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Katherine Rose, who besides being Pete's wife, is a Cincinnati sportscaster, called the 1975 Reds "the greatest team in baseball history." While this may be a slight exaggeration, it is not all that far off the mark. This year the Reds put together 108 victories, highest in the NL since 1908, and clinched their division earlier than any other team in baseball history. "Offensively and defensively" said Montreal manager Gene Mauch, "the Reds have been awesome...
Certainly the Cincinnati offense is one of the finest in recent memory. Basically, the Reds line up is a three spark-plug, three piston machine. Morgan, Rose and Griffey, all hitting well over 300, are the spark-plugs; Bench, Perez and Foster, who collectively accounted for 66 home runs and 316 RBI's are the pistons. The sparkplugs hit 'em where they ain't and the pistons hit 'em over the walls...
While more publicity has been focused on Cincinnati's hitting attack, the Reds' fielding is equally unsurpassed. This season the Reds strung together fourteen consecutive errorless games, another alltime baseball record. Six Reds--Morgan, Concepcion, Bench, Rose, Perez and Geronimo -- have won Golden Glove awards in the past; four won last year alone...
...past five years Cincinnati has taken three NL pennants, and won more ball games than any other ballclub, yet a world championship has repeatedly eluded them. This year they are determined to end things differently. "We started this year with one goal" said Pete Rose in August, "and that was to take it all." I'll say Cincinnati... in five...
...Reds are a despicable team. Really any fan from any National League city other than Cincinnati can tell you that. After all, if you pile up 108 victories in a season you simply have to offend a lot of fans around the senior circuit...