Aside from Murders Row, no other baseball team nickname has been as evocative and, perhaps intimidating, as the Big Red Machine label placed upon Sparky Anderson’s Cincinnati ballclub. According to most accounts, the Reds were given their colorful nickname by a Cincinnati Enquirer sportswriter named Bob Hertzel. However, the name was introduced in the summer […]
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Dynasty Debate: Comparing Torre’s Yankees and Sparky’s Big Red Machine
Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, Yankees, tagged Big Red Machine, Cincinnati Reds, Joe Morgan, Joe Torre, Johnny Bench on June 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »