1976 World Series, Game 4: Reds @ Yankees
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- Cincinnati Reds 7 at New York Yankees 2, F -- On the heels of the high from Chris Chambliss' Royals-crushing home run in the ALCS to put the Yankees into the World Series, the Yanks crashed right into the steamrolling juggernaut that was the "Big Red Machine" from Cincinnati. With a lineup that boasted George Foster, Johnny Bench, Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, Tony Perez and Ken Griffey, the Reds only allowed the Yankees the lead once in the Series, for the first three innings of this Game 4. Johnny Bench homered twice to drive in four runs, adding to his Series-leading totals and earning him World Series MVP honors.
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.
Your 6 and 7 Bdays went better, though.
That is awesome you were there!
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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.
@@Zorn76 isn’t that the truth?! Haha.
Rest In Peace Joe Morgan,part of a great machine and,the greatest second baseman ever!
Who told u he was dead?
Joe Morgan isn't dead.
@@snave59 He died in October 2020
@@snave59 did he come back to life since his death 2 years ago ?
You know you have a GREAT lineup when Johnny Bench bats 7th.
WOW
They had the best starting 8 of all time. Also Dan Driessen off the bench
@@gnielsen07 Geronimo batted 8th and hit .307 that year. Davey C batted 9th and hit .281. Tell me the soft spot in that lineup.
@@joefaller4525 That team was stacked!
And summarily goes on to win Series MVP. Still say its arguably the GOAT team. They had everything.
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.
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.
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.
Also the VIDA BLUE deal was cancelled by baseball hierarchy. Funny how the hierarchy rarely denies large-market teams a great deal for pitching.
@@DAVYMAC Good point!
@@retiredusvet4396 Thanks brother!
@@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.
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.
Yeah just about it. I'm still surprised the Reds only won two titles in the 70's with such a team.
@@richardfigueroa9498 Pitching..........
The would go cold in the post season
It was really just that because it said their pitching was above average for the time@@BillMorganChannel
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.
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.
As a Yankees fan,you should know that the 1927 Yankees ,are generally considered, the greatest team ever.
@@Shindler39 No they weren't.iI've never heard anyone mention them as being great.
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.
@@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
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.
Great job Robert!
Robert Johnson ....very nice job you did there...
You did your thing, man! Beautiful rendition of the song
you did a great job.
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!
Best baseball team of my lifetime (62 years), easily.
Truly one of the greatest teams ever!
True!!!
They sure were.
Johnny bench. The greatest catcher of all time
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Steven Pagnani You're forgetting about Bob Uecker 😂
Without question or even debate. And I like to debate about everything.
And Joe-Joe is the Best 2nd Baseman of All-Time, too.
Had Munson not died so early he might be the best. forgot how good he was. Carlton Fisk was pretty in his own right.
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.
They only won 2 championships, they underachieved with the team they had in the 70s
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.
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.
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...
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.
The end of era the big red machine the end of 6 years of dominance one the greatest baseball clubs of all time
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).
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...
Trading Doggie was the end of the BRM. It should have never happened.
Really? Yankees maybe?
@@jacktorrance2633he meant a team of a squares man!
@@user-ir4tg7br6q I didn't know Tony Perez was Doggie
@@user-ir4tg7br6q Yuhp, Perez was the true leader of that team. Losing Gullet, Nolan, Eastwick & McEnaney didnt help either. Bringing in Seaver wasnt enough.
Mr. Shepherd Announcing the red machine gave me goosebumps... legends!!!!!
If the series were to last 10 games that Reds team would still sweep
1976 Cincinnati Reds. The greatest starting lineup of all time in Major League Baseball. The Reds went undefeated in post season in 1976.
There’s a few Yankees teams that would compare just as well
How good is the Red's lineup when Johnny Bench has to bat 7th?
@@craigclemens986 The 1927 Yankees are the team,that is generally considered,the best ever.
@@snave59 but only if you stopped watching baseball in 1974.
@@snave59the 98' Yankee team wasn't to bad either
I LOVED WATCHING Johnny Bench!
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.
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.
They lost in 70+ 72
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.
The Big Red Machine was just plain sick good.
Still they blew many other opportunities. Should have won 5 or 6 series total.
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
This 1976 Cincinnati Reds Team were just a Powerhouse!
Joe Ambrose they were literally one of the best teams ever. Only comparable to the 27’ Yankees!
Pitching relief pitching only weakness, Cincinnati red 1975&1976
The Reds were the most confident team ever. I realize they were up 3 - ' 0 but still. Look at their faces, their body language.
