WEBVTT 00:00:01.159 --> 00:00:04.459 This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons 00:00:04.459 --> 00:00:08.800 .com for more sports history. Your attention, 00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:11.480 please. Presenting the Cincinnati Reds, the catcher, 00:00:11.480 --> 00:00:13.539 Johnny Fenton, the first baseman, Tony Perez, 00:00:13.779 --> 00:00:16.059 the second baseman, Joe Morgan, the shortstop, 00:00:16.179 --> 00:00:18.320 Dave Concepcion, the third baseman, Pete Rose, 00:00:18.579 --> 00:00:20.960 the left fielder, George Buster, the center fielder, 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:23.359 Cesar Geronimo, the right fielder, Ken Griffin, 00:00:23.460 --> 00:00:29.179 and the pitcher, Gary Nolan. for Pedro Borbon, 00:00:29.300 --> 00:00:31.239 and here's Mike Marshall's first pitch plateward. 00:00:31.480 --> 00:00:34.820 Swung on, a looper, left center field, a base 00:00:34.820 --> 00:00:37.359 hit. Here comes Cheney, the throw to the plate, 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:49.439 and this one belongs to the Reds. The 1975 baseball 00:00:49.439 --> 00:00:52.579 season truly did belong to the Cincinnati Reds. 00:00:52.759 --> 00:00:55.460 Cincinnati's Big Red Machine rolled to 108 regular 00:00:55.460 --> 00:00:57.719 season victories, the third highest total in 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:00.100 National League history. Sparky Anderson's crew 00:01:00.100 --> 00:01:02.079 followed with a sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:04.459 in the championship series, and then came the 00:01:04.459 --> 00:01:07.099 exciting World Series, a seven -game showdown 00:01:07.099 --> 00:01:09.680 with the Boston Red Sox. Many observers called 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:11.739 it the most exciting World Series on record, 00:01:11.900 --> 00:01:14.420 as the Reds won game seven with a thrilling come 00:01:14.420 --> 00:01:16.840 -from -behind victory that gave Cincinnati its 00:01:16.840 --> 00:01:20.459 first World's Championship in 35 years. It was 00:01:20.459 --> 00:01:22.700 a great season from start to end, from a three 00:01:22.700 --> 00:01:25.140 -game sweep of the arch -rival Los Angeles Dodgers 00:01:25.140 --> 00:01:27.299 in the year's first series to the victory over 00:01:27.299 --> 00:01:29.739 Boston in the final game of the year. It was 00:01:29.739 --> 00:01:32.019 a season full of record -breaking events and 00:01:32.019 --> 00:01:34.799 electrifying moments. The Cincinnati march to 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:36.760 the world championship was a team effort all 00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:39.739 the way, and this is a story. This one belongs 00:01:39.739 --> 00:01:42.659 to the Reds. Through the first month of the season, 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:44.879 the Reds were hardly better than a 500 club, 00:01:45.140 --> 00:01:47.760 winning 12 of 23 games in the month of April. 00:01:47.939 --> 00:01:50.560 It was time to make a move. and what a move it 00:01:50.560 --> 00:01:53.340 was. Not only did the Reds move up in the standings, 00:01:53.359 --> 00:01:55.500 but Sparky Anderson made a move on the field 00:01:55.500 --> 00:01:58.620 that shocked everyone. Pete Rose became the Reds' 00:01:58.620 --> 00:02:00.980 third baseman. He hadn't played the infield since 00:02:00.980 --> 00:02:04.739 1965, but from the very beginning, it was apparent 00:02:04.739 --> 00:02:06.859 that Pete felt right at home at the hot corner. 00:02:07.260 --> 00:02:09.979 And the 1 -1 pitch. That has bounced to third. 