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Which is the greatest Reds team of all-time and more. I searched under best greatest reds team ever all-time and found nothing, but if this topic has been covered before in a fan post please let me know and I will pull this post.
The Reds have had some excellent teams in their history so I am posting this question for discussion and a poll to vote on here. Which year's Reds team is the greatest in your opinion? Also, which Reds team is your favorite, the best one you've seen in your lifetime and which team deserves honorable mention as near-great because they lost in the playoffs or series and thus are not considered "great."?
Hope this generates some good discussion for I am interested in learning what you all think and reading your insights. Thanks in advance for sharing and discussing. :)
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1976
You could say 1975, but I think the ‘76 team was better. I don’t the other Series winning teams are even close.
Why have I been blogging for so long? It's certainly not because of the paycheck. Because I could be making a lot more money as a doctor or a professional athlete.
by Slyde on
Nov 20, 2008 4:21 PM EST
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There aren't too many other teams EVER, for any franchise
that are close to those Reds of the 70’s.
by Brendanukkah on
Nov 20, 2008 4:56 PM EST
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75 or 76 are the best ever
Joe Posnanski will have a book out next spring on the 75 Reds.
My personal favorite from my lifetime were the 1999 club. I really think they could have taken the 1990 team (unless Rijo were in his October mode).
by Red Menace on
Nov 20, 2008 5:33 PM EST
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who was the goober that voted for '90!?
it really is a battle between ‘75 & ’76, and either way you can’t go wrong.
by jacob brumfield on
Nov 20, 2008 6:17 PM EST
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some high school kid who was born in the nineties?
by Daedalus on
Nov 20, 2008 6:52 PM EST
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on that basis it must have been Madville that voted 1919
he was what 43 then?
by jacob brumfield on
Nov 20, 2008 7:05 PM EST
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sick burn
rec’d
"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on
Nov 20, 2008 10:25 PM EST
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BK, I'm on to you.
And I like your style.
by jacob brumfield on
Nov 21, 2008 12:15 AM EST
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How did they get a copy of my drivers license?
Have at it, identity thieves…

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands
by BK on
Nov 21, 2008 12:35 AM EST
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I love how under "Sex:", it says "YES"
What most people call rape, the Burger King calls “having it his way”.
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by BK on
Nov 21, 2008 12:38 AM EST
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what're you trying to say, BK?
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
by Cy Schourek on
Nov 21, 2008 2:12 PM EST
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BK - man it looks just like you..great lisence pic!
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by Madville on
Nov 21, 2008 1:39 AM EST
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i actually voted for '76... All these are before my time...
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by crolfer on
Nov 20, 2008 8:44 PM EST
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Same here.
I was 4 years old in 1990, and I barely remember the ’99 team outside of the one game playoff. The majority of my Reds fandom has been in the 2000s, which… sucks for me.
On a completely unrelated note, your Mizzou basketball team could be decent this year. I watched them play Xavier today (they lost of course), and they gave us a great game.
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by BK on
Nov 20, 2008 10:31 PM EST
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No love for the 2006 team?
Just kidding. Voted for ’76.
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by BK on
Nov 20, 2008 10:25 PM EST
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Also
The people who make the Aflac trivia questions would definitely go for the 1940 team. Ernie Lombardi, Frank McCormick, Johnny Vander Meer, Bucky Walters, AND Paul Derringer? Stacked!
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by BK on
Nov 20, 2008 10:28 PM EST
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Frank Robinson and Eppa Rixey would like a word with you
by Brendanukkah on
Nov 20, 2008 11:20 PM EST
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I'm just shocked that Ewell Blackwell had nothing to do with that team
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by BK on
Nov 20, 2008 11:21 PM EST
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Eppa Rixey ended up starting an ionsurance company and Robby was run out of town for being uppity
The greatest team was the 1976 BRM.
Period.
End of Diary.
Final Answer.
Done.
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by Madville on
Nov 21, 2008 1:41 AM EST
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Rec'd for truthiness
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by jch24 on
Nov 21, 2008 9:22 AM EST
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None of the above.
1869. 81 consecutive victories.
More, more, more ....... how do you like it?
by Gapper on
Nov 21, 2008 8:44 PM EST
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Excuse me, Mr. Gapper we are talking REDS
not Red Stockings
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by Madville on
Nov 21, 2008 10:14 PM EST
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I wonder what the 1869 players would think of baseball now....
gloves, big basket gloves and not catching the ball barehanded…… modern ballparks….. elctronic scoreboards, the DH (ugh), pitching overhand, 100mph fastballs, huge paychecks…. a totally different game for sure….. Yeah, should’ve included the 1869 Reds….. truly the greatest club of its era….
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by thegashousegang on
Nov 22, 2008 7:50 AM EST
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And now they're the Braves
Which really makes me feel genuinely sick.
by Brendanukkah on
Nov 22, 2008 9:24 AM EST
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