Classic Reds: The 50 Greatest Games in Cincinnati Red History

by Joe Heffron, Jack Heffron, Jeff Brantley (Foreword by)

Overview

The 50 most historically significant games of baseball’s first all-professional team

Choosing the 50 greatest games is hard to do; ranking them is even harder. Now every Reds fan can relive memories of baseball before and after the Big Red Machine, debate about these choices, or make a list of their own.

Highlighting these moments is a unique way of telling the great story of the Cincinnati Reds. While many fans will know about Frank Robinson, Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, and Tony Perez, how many will remember names like Bumpus, Bubbles, and Noodles, who each had their moments of glory in a Reds uniform? It’s easy for players and moments to disappear in a history that spans 150 years, but baseball roots run deep in Reds country. Classic Reds keeps those roots strong.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781631013454
Publisher:	Kent State University Press
Publication date:	04/14/2019
Series:	Classic Sports
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Joe Heffron worked as a local umpire for many years and attended the Bill Kinnamon Umpire School in St. Peters­burg, Florida. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of the game and of the Reds.

Jack Heffron has written about the Reds for Cincinnati magazine, winning two ASJA awards for sportswriting. He has edited numerous books on baseball. He works at a marketing agency in Cincinnati and teaches in the journalism department at the University of Cincinnati. Both Joe and Jack are members of the Society for American Baseball Research.

Table of Contents

Foreword Jeff Brantley xi

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction xv

#50 Base Ball Is Back!: Red Stockings vs. St. Louis Brown Stockings, April 25, 1876 1

#49 No Bubbly for Bubbles: Reds vs. New York Giants, September 16, 1926 5

#48 A Man Called Bumpus: Reds vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, October 15, 1892 9

#47 A Great New Ball Park: Reds vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, March 31, 2003 13

#46 What's in a Name?: Reds vs. Philadelphia Phillies, August 3, 1969 17

#45 Breaking Barriers: Reds vs. Milwaukee Braves, April 17, 1954 22

#44 Win It for Hutch: Reds vs. Philadelphia Phillies, September 21, 1964 27

#43 A Great Swat Duel: Reds vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, October 8, 1905 32

#42 Nuestros Queridos Rojos: Reds vs. St. Louis Cardinals, September 29, 1923 36

#41 Curse You, Al Leiter: Reds vs. New York Mets, October 4, 1999 40

#40 Tom's Terrific Day: Reds vs. St. Louis Cardinals, June 16, 1978 44

#39 Maloney Makes Sure: Reds vs. Chicago Cubs, August 19, 1965 48

#38 Western Avenue's Bombers: Reds vs. Milwaukee Braves, August 18, 1956 52

#37 A Great Day in Redland: Reds vs. Chicago Cubs, April 11, 1912 56

#36 Walker to the Rescue: Reds vs. Chicago Cubs, July 6, 1949 60

#35 A Nice Day for Noodles: Reds vs. Philadelphia Phillies, July 12, 1900 64

#34 30-30 Club: Reds vs. St. Louis Cardinals, September 22, 1996 68

#33 Who Can Dream This?: Reds vs. Houston Astros, September 28, 2010 73

#32 King Hal: Reds vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, July 1, 1973 77

#31 The Clinch: Reds vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, September 22, 2012 81

#30 Big Red Scooter: Reds vs. St. Louis Cardinals, June 6: 2017 85

#29 Junior's 600: Reds vs. Florida Marling June 9, 2008 90

#28 We Go to Cincinnati: Reds vs. Oakland Athletics, October 20, 1972 95

#27 Defying the Odds: Reds vs. New York Yankees, October 5, 1961 100

#26 Homer Strikes Twice: Reds vs. San Francisco Giants, July 2, 2013 104

#25 Johnny's Big Night: Reds vs. Houston Astros, September 17, 1983 108

#24 Good-bye, Crosley: Reds vs. San Francisco Giants, June 24, 1970 112

#23 The Hit Streak: Reds vs. Atlanta Braves, July 31, 1978 116

#22 The Whip: Reds vs. Brooklyn Dodgers, June 22, 1947 121

#21 One-in-a- Million Feeling: Reds vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, October 6, 1995 125

#20 And Then There Was Light: Reds vs. Philadelphia Phillies, May 24, 1935 130

#19 Ragamuffins to Riches: Reds vs. Los Angeles Dodgers. August 16, 1961 134

#18 Double No-No: Reds vs. Chicago Cubs, May 2, 1917 138

#17 Respect: Reds vs. Philadelphia Phillies, September 18, 1940 142

#16 The Machine Rolls On: Reds vs. Philadelphia Phillies, October 12, 1976 147

#15 Sort of a World Series: Red Stockings vs. Chicago White Stockings, October 6, 1882 152

#14 Reds Take Flag: Reds vs. St. Louis Cardinals, September 28, 1939 156

#13 Lous Boys: Reds vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, October 12, 1990 160

#12 A Grand Feeling: Reds vs. New York Giants, September 16, 1919 165

#11 Mr. Perfect: Reds vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, September 16, 1988 170

#10 Vandy's Dandies: Reds vs. Brooklyn Dodgers, June 15, 1938 174

#9 4,192: Reds vs. San Diego Padres, September 11, 1985 179

#8 Big Red Sweeper: Reds vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, October 5, 1970 184

#7 In the Very Beginning: Red Stockings vs. Great Westerns, May 4, 1869 188

#6 The Shot Heard 'round Reds Country: Reds vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, October 11, 1972 192

#5 Tainted Title: Reds vs. Chicago White Sox, October 9, 1919 196

#4 Sweep!: Reds vs. New York Yankees, October 21, 1976 201

#3 Wire to Wire: Reds vs. Oakland Athletics, October 20, 1990 205

#2 This Time There's No Denying: Reds vs. Detroit Tigers, Octobers, 1940 209

#1 Champions at Last: Reds vs. Boston Red Sox, October 22, 1975 213

Bibliography 218