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:12.219 Pete Rose backs up, makes the play, throw to 00:02:12.219 --> 00:02:15.560 first, he got it! All right! There isn't a more 00:02:15.560 --> 00:02:17.759 exciting or dangerous player in the major leagues 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:20.370 than Joe Morgan. He's a power hitter, demonstrated 00:02:20.370 --> 00:02:24.129 by his 17 home runs and 94 RBIs. He hits for 00:02:24.129 --> 00:02:27.550 an average, too, as his .327 mark attested. He 00:02:27.550 --> 00:02:29.330 has the best batting eye in the game, represented 00:02:29.330 --> 00:02:32.590 by his league -leading 132 walks. And he has 00:02:32.590 --> 00:02:34.810 flying feet, as he ranks second in the league 00:02:34.810 --> 00:02:38.349 in stolen bases with 67. Joe is a National League's 00:02:38.349 --> 00:02:40.610 Player of the Month in April and June. He's a 00:02:40.610 --> 00:02:42.990 game -breaker, and this score against the Giants 00:02:42.990 --> 00:02:45.770 at Riverfront points that out solidly. Williams 00:02:45.770 --> 00:02:48.520 with a 3 -2 on the way. Swung on, line drive, 00:02:48.659 --> 00:02:51.740 right center field. It'll be in for a hit. Fielded 00:02:51.740 --> 00:02:53.680 on one big hop. Here comes Morgan to second. 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:59.300 Head first, sliding safe. Joe Morgan never broke 00:02:59.300 --> 00:03:02.020 stride as Gary Maddox drifted deep in the right 00:03:02.020 --> 00:03:05.719 center to field that big hopping line shot. And 00:03:05.719 --> 00:03:08.280 Joe with a head first slide in safely with a 00:03:08.280 --> 00:03:12.900 two -base hit. That one bounces up there. Can't 00:03:12.900 --> 00:03:15.159 find it. Hill. Here comes Morgan at third. It 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:18.060 gets by the catcher. The third baseman and Morgan 00:03:18.060 --> 00:03:20.680 will score. And this one belongs to the Reds. 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:26.439 Well, the ball got away from Mark Hill. He couldn't 00:03:26.439 --> 00:03:30.419 find it. Morgan broke for third. Hill picked 00:03:30.419 --> 00:03:33.139 it up and threw it away at third base. It getting 00:03:33.139 --> 00:03:36.639 down the line away from Anaveros. And Morgan 00:03:36.639 --> 00:03:40.719 scores to give the Reds a 5 -4 victory. Johnny 00:03:40.719 --> 00:03:42.740 Bench remained one of baseball's most prolific 00:03:42.740 --> 00:03:46.159 home run hitters and run producers in 1975, finishing 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:48.860 second in the major leagues with 110 runs batted 00:03:48.860 --> 00:03:52.000 in. Home runs like this one off Alan Foster helped 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:54.719 Johnny move into that spot. Strike one delivery. 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:58.319 Bench fly ball, deep left field, looking up, 00:03:58.319 --> 00:04:04.780 it is gone! A grand slam home run for Johnny 00:04:04.780 --> 00:04:07.219 Bench, the first of the year for a Cincinnati 00:04:07.219 --> 00:04:12.629 Reds, and the Reds have bolted out. Yet things 00:04:12.629 --> 00:04:15.050 were not right for the Big Red Machine. On May 00:04:15.050 --> 00:04:18.430 21st, the record stood at just 21 -21, and the 00:04:18.430 --> 00:04:20.569 Reds were five and one -half games behind the 00:04:20.569 --> 00:04:22.310 Dodgers in the National League Western Division 00:04:22.310 --> 00:04:25.709 race. On that night, however, Mets manager Yogi 00:04:25.709 --> 00:04:28.569 Berra gave his ace Tom Seaver the baseball, and 00:04:28.569 --> 00:04:31.589 the Reds' offense went wild. Tony Perez and rookie 00:04:31.589 --> 00:04:34.129 Doug Flynn hammered home runs as the Reds scored 00:04:34.129 --> 00:04:37.610 a whopping 11 -4 victory. Seaver, a backward 00:04:37.610 --> 00:04:42.079 glance at bench. Long pause. Looking again the 00:04:42.079 --> 00:04:46.079 pitch. Here's a drive. Left field. Milner back. 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:49.480 He's looking. It's gone. Ready again with the 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:52.420 next pitch. Swung on. Hammered a deep left field. 00:04:52.699 --> 00:04:55.980 It is going to be a home run for Doug Flynn. 00:04:59.019 --> 00:05:02.639 Doug Flynn on a 3 -1 pitch. Hammers one out of 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:06.180 here to left field. His first Major League home 00:05:06.180 --> 00:05:09.910 run and it's 11 -4 Cincinnati. That win was a 00:05:09.910 --> 00:05:11.769 big one. It started one of the most fantastic 00:05:11.769 --> 00:05:14.370 streaks in Major League history. The victory 00:05:14.370 --> 00:05:17.269 was the first of 41 in the next 50 games for 00:05:17.269 --> 00:05:19.870 the Big Red Machine. By the All -Star game, the 00:05:19.870 --> 00:05:22.029 Reds had vaulted 12 and one -half games in front 00:05:22.029 --> 00:05:24.550 of the Dodgers and were racing away toward their 00:05:24.550 --> 00:05:26.949 fourth division championship in the last six 00:05:26.949 --> 00:05:29.829 years. Everyone contributed, as evidenced by 00:05:29.829 --> 00:05:32.730 this big hit off the bat of Merv Rettenman. The 00:05:32.730 --> 00:05:35.769 0 -1 to Merv swung on a base at center field. 00:05:36.189 --> 00:05:39.730 Here's Concepcion. Here comes Foster. Redman 00:05:39.730 --> 00:05:41.910 with a two -run single, and the count goes to 00:05:41.910 --> 00:05:45.170 5 -0. The Reds were great in the clutch in 1975, 00:05:45.509 --> 00:05:48.089 winning 28 games in their final time at bat. 00:05:48.269 --> 00:05:51.389 One of them was May 24th, when Joe Morgan's 11th 00:05:51.389 --> 00:05:53.810 -inning single defeated the Phillies. The draw 00:05:53.810 --> 00:05:58.910 is a sign from Bob Boone. He kicks and fires. 00:05:59.009 --> 00:06:01.350 Morgan lines right. He's hit right field, and 00:06:01.350 --> 00:06:06.480 this one belongs to the Reds. Cincinnati depended 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:09.819 heavily on its bullpen in 1975. Veterans Clay 00:06:09.819 --> 00:06:12.519 Carroll and Pedro Bourbon combined with youngsters 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:15.100 Raleigh Eastwick and Will McEnany to give the 00:06:15.100 --> 00:06:17.240 Reds the best relief core in the National League. 00:06:17.699 --> 00:06:19.680 Eastwick, who didn't join the Reds until mid 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:22.660 -May, earned 22 saves in a sensational rookie 00:06:22.660 --> 00:06:25.399 season and tied Al Hrabowski of St. Louis for 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:28.100 the league lead. This was one of them. Harmon 00:06:28.100 --> 00:06:31.360 at third, Luzinski at second, Holly Brown at 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:34.560 first. A ball and two strikes on Mike Schmidt 00:06:34.560 --> 00:06:37.040 with the Phillies trailing 4 -2. Eastwick a glance 00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:39.879 to third again and on to the plate. Strike three, 00:06:39.939 --> 00:06:47.079 swing and he got it. What a job. It was grand 00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:49.860 slam time again for Johnny Bench on May 26 against 00:06:49.860 --> 00:06:52.519 Montreal. He hit his sixth career bases loaded 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:55.579 home run off Don DeMola, tying Beta Pinson for 00:06:55.579 --> 00:06:58.939 the club record. Now the 1 -0. Swung on, a fly 00:06:58.939 --> 00:07:02.060 ball to deep left field. It is going to be a 00:07:02.060 --> 00:07:07.600 grand slam home run. Johnny Bench has just clubbed 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:10.660 his 10th home run of the year, his second grand 00:07:10.660 --> 00:07:13.720 slam of the year, and the Reds have gone out 00:07:13.720 --> 00:07:17.139 in front 5 -4. Gary Nolan was a comeback kid 00:07:17.139 --> 00:07:20.480 for the Reds in 1975. He led the staff in innings 00:07:20.480 --> 00:07:22.980 pitch and tied for the most victories with 15. 00:07:23.379 --> 00:07:25.819 One of those wins was a two -hit shutout over 00:07:25.819 --> 00:07:28.980 Montreal on May 28, his first shutout since June 00:07:28.980 --> 00:07:32.290 of 1972. and a victory that kept the Reds' winning 00:07:32.290 --> 00:07:36.110 streak alive. Mike Jorgensen, the batter. He 00:07:36.110 --> 00:07:38.589 hits a line shot. Morgan backhands in the hole, 00:07:38.709 --> 00:07:40.949 throws to Dreesen, and this one belongs to the 00:07:40.949 --> 00:07:45.589 Reds. Gary Nolan with an out -of -sight pitching 00:07:45.589 --> 00:07:48.750 performance tonight. As he goes the distance 00:07:48.750 --> 00:07:51.550 for the fourth time, his first shutout, and the 00:07:51.550 --> 00:07:53.569 Reds have their seventh consecutive victory. 00:07:53.889 --> 00:07:56.209 The Reds went into first place for good in 1975 00:07:56.209 --> 00:07:59.699 on June 7th with a win over Chicago. They moved 00:07:59.699 --> 00:08:01.680 four percentage points ahead of the Dodgers that 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:04.500 day and were never headed as they won the division 00:08:04.500 --> 00:08:07.920 by 20 games, becoming the first team since 1906 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:11.399 to win by that large a margin. Cincinnati enjoyed 00:08:11.399 --> 00:08:13.939 tremendous success against the Cubs, winning 00:08:13.939 --> 00:08:17.100 11 of the 12 games between the two teams. Included 00:08:17.100 --> 00:08:19.680 was a four -game sweep at Riverfront June 6th, 00:08:19.720 --> 00:08:23.060 7th, and 8th. First, a big base hit by Dave Concepcion. 00:08:23.519 --> 00:08:26.199 One man out. The pitch. Swung on. A base hit 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:28.920 left field. Right by the third baseman rolling 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:32.460 in beyond the cup bullpen. Bench is in. Dreesen 00:08:32.460 --> 00:08:35.919 is in. And the Reds lead it 5 -1 on Boya. Clutch 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:39.179 double by Concepcion. Then back -to -back home 00:08:39.179 --> 00:08:41.980 runs by Johnny Bench and Dan Dreesen. Ferris' 00:08:42.059 --> 00:08:44.740 1 -1 is swung on. Hammered to deep left center 00:08:44.740 --> 00:08:47.480 field. He hit it a bunch. Back is Monday. It's 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:51.350 gone. Swung on, a fly ball, hit deep and high 00:08:51.350 --> 00:08:53.870 to right center. It might be back to backers. 00:08:53.929 --> 00:09:01.450 It is. And the pitching was excellent. Billingham 00:09:01.450 --> 00:09:03.629 throwing and Thornton ground ball to shortstop. 00:09:03.850 --> 00:09:06.090 Concepcion has it, his running throw, and this 00:09:06.090 --> 00:09:09.330 one belongs to the Reds. The Reds pitching continues 00:09:09.330 --> 00:09:12.289 to be out of sight. The final score today as 00:09:12.289 --> 00:09:14.230 Billingham goes a distance, giving them a run 00:09:14.230 --> 00:09:18.159 on five hits. The Reds eight, the Cubs one. Bench 00:09:18.159 --> 00:09:22.059 continued to play long ball. And the 1 -1. Bench 00:09:22.059 --> 00:09:24.480 swings and hits it deep to left field. Stay fair. 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:28.600 Baseball gone. But Johnny Bench rips one down 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:32.000 the left field line. And I mean an absolute shot. 00:09:32.259 --> 00:09:38.360 The Reds lead it 2 -1. Time after time, the Reds' 00:09:38.379 --> 00:09:41.259 strong bench paid dividends. Blocked 3 -2 pitch. 00:09:41.700 --> 00:09:44.220 Grounded right side and through for a base hit. 00:09:45.419 --> 00:09:47.559 Ball just passed him out and out of the reach 00:09:47.559 --> 00:09:50.580 of Manny trio on into center field Redmond's 00:09:50.580 --> 00:09:52.919 first hit in the game Checking the pitch Redmond 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:55.100 goes pitches swung on popped up looped in the 00:09:55.100 --> 00:09:57.639 shallow left a hit for plumber Redmond at third 00:09:57.639 --> 00:10:01.700 plumber at second Not out one won the count on 00:10:01.700 --> 00:10:06.779 Crowley Here is a pitch swung on hit in the left 00:10:06.779 --> 00:10:11.620 field it is a base at One run will score. Here's 00:10:11.620 --> 00:10:14.139 Plummer coming on to third sliding safely. And 00:10:14.139 --> 00:10:16.100 Crowley with a pinch single to left makes it 00:10:16.100 --> 00:10:20.179 5 -3 our side. The ace of the pitching staff 00:10:20.179 --> 00:10:22.580 was left -hander Don Gulland. And during the 00:10:22.580 --> 00:10:24.940 amazing streak of successes in late May and early 00:10:24.940 --> 00:10:27.340 June, he piled up the victories, earning his 00:10:27.340 --> 00:10:30.120 eighth on June 11th. Ground ball right side. 00:10:30.299 --> 00:10:32.799 Flynn has it. His throw to Perez. And this one 00:10:32.799 --> 00:10:36.340 belongs to the Reds. And the final score tonight 00:10:36.340 --> 00:10:38.279 as Gulland wins his eighth of the season, the 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:41.340 Reds three. The Cardinals won. Win number nine 00:10:41.340 --> 00:10:44.259 for Gullet was also an eye -popper on June 16th. 00:10:44.259 --> 00:10:47.059 But, as things turned out, it was to be his last 00:10:47.059 --> 00:10:51.000 victory for a long while. The pitch. Smash off 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:53.840 the pitcher's mound. Now recovered by Chaney, 00:10:53.919 --> 00:10:56.500 throwing to first to get the out. As one run 00:10:56.500 --> 00:10:59.419 scores, that ball hit Don Gullet, and he's down 00:10:59.419 --> 00:11:01.440 and writhing just off to the right of the mound. 00:11:02.539 --> 00:11:05.220 The injury was a broken left thumb, and it set 00:11:05.220 --> 00:11:07.629 him to the sidelines for two months. but the 00:11:07.629 --> 00:11:10.210 Big Red machine kept on rolling. Last at -bat 00:11:10.210 --> 00:11:12.190 victories became the trademark for this ball 00:11:12.190 --> 00:11:15.950 club, such as these on June 27th and June 28th. 00:11:16.190 --> 00:11:19.049 Here's a long drive to deep right field, and 00:11:19.049 --> 00:11:24.549 this one belongs to the Reds. A three -run home 00:11:24.549 --> 00:11:27.350 run by Danny Dreesen into the green seats in 00:11:27.350 --> 00:11:30.049 right field, and the Reds have ended it with 00:11:30.049 --> 00:11:32.110 lightning -like swiftness here in the bottom 00:11:32.110 --> 00:11:35.629 of the 11th inning. The final score, 5 -2 Cincinnati. 00:11:36.379 --> 00:11:39.919 Morgan at second base with two away, 2 -2 on 00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:42.879 the way. Curve, swing on, it's all over, I think. 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:45.700 Going back, and Yahtzee is this with one in the 00:11:45.700 --> 00:11:49.259 green seat. The Reds won it by a score of 6 -4. 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:53.480 Ken Griffey blossomed into a star in 1975, batting 00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:56.460 .305. One of the fastest players in baseball, 00:11:56.759 --> 00:11:59.220 Griffey had 38 infield hits during the season 00:11:59.220 --> 00:12:01.799 and used his swift feet to rank among the triples 00:12:01.799 --> 00:12:04.139 leaders in the National League. This one helped 00:12:04.139 --> 00:12:07.779 the Reds draw close. Foster third. Armbrister 00:12:07.779 --> 00:12:11.100 second. Rose at first. Three balls and two strikes 00:12:11.100 --> 00:12:14.980 on Griffey. One man out. The left -hander stretches 00:12:14.980 --> 00:12:17.980 and delivers. Here's a fly ball. Hammer to left 00:12:17.980 --> 00:12:20.919 field. Rosewell. Not being able to get it. And 00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:23.740 it goes all the way to the wall. Three runs are 00:12:23.740 --> 00:12:26.259 going to score. Griffey comes to third. It is 00:12:26.259 --> 00:12:30.909 six to five. And this shot won it. We're tied 00:12:30.909 --> 00:12:34.350 6 -6 in the 12th inning. Necro sets and delivers. 00:12:34.629 --> 00:12:37.769 Ben swings, hits, and that's off. Johnny Benz 00:12:37.769 --> 00:12:40.669 is 16th home run of the year, and the Reds win 00:12:40.669 --> 00:12:44.730 it by a score of 9 -6. Let me say this. This 00:12:44.730 --> 00:12:47.850 one belongs to the Reds. A day later, the Reds 00:12:47.850 --> 00:12:50.129 were victorious again in extra innings as Joe 00:12:50.129 --> 00:12:52.990 Morgan wore the laurel of hero. Rose out at second 00:12:52.990 --> 00:12:55.690 base representing the winning run. The pitch 00:12:55.690 --> 00:12:57.990 to Morgan. Swung out of base at the right center 00:12:57.990 --> 00:13:01.370 field. Here comes Pete Rose. And this one belongs 00:13:01.370 --> 00:13:07.889 to the Reds. Joe Morgan has ended it here in 00:13:07.889 --> 