No nonsense was written all over their faces...
Poised as can be. Great point.
Reds probably had one of the all time best teams in the history of baseball if not the best.
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.
This game was on 44 years ago??? I still remember this game as if it was yesterday wow time flies by.
Who is your all time favorite base ball player?
@@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.
@@oldmanyellingattv4533 I love it! Amazing how his body stood up is it not?
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.
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
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
@@craigclemens986 Almost everyone batted .300 in the late 20s and early 30s but they are impressive numbers.
@@Tony-hz8ld that’s not true. By the mid ‘20s the mix was similar to current
@@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.
@@craigclemens986 It is true
Amazing that anyone beat the Reds that year. What a lineup!
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.
@@ethanweeter2732 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.
@@ethanweeter2732 The 75 team won 108, the 76 won 102.
@@BillMorganChannel yeah but the 76 team was better..
Ever hear of pitching: Don gullet, jack Bellingham; Nolan,; little else
Scary thing was Bench's best years were behind him and he still wins MVP of this series
Bench had surgery on his lung and he said he was never the same. Just imagine if hadn't had the lung problem.
@@ledsohio 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
Rose playing about three feet away from Rivers is classic. Definitely got into Rivers’ head.
And then to field the Rivers line drive hit right at him in the 9th was the cherry on top. Rose was a savage.
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.
Yanks had 2 incredible comebacks in 2 years vs KC in the playoffs.
@@johnsain both in the 9th inning in 76 and 77
was it worse the following year, watching the royals blow that lead in the 9th of the deciding game?
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.
@@davidr5961 Kansas City has two titles though. Sure, they're really spread out but a lot of fans have only one or even none.
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.
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!
@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.
@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?
The Reds we're very successful, led by Sparky Anderson
My brother and I got to stay up to watch it. Johnny Bench could just separate himself and take over a game.
Best team ever assembled! Great8
As many hof players in one lineup as you'll ever 👀
No.The 1927 Yankees were better.
Joe Morgan is a Great Interview..you can see why he was a play bye play announcer!
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.
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.
The new stadium is one giant toilet
@MANCHESTER UNITED I find soccer boring
@MANCHESTER UNITED I'm of European decent. There is a lot of strategy that goes into baseball game management.
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
You know your lineup is stacked when Bench is in the 7 spot!
Yes. Bench was the MVP of the series too.
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
headphonejedi master he was struggling with an injured shoulder most of that season
Unstoppable Force this reds team was in ,,74,75,76....
@@jamilmccoy2994 Not '74, they failed to make the playoffs that season...
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
@MAN UTD well go watch soccer and STFU
Seaman Johnson. Thank you for your service.
Phenomenal World Series, really bring back all the great memories of life, so nice to see again
Who is your all time favorite base ball player?
@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?
@@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
@@philiptucci2458 Once, while painting, I went to the TH-cam, 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.
I’m surprised to hear this about Johnny’s behavior, probably he was having a bad day, very unprofessional
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.
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.
Remember Mickey Rivers freaking out in game one, first inning when Pete Rose crept in?
One of the greatest teams in the history of Baseball!
Greatest none free agent baseball lineup ever
@@lloydkline6946 What about the 1922 Giants?
@@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
@@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?
@@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
76 Reds..Best baseball team ever!!!
What about the 27 Yankees
It's enough just to watch the Big Red Machine be introduced... great posting!
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.
The 1927 Yankees were an exception, but the '20s wasn't a great decade for catchers.
RIP Joe Morgan
That Reds lineup was amazing! The Reds of 2023 are amazing as well. The most exciting team in baseball!
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
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
You can't watch an old World Series TH-cam 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.
Rose, Morgan, Concepcion, Perez and Bench. What an infield. Power, average, speed and gold gloves.
Great teams with legendary players. When Baseball was played the right way.
So many HOF's. EXCELLENT PLAYERS. TOP HITTERS. 150% all out players.
Damm that Reds lineup. Amazing
I really never thought this Yankee team could compete with the Reds. It was a clear sweep from the start.
+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.
+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.
+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.
+Luis Donado I think the Phillies would have beaten the Yanks, too...
Catfish Hunter kept it close, i believe, in game 2
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.
Michael Macaraig best team ever!
The 1999 Yankees and 2005 White Sox both went 11-1. That's the closest any team has come since.
@@87Khein Oakland went 8-1 in 1989 when it was two rounds and not the three of today.
