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 In 1976, the Cincinnati Reds were the kings of baseball.
They won 102 games in the regular season, swept aside the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLCS, and annihilated the New York Yankees in a World Series sweep to capture the championship.
And the roll call for that team was awe inspiring: Bench, Morgan, Rose, Perez, Foster, and Griffey (before he had to be designated as "Sr."). They were the Big Red Machine, and they were capable of running over anything that got in its way.
Flash ahead 30 years to 2006, and the picture in Cincinnati just isn't the same.
Oh, they still have a star player named "Griffey" on the team, but that's about as far as the resemblance goes to the team that once gave all of baseball a good old-fashioned jolt of fear every time it showed up to play a game.
The 2006 Reds do have some talent. After all, the core of the lineup which led the NL in homers in 2005 will be back. So, this latest version of Cincinnati's favorite sons does have enough thump to make at least a few opponents uneasy. However, they lack enough key elements (namely pitching and defense) to make them legitimate contenders in a division that has produced the last two NL pennant winners.
That said, here's how Cincinnati's roster shapes up for the 2006 season.
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| Thu, August 28, 2008, 1:05 pm | | |
| Fri, August 29, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Sat, August 30, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Sun, August 31, 2008, 12:35 pm | | |
| Tue, September 2, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Wed, September 3, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Thu, September 4, 2008, 12:35 pm | | |
| Fri, September 5, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Sat, September 6, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Sun, September 7, 2008, 1:15 pm | | |
| Mon, September 8, 2008, 7:05 pm | | |
| Tue, September 9, 2008, 7:05 pm | | |
| Wed, September 10, 2008, 1:05 pm | | |
| Fri, September 12, 2008, 6:40 pm | | |
| Sat, September 13, 2008, 5:10 pm | | |
| Sun, September 14, 2008, 1:10 pm | | |
| Tue, September 16, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Wed, September 17, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Thu, September 18, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Fri, September 19, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Sat, September 20, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Sun, September 21, 2008, 1:15 pm | | |
| Mon, September 22, 2008, 12:35 pm | | |
| Tue, September 23, 2008, 7:05 pm | | |
| Wed, September 24, 2008, 7:05 pm | | |
| Thu, September 25, 2008, 7:05 pm | | |
| Fri, September 26, 2008, 7:10 pm | | |
| Sat, September 27, 2008, 6:10 pm | | |
| Sun, September 28, 2008, 1:10 pm | | |
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Did You Know
The '''Cincinnati Reds''' are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. They are members of the Central Division of the National League.
The franchise originated in 1882 as a charter member of the now-defunct 19th Century major league called the American Association. The name "Reds" was inspired by a previous, unrelated club called the Cincinnati Red Stockings, recognized as the first openly professional baseball team. The current Reds joined the National League in 1890 after spending its first eight years in the Association.
The Reds are managed by Dusty Baker, a former star major league player who has been a successful manager for the San Francisco Giants and the Chicago Cubs.
Since 2003, the Reds have played their home games in Great American Ball Park, a baseball-only facility built next door to their previous home, Cinergy Field, which has since been demolished.
The Reds have enjoyed sporadic success over their 125-plus years. They won the AA's inaugural season in 1882, and did not win another championship until 1919. They were also competitive in the late 1930s, and from the late 1950s well into the 1970s. Their most recent World Series championship came in 1990.
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