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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. :)

Poll
Which year's Reds team is the Greatest in your opinion?
1919
2 votes
1940
0 votes
1975
12 votes
1976
35 votes
1990
4 votes

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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 reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hell yeah

proud to say that the 75-76 reds compete with the 27 yanks for greatest team evah!

by Daedalus on Nov 20, 2008 6:51 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

BK - man it looks just like you..great lisence pic!

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Sir Winston Churchill

by Madville on Nov 21, 2008 1:39 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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.

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Nov 20, 2008 10:31 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Eh...

Not real good this year… But maybe next… We have a ton of freshmen with some talent… although we won’t have Carroll anymore…

People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.

by crolfer on Nov 21, 2008 7:44 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

No love for the 2006 team?

Just kidding. Voted for ’76.

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Nov 20, 2008 10:25 PM EST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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!

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Nov 20, 2008 10:28 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Sir Winston Churchill

by Madville on Nov 21, 2008 1:41 AM EST reply reply actions actions   1 recs

Rec'd for truthiness

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Nov 21, 2008 9:22 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 reply reply actions actions   0 recs

whoah

it’s been like a year since you’ve been here. Welcome back, man!

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 21, 2008 8:55 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Excuse me, Mr. Gapper we are talking REDS

not Red Stockings

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Sir Winston Churchill

by Madville on Nov 21, 2008 10:14 PM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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….

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.-Rogers Hornsby

by thegashousegang on Nov 22, 2008 7:50 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And now they're the Braves

Which really makes me feel genuinely sick.

by Brendanukkah on Nov 22, 2008 9:24 AM EST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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