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The
Comeback Kids: Cincinnati Reds 2010 Championship Season
by Joe Jacobs, Mark J. Schmetzer
Paperback from Clerisy Press
ISBN: 1578604931
Few experts picked the Reds
to win the National League Central Division Championship. Loaded with great
young talent, the team was expected to move up in the standings and maybe
even to break its nine-year streak of losing seasons. But win the division?
Hardly.
No one realized the level of heart and tenacity this team possessed,
the pluck and verve this team could summon in the face of adversity. The
Reds came from behind to win 45 games, and whenever they took a tough loss,
they bounced back the next game. They truly were The Comeback Kids." As
baseball fans throughout the country waited for them slide back to expectations,
they just kept hustling and winning.
The Reds led the league in many offensive categories, with a lineup
anchored by budding superstar Joey Votto and aging veteran Scott Rolen.
Though the pitching staff lacked a true ace, many pitchers contributed
quality games. The bullpen did the same, until September, when heralded
phenom Aroldis Chapman came up from the minor leagues and threw 100 mph
fastballs, taking the staff to a whole new level.
The Comeback Kids tells the remarkable story of the 2010 Reds,
a team that relied on every player to achieve a stunning division championship.
Featuring nearly 100 photos, this full-color book is the ultimate keepsake
for every Reds fan, helping them remember a season, and a team, they never
want to forget. |
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The
Machine: A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-stopping World Series:
The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds
by Joe Posnanski
Hardcover from William Morrow
Media Published: 2009-
There are memorable teams in baseball--and then there are utterly unforgettable
teams like the 1975 Cincinnati Reds. From 1972 to 1976, the franchise known
as the Big Red Machine dominated the National League, winning four division
crowns, three league pennants, and two World Series titles. But their 1975
season has become the stuff of sports legend.
In The Machine, award-winning sports columnist Joe Posnanski
captures all of the passion and tension, drama and glory of this extraordinary
team considered to be one of the greatest ever to take the field. Helmed
by Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson, the lineup for the '75 Reds is
a Who's Who of baseball stars: Pete Rose, Ken Griffey, Joe Morgan, Johnny
Bench, Tony Perez, George Foster, Cesar Geronimo, and Dave Concepcion.
Like a well-oiled engine, the '75 Reds ended the regular season with 108
wins and finished a whopping 20 games ahead of their closest division competitor,
the Los Angeles Dodgers.
But that remarkable year was not without controversy. Feuds, fights,
insults, and run-ins with fans were as much a part of the season as hits,
runs, steals, and strikeouts. Capturing this rollicking thrill-ride of
a story, Posnanski brings to vivid life the excitement, hope, and high
expectations that surrounded the players from the beginning of spring training
through the long summer and into a nail-biting World Series, where, in
the ninth inning of the seventh game, the Big Red Machine fulfilled its
destiny, defeating the Boston Red Sox 4-3.
As enthralling and entertaining as the season and players it captures,
The Machine is the story of a team unlike any other in the sport's
glorious history. |
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The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Cincinnati Reds: Heart-Pounding, Jaw-Dropping,
and Gut-Wrenching Moments from Cincinnati Reds History (The Good, the Bad,
and the Ugly) (Good, the Bad, & the Ugly)
by Mike Shannon
Hardcover from Triumph Books
Are you ready for the real story of the Cincinnati Reds? As one of
baseball's oldest and most successful franchises, the Reds have a long
history of legends and goats, great comebacks and colossal failures, World
Series championships and heartbreaking losses. The Good, the Bad, and the
Ugly: Cincinnati Reds is a must for every fan who wants an unflinching
look at the greatest--and worst--players, coaches, and moments in Reds
history! |
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Before
the Machine: The Story of the 1961 Pennant-Winning Reds
by Mark J. Schmetzer
Paperback from Clerisy Press
ISBN: 157860463X
The Big Red Machine dominated
major league baseball in the 1970s, but the Cincinnati franchise began
its climb to that pinnacle in 1961, when an unlikely collection of cast-offs
and wannabes stunned the baseball world by winning the National League
pennant. Led by revered manager Fred Hutchinson, the team featured rising
stars like Frank Robinson, Jim O'Toole, and Vada Pinson, fading stars like
Gus Bell and Wally Post, and a few castoffs who suddenly came into their
own, like Gene Freese and 20-game-winner Joey Jay.
In time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their pennant-winning
season, the amazing story of the Ragamuffin Reds" is told from start to
finish in Before the Machine. Written by long-time Reds Report editor Mark
J. Schmetzer and featuring dozens of photos by award-winning photographer
Jerry Klumpe of the Cincinnati Post & Times Star, this book surely
will be a winner with every fan in Reds country and coincides with an anniversary
exhibit at the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum.
Through interviews and research, Before the Machine captures the excitement
of a pennant race for a team that had suffered losing seasons in 14 of
the past 16 years. Schmetzer also beautifully evokes the time and place
a muggy Midwestern summer during which, as the new song of the season boasts,
the whole town's batty for that team in Cincinnati." Led by regional talk-show
star Ruth Lyons (the Midwest's Oprah") fans rallied around the Reds as
never before.
The year didn't begin well for the team. Budding superstar Frank Robinson
was arrested right before spring training for carrying a concealed weapon,
and long-time owner Powel Crosley Jr., died suddenly just days before the
start of the season. Few experts or fans gave the Reds much of a chance
at first place anyway. With powerhouse teams in Los Angeles, San Francisco,
and Milwaukee, the National League pennant was unlikely to fly over Cincinnati's
Crosley Field.