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.
Superstar team from heaven these Cincinnati Reds.
Team of the 70s !!!
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 !!!!
Greatest ⚾️ baseball lineup ever
Absolutely, without question, the GREATEST TEAM in baseball history!!
No they aren't.One of the best ,yes.The 1927 Yankees were better.
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!
Oakland won three consecutive World Series titles, and beat Cincinnati in 1972 without Reggie Jackson.
@@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.
They get my vote.
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
but it was the same team in 77, 78, and they lost.
Canton, Ohio
Uncle Tony not the same team
Uncle Tony it most definitely was not
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!"
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.
Unbelievable, I remember they were 70 and 30 after 100 games.700 hundred baseball. Un heard off
Joe Morgan often refers to Willie Mays as “The great Willie Mays.” Smart man, Joe Morgan.
This Reds team is a whose who squad of hall of famers from the top down. Crazy
Johnny Bench...an all time great.
JOHNNY BENCH WAS MY FAVORITE PLAYER WHEN I WAS A KID
Me also and I am a Baltimore Oriole Fan. In my humble opinion, greatest catcher in baseball History.
Pete Rose was and still is for me
He was 42 going on 72
He had a cannon of an arm for stealing basemen
David Concepción from Venezuela 🇻🇪 My countryman one of the best short stop in the whole MLB history..
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.
I could listen to Joe Morgan talk about baseball for hours. RIP
this is the last game of the big red machine man they were amazing.
Who is your all time favorite base ball player?
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.
AND THIS ONE BELONGS TO THE REDS!!!
There was no shame to falling before this great Reds team.
As a dodgers fan from this era, the reds were our biggest rivals but i must admit, i liked the big red machine.
My older brother was a Dodgers fan. He never rooted for my Reds, but whenever they made the playoffs, I always rooted for LA.
The Dodgers / Reds rivalry was the best in the seventies. Both had great infields.
I was a 14 year old Dodgers fan whose favorite player was Johnny Bench.
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.
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).
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)
bill white is a great man.
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.
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
In Pittsburgh, we hated to lose to the Reds. They might as well have been the Oakland Raiders. They just had some exceptional players, like Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, and George Foster. It was hard to top that. And, in 1976, the Yanks didn't have enough to do it. The Big red machine was standing on top of the world, for a little while.
No, the hatred could not have been there, like it was for the Raiders
@@davidr5961 Yes , some hatred there Reds and Pirates have played in the NLCS 1970 1972 1975 1979 1990
Man how loaded was that Reds lineup? A hall of famer or all star player at every position.
The dodgers in the 70s just didn't.have that juice. To kick the Yankees ass
Could be the best starting 8 in history.
That pitching staff though.
@@IAm-qf2xb Staff was good--no stars, but solid.
J Co I wil give you 75 but not 76. It was a masses of asses staff, unremarkable in every way.
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....
That is why they are called the great eight, best line up since the 27 yankree's
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.
classical great announcers. 76 reds greatest ball club of all time.
It the greatest none free agent baseball lineup ever
Bench had more RBIs in the 70s than any other player. A catcher!
And Perez had the second most . What a lineup
What does being a catcher have to do with rbi's? RBI's are when you get runs batted in.You don't need speed to do that.just hit good,when the are people on base.
@@snave59 😐 catchers generally don't lead the league in ANY offensive categories for even a season, much less for an entire decade. There are a few exceptions, but getting any notable offensive production from a catcher is rare.
Bench hitting seventh...that's one scary lineup.
Scary when Foster batting sixth...
Bench had been hurt all year, and Foster had yet to show his power. Once Perez was traded, it all changed.
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.
It's very spoke. Hitting 7th. That's deep
Bench was the MVP. Wowsers!
Even though it was 45 years ago seeing the Yankees get swept 🧹 in the fall classic... priceless
Amen! Let’s load up game 4 of the ‘63 seres too!
Bye far one of the best teams I ever saw, they were loaded.
With Johnny Bench batting 7th, you just knew this wasn't going to end well for the NY Yankees.
It was great growing up in Cincinnati and being a teenager during the Big Red Machine
Brother..we were spoiled..a baseball fans dream 👍
Wow Bench hitting 7th! That was a team!
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.
Thurman Munson was badass!
@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C - no it won't. Soccer is a communist sport and America is not a communist country. Any sport in which you can't use your hands is for communist and is a bullsh*t sport. Soccer will never be big in the US if there is no major professional league and no ability to make a lot of money. Until that happens, all the best athletes in the US will continue to play baseball, basketball and football.
