorialsuite1070]

I really enjoy Garagiola's narration and Sparky's banter.

[@adamdorgant9454]

I know Right!!!!

[@6412mars]

Great stuff!!!

[@randycoffman9326]

In my life time, the 75 and 76 reds is the best team of all time.

[@frankforce9241]

The A's were better 72,73,74. Frank

[@jeffmccoy1700]

The two best teams of the 70's the Oakland Athletics who won 3 consecutive championships and the Cincinnati Reds who followed winning the next 2. The Athletics won 5 consecutive AL West titles 71 to 75 while the Big Red Machine won the NL West in 70,72,73 75 and 76. A lesser version of the Big Red Machine also won the NL West in 79 but were outmatched by the Pirates. The Reds and the Athletics matched up in the 72 World Series with the Athletics winning a classic series in 7. I thought for sure they were gonna meet again in 73 but the Reds were upset by an inferior Mets team in the NL Championship. Too bad we never got a rematch in the battle of the dynasties.

[@chuckcollins2349]

76 Reds are arguably the greatest baseball team ever assembled.

[@victorialouden1912]

Chuck Collins NOBODY comes close I grew up in Cincinnati and we had no idea what were experiencing was history in the making we just thought the road to the world series was a way of life. not to many cities can claim that.

[@jamesspencer406]

Yes those guys made growing up in ohio as a kid playing ball the best ,the best of times!

[@dantheman5745]

@@jamesspencer406 Being a Reds fan growing up in New Jersey was pretty sweet too! ;-)

[@davidr5961]

better than the '61 , '27, or 49-53 yanks, that won five straight? maybe you're right

[@tektoniks_architects]

You can argue it, but its a losing argument.

[@sha9infinite450]

I love how sparky anderson, bench and rose talk about munson hitting. Rose says he is like bill madlock! i remember madlock. Cool to see mutual respect from those that manage and play the game.

[@kennethbrady]

I wonder if Sparky is subtly trying to motivate Bench, by making a point of complimenting Munson over and over. Hmm...maybe? If so, it worked!

[@sha9infinite450]

Kenneth , could be. Johnny Bench showed up!

[@dantheman5745]

@@kennethbrady Nope, Sparky didn't mess with Rose, Morgan, Bench & Perez. He knew he didn't need to. No "mind games" necessary. That's just how Sparky was. Very matter of fact. Same with Rose. Munson WAS impressive, especially in this series. So while you're waiting for your relief pitcher to come take the ball....that's what they talked about. Bench hit over .500 for the series. He didn't need some mid-Game-4 comment from Sparky to do that. He'd already done it. And Rose always had an appreciation for the game itself, even while in the heat of battle. After the gut-wrenching, emotionally-draining Game 6 loss to Carlton Fisk's HR the year before in Boston, Sparky said that Rose came up to him afterward and said, "Was that the greatest game you've ever been a part of, or what?!" Anderson replied, "Peter, we just lost Game 6 of the World Series, and I'm not going to get any sleep tonight, and you're telling me what a great game that was?" Rose unflappably confident response was, "Hey, we're gonna win it tomorrow. But wasn't that a great game?" So, no, nobody was trying to "motivate" anybody. That's just how confident & relaxed and matter-of-fact this team was.

[@davidr5961]

Munson was the best opposite field hitter yanks ever had.......up until the time Jeter came along

[@teddycorbin7147]

Dan the Man sparky was nothing more than person with the title of manager. He was just along for the ride. Average manager at best

[@otherworld11]

Best National League team ever. Braves had a shot but could not surpass the Big Red Machine.

[@aaronsaladbar97]

otherworld11 It was actually the Dodgers that were the other power house in the 70s , Pete always said it was war against the dodgers. Dodgers went to the WS 3 times, would’ve went 5 times if there wasn’t the reds

[@brandonmorris92]

The Braves were awful during the 1970s. Their only highlight was a guy by the name of Hank.

[@dantheman5745]

He's referring to the Braves team from the 1990s thru early 2000s.

[@docadams7099]

Question: How many world championships have the Braves won in their era of NL East dominance? Answer: 1. Question: How many World Series did the Reds win in the 1970s? Answer: 2. The Braves have had ALL those chances in the postseason, but have FEWER World Championships to show for it.

[@docadams7099]

This is the best World Series the Yankees have ever played. They ran up against the Big Red Machine and got whooped.

[@iceman9610]

And they looked like a team in the dug out. Genuine smiles and pats on the back, high-fiving, awesome. Favorite team since, even though it’s a struggle.

[@roseandbench]

The Machine was a Machine. They toyed with the Yankees like a cat with a mouse.

[@charlessmith263]

You are right. Tony Perez was for real. He was the Yankees killer in Game 2 with that walk-off basehit/RBI. While Johnny Bench was the Yankees killer for Game 4 with 2 crippling round-trippers. The fear of the Big Red Machine may have also caused some of the Yankees to commit nasty and costly errors and misjudged defensive plays in Game 3.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

Which makes you wonder how Boston was able to take them to the wire in ‘75

[@davidr5961]

sure did, ; turned out better for the yanks, some fifteen years earlier, with mantle & maris, in ;61 when they played the reds

[@scoobycarr5558]

As a Cubs fan I admired Cincinnati's Big Red Machine as a kid. But what is real sad about today's modern era is that the Reds are in sore need of another Big Red Machine - which quite possibly will not happen for quite a while.

[@michaelleroy9281]

The Yankees didn't have that " missing piece" they would get that for 1977 I think you know who that would be

[@timothycornell3032]

Thurman Munson belongs in the hall of fame!

[@shane6860]

A Post season sweep. ! Like seeing halley comet.

[@Groucho-tg1tx]

I remember when I was kid going Wrigley field just to see the Reds, particularly my idol Pete Rose.

[@shanenolan085]

27:38 Oakland, Reds, and Yankees DOMINATED the 70s ⚾️⚾️🏆🏆🏆

[@michaelsemmijr2095]

Greatest team I've EVER saw , the '75-'76 Big Red Machine. Greatest catcher I ever saw, Johnny Lee Bench.

[@dantheman5745]

Still, the only team since divisional play began to go through the entire post-season undefeated. BTW, 26:02, "Doggie" is The Big Dog, Tony Perez.

[@ruthlesshack1279]

They are the only team to sweep both the Playoffs and the World Series.

[@ProfessorBMedia]

@@ruthlesshack1279 And the Reds are the only team in the National League to repeat as World Series Champs since divisional play was instituted back in 1969 and has been the only National League club to repeat as World Series only once since the John McGraw New York Giants to repeat as Champions in nearly 100 years since they did back in 1921-22.

[@adamdorgant9454]

@@ruthlesshack1279 Agreed!!!!

[@bengaljam4550]

Last year before Free Agency came into affect. Last of the truly great teams

[@mikesbaseballcards]

Yankees 77 & 78

[@jamesmatthew3681]

5:01 Don Gullet later played for the Yankees in '77.

[@davidr5961]

George always went after the players, who beat him from the previous year....Gullett, Randy Johnson, etc.

[@michaelleroy9281]

As a free agent which broke up those Reds they refused to go after big buck guys when free agency came in

[@CaesarDarias]

When Pete Rose is impressed with Munson, you know it was a great performance. Unfortunately for the Yankees, the final championship ingredient would not arrive until 1977.

[@charlessmith263]

Basically, this was 1976 - the year that the Philadelphia Phillies never held a July 4 game in Veterans Stadium at all due to the Bicentennial frenzy. They did hold a July 5 game in the same stadium with post-game fireworks afterward. There were also fireworks during the National anthem on the 5th too. Baseball fans in 1976 took the overall general frenzy of the Bicentennial that year in stride, so with this World Series between the Big Red Machine and Bronx Bombers, I wonder if this series was also called "The Bicentennial Fall Classic" or "The Bicentennial Series..."?????

[@retiredusvet4396]

Thank you! I've looked for it off and on for @ 40 years.

[@bradlafferty6076]

Beating the Yankees in the World Series is so sweet

[@brandonmorris92]

Sweeping them was even better!

[@shanenolan085]

Sweep 🧹🧹🧹🧹 Payback for the 1939 World Series 💯💯💯

[@beatlepaul77]

Power, speed, defense, pitching. There was nothing they didn’t have.

[@mikevanriel7573]

This World Series is still the only World Series that the Yankees ever played on artificial turf.

[@rafaelramirez1507]

But in the playoffs in '76, '77 , '78 with the Royals , difference was the Big Red Machine were special

[@blutoblutarsky6529]

The Great 8

[@michaelleroy9281]

Joe Morgan

[@natch27]

The Yanks needed a major league shortstop to replace the Chicken Stanley/Jim Mason platoon and got Bucky Dent just before the start of the '77 season. That, along with the development of Guidry and the acquisition of Mr.October put them over the top. Ironically the '77 Reds traded for Tom Seaver at the trade deadline but it wasn't enough to overcome the loss of Tony Perez or the rise of the Dodgers.

[@SirWinstonBeech]

Bowie Kuhn vetoed the Reds getting Vida Blue but had no problem with the Yankees swiping Don Gullett from the Reds.

[@dantheman5745]

@Jim McCracken Yep. Trading Perez away kinda made you wish they could bring back public hanging.

[@usaveteran-retired6464]

Bowie Kuhn interfered way too much with the other teams. He had no issues allowing Steinbrenner to get his ballplayers.

[@SmittytheGreatOne83]

@@dantheman5745 You know, I'm a Royals fan, and I sit back all these years later and think about the Perez trade and wonder...."What in the ACTUAL fuck were the Reds thinking?"

[@ohiostsupremesuperdynasty7326]

@@SmittytheGreatOne83 they thought Driessen would be a superstar!! Stop bitchin....the Hal McRae for Richie Scheinbleum (sp) trade was one of the worst in Reds history!!

[@rumarspencer7302]

After this sweep, and when the Yankees went after Reggie Jackson, that's when Reggie made the comment that he was the straw that stirred the drink, that the Yankees didn't have someone like him to help them in the 76 World Series, Steinbrenner and other Yankees didn't take the comments well. Likely Reggie was saying, he would be a difference maker in helping the Yankees get back to the top, boy did he ever in the next 2 years, after a 14 yr drought of not winning a World Series.

[@wilmerleon1315]

Pasarán 100 años para volver a ver un equipó como la maquinaria roja.

[@OswaldoLafee]

RIP Thurman Munson. He died the next year on a plane crash tragically.

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

3 years,,,1979.

[@simplygu]

The music is awesome in this. I wonder what the tune is @ 2:38 which is heard a few times? The music starting @ 12:16 is cool too.

[@Mryrhodesian]

The track is called Capitol City by Brian Bennett.

[@newt0830]

Munson can flat hit!! RIP #15

[@79SteelyMatt]

Thurman Munson was from Akron,Ohio the only Yankee i can stand he was a legend only played 10 seasons and his number was retired by the Yankees the only non Hall of Famer ever to get that honor

[@patriciareilly7955]

Agreed. 12 25 2017 5 am e mail greatest joy

[@TheGodYouWishYouKnew]

@@79SteelyMatt That’s not true. Plenty of non Hall of Famers have their numbers retired by the Yankees.

[@79SteelyMatt]

@@TheGodYouWishYouKnew Who?

[@TheGodYouWishYouKnew]

@@79SteelyMatt Martin, Maris, Posada, Mattingly, Howard, Pettitte, Guidry, Williams and Munson

[@VolumedMusicMan]

Cesar Geronimo was their weakest hitter, yet he hit 260ish and was a gold Glover .That offensive had too many weapons! '

[@ohiostsupremesuperdynasty7326]

Geronimo batted .306 in 1976....and batted 8th!!

[@ChrisClaybern]

I believe Geronimo hit 300 on the nose that season. I may be wrong though

[@tonyduffy9027]

My dad and I loved the BIG Red Machine and especially Sparky Anderson

[@lindenly22]

Figuring out why Gullitt hurt so bad in the 8th inning, I am guessing that this is likely a severe ligament tear somewhere very close to his pitching elbow...something like an ACL tear you can get in your knee.....and when I saw Gullitt go down in deep pain, I knew that his World Series pitching play was over for the rest of the series. This happened at 6:58 into the video.

[@charlessmith263]

I have to retract - a pulled ankle injury, not his pitching elbow, derailed Gullitt's hopes. Sorry, baseball fans.

[@shanenolan85]

Back 2 Back World Championships!!

[@eaglesyz]

The last back to back champions to win over 100 games in both seasons. 108 wins in 1975 and 102 wins in 1976.

[@k.bowers8372]

I think they went to 3 in a row but lost 1.

[@rumarspencer7302]

​@k.bowers8372 Reds of that era, was 2-2 in the World Series. Won back to back in 75 and 76 and lost in 70 and 72.

[@RoofDoctorsJoanne]

1976 ....was America to me ...everything was right with the World. Bicentennial...as a kid....life was good

[@123xconnieb]

Is it just me or were the ballparks bigger back then? I don't mean the entire ballpark, I mean the field area.