But manager Hutchinson somehow galvanized his motley crew and led them
to victory after victory. Joey Jay, who had languished with the Braves,
mowed down hitters while his rotation mates O'Toole and knuckleballer Bob
Purkey did the same. The team also featured a dynamic duo in the bullpen
in Bill Henry and Jim Brosnan, whose book about the season, Pennant Race,
became a national bestseller the following year. As the rest of the league
kept waiting for the Reds to fade, Hutch's boys kept winning and finally
grabbed the pennant.
Though they couldn't continue their magic in the World Series against
the Yankees, the previously moribund Reds franchise did continue to their
success throughout the decade, winning 98 games in 1962 and falling just
short of another pennant in 1964. They established a recipe for success
that would lead, a few years later, to the emergence of the Big Red Machine. |
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The
Wire-to-Wire Reds: Sweet Lou, Nasty Boys, and the Wild Run to a World Championship
by John Erardi, Joel Luckhaupt
Paperback from Clerisy Press
ISBN: 1578604656
They were a one-year wonder,
but what a year. The 1990 Cincinnati Reds stunned the baseball world by
winning the National League pennant and then sweeping the heavily favored
Oakland A's in the World Series. The Reds held first place from game one
through the end of the world championships becoming one of only three wire-to-wire
champions in major league history. Surprisingly, the story of this colorful
team has never been told before in a book. In conjunction with the 20th
anniversary of this historic achievement, The Wire-to-Wire Reds
brings back the memories with original interviews, more than one hundred
photos, and riveting storytelling by award-winning Cincinnati Enquirer
columnist John Erardi and blog-master Joel Luckhaupt. With a foreword by
Hall of Fame Reds announcer Marty Brennaman, The Wire-to-Wire Reds
is the ultimate keepsake for fans throughout Reds Country. |
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Echoes
of Cincinnati Reds Baseball: The Greatest Stories Ever Told
Hardcover from Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN: 1572439467
The Cincinnati Reds, founding fathers of professional baseball, have
no historical equal. The team has a history rich in players, personalities,
and championship moments. Echoes of Cincinnati Reds Baseball chronicles
that history through some of the greatest sportswriting of the past century
and a half. From the original Red Stockings to Johnny Vander Meer, and
from the Big Red Machine to Junior, this book covers all the bases that
define Cincinnati Reds baseball. |
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Fred
Hutchinson and the 1964 Cincinnati Reds
by Doug Wilson
Paperback from McFarland
ISBN: 0786459425
Fred Hutchinson is memorialized today by the Hutch Award given annually
by Major League Baseball and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
in Seattle, one of the top research centers in the world. The popular manager
of the Cincinnati Reds was at the top of his profession when he was suddenly
diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in December 1963. This is the story
of Fred Hutchinson and his players (including Frank Robinson, a young Pete
Rose, Joe Nuxhall and Tony Perez) as they completed his inspirational final
season. In 1964, the Reds battled themselves, their opponents and their
emotions to mount a late winning streak which, coupled with the historic
collapse of the Phillies, allowed the team to enter the final day with
a chance to win the pennant for their stricken manager. |
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The
1976 Cincinnati Reds: Last Hurrah for the Big Red Machine
by Doug Feldmann
Paperback from McFarland
ISBN: 0786438541
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 World Series sweep of the New York Yankees. |
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Cincinnati
Reds Hall of Fame Highlights: Memorable Moments in Team History as Heard
on the Reds Radio Network
Paperback from Clerisy Press
ISBN: 1578603005
As part of every Reds game broadcast
on the Reds Radio Network, Greg Rhodes, noted baseball historian and director
of the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum, presents a brief, colorful account
of a memorable moment in the history of America's longest-running baseball
team. These pieces have become a favorite feature for Reds fans, who love
to celebrate the Big Red Machine's long and storied history and traditions.
This collection brings together every single one of Rhodes' pieces in a
single book for both Reds fans and baseball aficionados. Cincinnati
Reds Hall of Fame Highlights chronicles more than 130 years of history
and five world series championships and includes over 300 short accounts
of the team's greatest, saddest, wildest, and weirdest players and moments.
Packed with over 100 photos furnished by the Reds and their museum, the
book pays tribute to a team that remains one of America's favorites. |
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The
Cincinnati Reds (Writing Sports)
by Lee Allen
Paperback from Kent State University Press
ISBN: 0873388860
First published in 1948, Lee Allen's history of the Reds, like Franklin
Lewis's history of the Cleveland Indians, was originally published by G.
P. Putnam's Sons. Allen narrates the historic organization's success, beginning
shortly after the Civil War with baseball's rising popularity among Cincinnati's
elite. Eventually, as interest increased, America's first professional
baseball team was established in 1868--Cincinnati's Red Stockings.
The Cincinnati Reds chronicles each season from the organization's
early years, most notably the 1882 American Association pennant and the
1919 and 1940 National League pennants and World Series championships,
including the infamous Chicago White Sox scandal. Allen retells many of
the early Reds stories likely forgotten or unknown by today's fans. This
book is as thorough as it is absorbing and will be enjoyed by those interested
in the early days of America's favorite past-time. |
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Cincinnati
Reds (America's Game)
by Chris W. Sehnert (School & Library Binding)
Redleg
Journal: Year by Year and Day by Day With the Cincinnati Reds Since 1866
by Greg Rhodes, John Snyder
(Paperback)
Cincinnati Seasons: My 34 Years With the Reds
by Earl Lawson
(Hardcover - November 1988)
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