‘Pete Rose, Bobby Tolan, Tony Perez, Johnny Bench, Lee May, Tommy Helms, Woody Woodward, Bernie Carbo ....’
Followed by Bench, Perez, Morgan, Concepcion, Rose, Foster, Geronimo, and Griffey Senior.
Those were fun teams to watch.
And Hal King as the pinch hitter.
I was 13 in 1972 living in Erlanger, Kentucky and Bernie Carbo lived in an apartment about 2 blocks away. Used to go ring his doorbell in the off season with a bunch of other guys and he’d come out and play football with us. Great guy and the kind of person that boys idolize as heroes back then. Those were the days!
I miss watching those guys play ball. My great grandfather and I used to either watch the Game of the week or listen to the Reds on the radio when they weren’t on the tube. The good ole days. Thanks for reviving those memories.