[@cjs83172]

They most certainly were, which is a big reason why HRs were down, not just from where they are now, but also from where they were in the 50s and early-to-mid 60s. Consider that, from 1966-'89, only one player, Reds OF George Foster, surpassed the 50 HR for one season (52 in 1977), and when Cecil Fielder hit 51 for the Tigers in 1990, he became the first AL player since Maris and Mantle in 1961 to hit 50 in a season, and he played half his games at hitter-friendly Tiger Stadium. The bigger multi-purpose stadiums had a lot to do with that. In fact, only two players from the era of the multi-purpose stadiums would join the 500 HR club, Mike Schmidt and Reggie Jackson, neither of whom ever hit more than 48 in one season (Schmidt hit 48 in 1980 and Reggie topped out at 47 in 1969).

[@ChrisClaybern]

Here's an interesting fact baseball fans. Going back to game 7 win in 75 series, the Reds are 9-0 in world series play as they swept the Yanks in 75' and swept the A's in 90'

[@ChrisClaybern]

Yanks in 76', sorry.

[@JMCerra]

Still have a way to go to get to the Yankees' 14 straight World Series game wins spanning from 1996 (starting in Game #3) until 2000 (Game #2).

[@VolumedMusicMan]

Why did Joe Morgan drop off offensively from1976 on? In 75 he was a beast!

[@docadams7099]

He didn't drop off in 1976. If anything, he improved. He was MVP that year, too. And in 1977 teammate George Foster had a dynamite season with 52 HRs and 149 RBIs. Morgan did fall off in 1979, owing to injuries.

[@jamesmatthew3681]

I wonder how Yogi would react to see Bench becoming the eventual World Series MVP that year?

[@TonyWud]

When Bench broke Yogi's record for homers by a catcher, Yogi sent him a telegram that read in part, "I always knew it would stand till it was broken."

[@usaveteran-retired6464]

What's the name of sports jingle on 14:20 of the tape? I remember it being used on This Week In Baseball, and an early 1979 Sports Illustrated commercial. Any ideas?

[@cjs83172]

It's called "Grandstand", and it was composed by Keith Mansfield, who also composed musical pieces like "Panorama", which ABC used to open it's U.S. Open golf coverage throughout the 1980s, "Solid Gold", which was prominent in the 1977 Masters highlight film, and "Cheerleader", which was prominently used in, among other presentations, the official film of the 1977 British Open, better known for the duel between Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus that was almost immediately dubbed, "The Duel in the Sun". This particular jingle ("Grandstand") was used early in the 1979 Pittsburgh Steelers highlight film. These and countless others (well over 2,500 now) can be found on Dave Volsky's page, which features background music from sporting highlight presentations, mostly from NFL Films, and a vast majority of them completely uncluttered with other sounds and narration.

[@t21229513]

Wow great info. How about the song at the beginning of the 1977 WS highlight film?

[@cjs83172]

That one's called "Fields of Energy", and it was composed by John Scott. That was frequently used by NFL Films and MLB Productions (especially "TWIB") from the late 70s through the mid 80s. That tune was also used at the beginning of the 1976 Masters film. In addition to "Fields of Energy", Scott also composed "Grand Scale", which was prominently used in NFL Films productions, such as the profile of George Halas in "Best Ever Coaches" from 1981, and at the end of "Best Ever Runners", in both the original 1981 version, as well as the 1985 update. Scott also composed "Race the Sun", which was used in auto racing films in the early 70s, including Dynamic Films' version of the 1971 Daytona 500 and the official IMS film of the 1972 Indianapolis 500 during the record-breaking qualifying runs. The latter of these racing films can be seen on my channel.

[@t21229513]

Thank you that's fantastic. I do recall it in the masters film but I forgot it was from '76.

[@t21229513]

Now for a song I'd like to know the name of and has eluded me for years is the song played in the special 'It Don't Come Easy' about the 1978 Yankees. It is played during the section on the Boston massacre. It was posted on KZbin for a while and it was in the second section but I don't know if it exists here anymore.

[@williamdunphy352]

Narrated by Joe Garagiola.

[@nala3038]

MAN UTD this video is about baseball not soccer!!

[@adamdorgant9454]

@@nala3038 You’re right about that!!!!

[@tomservo5347]

My Dad told me that while yes, the Big Red Machine was a power to behold offensively, their pitching was mediocre at best. He said old Sparky would change pitchers every 3 innings or so.

[@chuckcollins2349]

Sparky was captain hook

[@9Ballr]

I wouldn't say their pitching was mediocre, though it wasn't stellar. The '75 team that won 108 games had the third-lowest team ERA in the national league, while the '76 team that won 102 games had the fifth-lowest team ERA in the national league. So, definitely above average overall.

[@tleatherland]

The Reds' team ERA in the '76 Series was 2.00.

[@davidr5961]

@@9Ballr Who was the Red's pitcher, that gave up that homer, the year before, to Carbo in Boston, late in game 6 that tied it?

[@cjs83172]

@@davidr5961 The pitcher in question was Rawly Eastwick, who along with Bruce Sutter, was among the first pitchers to use a split-finger fastball. A few years later, Eastwick would be one of the few pitchers to escape the famous 23-22 slugfest at Wrigley Field in 1979 unscathed, as he threw two perfect innings. In fact, he was the winning pitcher in that wild game.

[@zigwald]

Man i'd pay to see the 27 yanks against the 76 reds!

[@adamdorgant9454]

Agreed!!!

[@michaelleroy9281]

The 76 Yankees gave them no match at all

[@schwarry1]

Ok Joe, we can tell you wanted the Yanks to win.

[@jamesmatthew3681]

This documentary forgets one thing.

[@jamesmatthew3681]

They didn't mention Mickey Mantle in the Yankee dynasty in the 50s and early 60s.

[@Maxbps88]

Best. Team. Ever. And it's not even arguably close.

[@uncletony6210]

but the Dodgers were better in 74, 77, and 78. That's 3 out of 5 seasons when the Reds were in their primes.

[@theeditorialsuite1070]

"Let's play baseball. Let's play baseball." - Sparky Anderson

[@bradlafferty6076]

My Dad was at game 2. Drove up from Columbus.

[@DavidBayliff]

7 and 0 that speaks for it self in post season play

[@norman9291]

Still the last NL team to win back to back World Series

[@anthonyminor3160]

I agree. I put that team against any in history. I am Dodger fan and we had problems beating them in those years.

[@scottl.1568]

I love those classy maroon blazers the umpires have

[@uncletony6210]

AL umps always wore them.

[@bobby-jackbrewer7395]

What's the name of the theme music at the beginning an end of the video?

[@scottl.1568]

And yes Steinbrenner was so pissed off after this he went on to acquire one Reginald Martinez Jackson...

[@michaelleroy9281]

And Steinbrenner told Billy Martin were doing it my way for 1977

[@TheTurk56523]

Very depressing for a Yankees fan. One of the times as a Yankees fan I’d like to forget.

[@adriangoncalves9189]

Beyond a shadow of doubt was a good game and mainly was gold year for Cincinnati reds

[@brandonmorris92]

It's sad that most of the players on these two teams are no longer with us today....

[@bobby-jackbrewer7395]

what simplygu said..what is that great piece that starts at 2:38??

[@RoundingThird]

Brian Bennett - Capital City - Music From NFL Films

[@lindenly22]

You hear that gentle part of "CC" with that trumpet solo when Gullitt goes down, and when Joe mentions all of the years that the Yankees had their past World Series years, as well as the Oakland A's triumphs in 1972-1974. But you hear that "rockin' music energy" in that song at the start of the 1976 World Series in Game 1 and all of that Game 1 action, and in the end credits. I wonder if that trumpet solo was by Chuck Mangione who joined up with Brian Bennett's ensemble in the 1970s...

[@michaelleroy9281]

Game 2 was the first ever Sunday night World Series game

[@MGAF688]

Not much of a series due to Cincy's dominance. The Reds had even more weapons in 77 but didn't make the playoffs.

[@michaelleroy9281]

George Foster had 52 home runs and they got Tom Seaver in mid season trade

[@brandonmorris92]

The Reds could've won three straight had it not been for the emergence of the Dodgers and Yankees.

[@scottl.1568]

@25:39

[@jimmywilliams3204]

It was the late great dick Wagner ended the Reds domination when he was GM he broke up a world championship team Don Gullah when I sign with the Yankees Ken Griffey was traded to the Yankees gone with Pete Rose to sign with the Phillies Joe Morgan sign with the Houston Astros Tony Perez was traded Montreal Expos

[@nala3038]

Jimmy Williams my goodness, I’m thinking you failed English class!