@MUFC - nice try dummy. I've been hearing those same claims about how "big" soccer is in the USA for the past 30 years. Each and every claim makes the prediction that "soccer is going to be huge someday, you just wait" And it's still just as irrelevant in our society as ever. I'm neither impressed or swayed with your claim of 50 million fans nationwide. The vast majority of those fans are new immigrants from around the world or first generation citizens. For crying out loud, Cricket has about 20 million fans in the USA. Soccer is just barely above Cricket in terms of importance in the USA. MLS is a top tier league? I have watched sports on TV regularly for the past 30 to 40 years and I never seem to catch any the Soccer games on a Network TV outlet. Do their games get broadcast by CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN on a national basis? No, the don't. Why not? Because the TV networks would lose a shitload of money because nobody would watch that boring crap. When the local HS puts on their Homecoming dance and elects a Homecoming Royalty, do they schedule it after the big soccer game? No, they don't. When you check out the sports section of a local paper, how much is dedicated to Soccer? What, a few paragraphs in the back? Ya, on a good day. Usually there is no coverage, thankfully. If you listen to any sports talk channel that does nothing but talk about sports and broadcast games, how much coverage is soccer given? Somewhere between no coverage at all and 3% to 5% on a good day. Why, with all those fans and players, you would think that they could draw a pretty decent rating with some soccer talk. But they don't and as a result, they never talk about soccer on those shows. That's because the people that played soccer growing up and continued into HS or College were always the kids that had no eye/hand coordination and lacked the skills necessary to play a legitimate sport - (baseball, basketball, football, even tennis to a certain extant). They all wound up on the soccer team. I have a niece that was an excellent soccer player and played on select club teams growing up. When she went to HS as a freshman, she was a starting forward on the Girls soccer team as a freshman. As a senior she led their team to the state title at the largest enrolled school category in the state. Again, she is a great player and I was proud of her accomplishment. In a school of over 2400 students, you know how many attended the state title game, that ended in a penalty kick victory? About 75 to 100. And 90% o 95% were family members of the players. And that's from both sidelines. Nobody, besides friends and family even bothered to go watch the biggest game in several years. How come? Because nobody gives a sh*t about soccer. She went to play in college at a smaller school, but was still a great player. They were lucky to draw to 25 to 30 people per game. Hell, they don't even give away full scholarships. You know why? Because Soccer is nothing more than a club level sport at the College level. Nobody cares about it. BTW, I've traveled extensively and am aware of the popularity of Soccer around the world. I was in Italy in 94 during the World Cup that had Italy in the championship game against Brazil. I sat under the stars and watched the first 10 minutes or so on the patio of restaurant/bar that was packed with young people enjoying the game like it was a super bowl, which of course, it was for Italy. But that is not how it is here in the US and it's never going to be as important in the US sports landscape as it is in European countries.
@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C
my question is???
do the clowns in europe kneel like the clowns here in american baseball?
screw soccer and baseball,,,and nascar and nba.
besides, I grew up near cincinnati before and during the era of the big red machine. nothing since can compare.
@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C IF,,,,,,,soccer becomes bigger in the USA than baseball, you can bet it will be because baseball pissed off it's fans. damn kneelers. screw baseball. I have been going to baseball games since the 1960s. will never go to another.
I think he would have been the clear #2 catcher of all-time if he hadn't died so tragically in the plane crash.
I am from Cincinnati and was young, but I remember hearing about it and being sad. It was the first 'news' that I heard that 'affected' me.
Bench batting 7th? Probably best lineup of all time. Home plate umpire stunk..
The Big Red Machine was the best team ever!
Ever hear of pitching; Don gullet; jack Bellingham; Nolan; little else
It the greatest baseball hitting lineup
1927 Yankees are generally considered the best team ever,by any knowledgeable baseball fan.
@@lloydkline1518 They had a very good bullpen.Rawley Eastwick and Will Mcenanny were 2 of the best relief pitchers in baseball,back then.
@@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
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.
RIP Joe Morgan. Still can't imagine how shaken Tony Kubek must have been by his death.
The last NL team to win back to back titles.
Yes and Joe Morgan was MVP in 1975 and 76
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.
Dodgers will do it next year.
Just didn't have enough that year the Yankees but 77/78....those teams with Reggie were great
I think NBC did a much better job than FOX ever could in broadcasting the World Series.
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.
Greatest no free agent lineup ever
Agree 100%...