[@rafaelramirez1507]

The 70s team? '70 Baltimore Orioles .... '71 & '79 Pittsburgh Pirates .... '72 ,'73 , '74 Oakland A's .... '75 & '76 Cincinnati Reds .... '77 & '78 New York Yankees , which one?

[@michaelleroy9281]

There was no team of the decade of the 70s in baseball

[@ChrisClaybern]

Big red machine played in 4 world series in the 70's

[@rafaelramirez1507]

@@ChrisClaybern thats pretty cool Chris 👍 , but they only won two of them ... '75, '76

[@rafaelramirez1507]

@@ChrisClaybern 953 They also won the most regular season games with an astounding 953 victories , just 47 wins shy of 1000 , 😳 ... that's almost averaging 100 wins a year in a decade .... the Big Red Machine was a great team during the 70s, perhaps even the greatest 👍👍

[@nickelstacking2023]

yo y'all

[@scoobycarr5558]

The City of Cincinnati sorely needs to win another World Series. They haven't done anything with baseball since 1990. Bad management can destroy the Reds - after they won their last championship in 1990 their inept management made horrible moves that could make even diehard Reds fans cry. And of course this is from a Cubs fan of all people.

[@jimmeasel1712]

He can hit....he can flat hit....

[@PabloC-uw3hv]

What if the Yankees had Bucky Dent along with Reggie Jackson in 1976? Would it gone 7 games? Or the Yankees would've been world champs? Who knows.

[@robertmurdock1848]

No , the Reds swept the playoffs , rather easily. Reggie might helped for a win or two. Don't forget Ron Guidry's emergence and contribution to the 77 & 78 Yankee champioships.

[@rockintetster]

@@robertmurdock1848 It is often forgotten that Ron Guidry actually started his Yankee career as early as 1975, he was unknown until 1977. He was not in the postseason roster in 76

[@ChrisClaybern]

They could have had Jesus and the 12 deciples. Because only a miracle would have denied the Big Red Machine that year.

[@michaelleroy9281]

The Yankees were just glad to be there, but the next year they got that one missing piece that got it done guess who?

[@michaelleroy9281]

Classic mismatch

[@Pbiblueguy3144]

Sparky Anderson was a loud mouth and disrespected Thurman Munson in his post game conference, saying he couldn't carry Bench's jock.

[@marcparkinson4118]

wah wah wah.

[@9Ballr]

Well, who could? Bench is the greatest catcher in the history of baseball.

[@ruthlesshack1279]

Hey pbiblueguy3144, you need to get your shit straight for once, for THIS is what Sparky actually said and did. From the New York Times: "During his news conference after the Series finale in 1976, Anderson was asked to compare Yankee catcher Thurman Munson, who was voted the American League’s most valuable player that season, with Bench, the Reds catcher and eventual Hall of Famer who had been the National League’s M.V.P. in 1970 and 1972. The question lighted the bonfire of Anderson’s loyalty to his players. “Munson is an outstanding ballplayer and he would hit .300 in the National League,” he replied sharply, “but don’t ever compare nobody to Johnny Bench; don’t never embarrass nobody by comparing them to Johnny Bench.” Standing nearby, Munson heard Anderson’s words, and when he followed Anderson to the microphone, he said he felt “belittled.” Three weeks later, Anderson wrote Munson a letter of apology, released by the Reds, that he had “no intention of trying to belittle you or any other catcher.” For the Record, Bench is considered by most the Greatest Catcher EVER in Major League Baseball and even Thurman Munson himself would agree with that.

[@jamesmatthew3681]

I wonder if Yogi ever congratulated Bench for this performance here in this World Series.

[@davidr5961]

@@9Ballr but Yogi's got 14 rings.......

[@konstantinoskatsounis1109]

Ok lets not get carried away -the next 2 years they lost to the Dodgers- in 70 lost to Orioles -10 in 72 lost to Oakland -73 lost to Mets -74 lost to Dodgers again -Ok An awesome team for the ages does not win only 2 world series in 10 years -! Oh yes in 79 Lost to pirates-they were really really good for 2-3 years -but all time Great team never not with that pitching They were yes always in the hunt near the top But 2 world Series Is not enough

[@uncletony6210]

right. They were basically the EXACT same team when the Dodgers finished ahead of them in 77 and 78...74 too.

[@RoofDoctorsJoanne]

I loved da Reds....but I loved Catfish Hunter as well......his arm was about shot

[@tonyduffy9027]

My dad and I loved the BIG Red Machine and especially Sparky Anderson