00:13:10.269 the 15th inning with a base hit to right center 00:13:10.269 --> 00:13:13.730 field. And in the longest game of the year for 00:13:13.730 --> 00:13:17.570 the Cincinnati Reds, they win 8 -7 and 15 over 00:13:17.570 --> 00:13:20.889 the Houston Astros. Long home runs were especially 00:13:20.889 --> 00:13:24.049 of George Foster and Tony Perez. George smacked 00:13:24.049 --> 00:13:26.669 23 after taking over the regular left field spot 00:13:26.669 --> 00:13:28.950 on May 3rd when Pete Rose was moved to third 00:13:28.950 --> 00:13:31.460 base. He connected for a long one against the 00:13:31.460 --> 00:13:35.320 Astros in late June. Now Foster waiting. Swings 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:37.919 and there it goes! A long drive to left field! 00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:43.159 It is a home run! George Foster pounding line 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:45.799 into the yellow seats in left field, two rows 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:50.059 deep. A three -run blast on Durker's first pitch, 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:53.519 and the Reds are up a run 4 -3. And then Tony 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:56.299 Perez pounded a prodigious shot against the Philadelphia 00:13:56.299 --> 00:13:58.799 Phillies. Here comes a 3 -2 pitch to the plate. 00:13:59.309 --> 00:14:02.110 It is swung on and hit deep to left field. A 00:14:02.110 --> 00:14:05.309 tremendous shot to left. It will be in the red 00:14:05.309 --> 00:14:08.990 seat. A two -run homer for Tony Perez. And that 00:14:08.990 --> 00:14:14.429 ball went into the red seats in left field. A 00:14:14.429 --> 00:14:18.110 tremendous shot by Tony Perez. It finds its way 00:14:18.110 --> 00:14:21.250 into the red seats in left field. And you can 00:14:21.250 --> 00:14:23.710 count on one hand the number of times that has 00:14:23.710 --> 00:14:26.710 been done in this stadium since it opened back 00:14:26.710 --> 00:14:30.399 in 1970. Well, I think you would have to sit 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:33.419 here and safely say that he got all of that one. 00:14:34.419 --> 00:14:36.799 Just as impressive as the long home runs were 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:40.019 the defensive gems turned in by the 1975 Reds. 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:42.220 Cincinnati set a major league record playing 00:14:42.220 --> 00:14:44.960 15 consecutive games without making an error. 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:47.320 And the Reds made the fewest errors in the major 00:14:47.320 --> 00:14:50.120 leagues. Defensive plays like these were repeated 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:53.960 time after time. Line drive, right field, Rattenbein 00:14:53.960 --> 00:15:00.570 will make a diving catch! Fine defensive play 00:15:00.570 --> 00:15:03.850 by Merv Redman as he went sprawling on the aspirator. 00:15:04.269 --> 00:15:07.509 Made the catch and hung on to save two runs and 00:15:07.509 --> 00:15:10.470 end the inning. Bruce swings, hits a fly ball 00:15:10.470 --> 00:15:12.389 into right center field. Geronimo coming hard, 00:15:12.470 --> 00:15:15.370 and this one belongs to the ref. Pitch to Maddox, 00:15:15.370 --> 00:15:18.789 swung on a line drive. Morgan has it! Super play 00:15:18.789 --> 00:15:22.799 by Joe Morgan on a line shot. He dove off to 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:25.059 his left and came up with a ball, and the Reds 00:15:25.059 --> 00:15:27.460 are home free. Now the 3 -2 pitch with John Stone 00:15:27.460 --> 00:15:29.120 breaking. Swung on ground ball to Pete's left. 00:15:29.159 --> 00:15:31.440 He dives. Comes up with it. Now the throw. He 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:35.200 got it. Fine play. Swung on a bouncing ball. 00:15:35.500 --> 00:15:37.740 Rose cuts it off. Throws to second. Morgan to 00:15:37.740 --> 00:15:41.840 first. We got a double play. Boy, I'll tell you, 00:15:41.860 --> 00:15:44.759 fine play right there. Pitch to him. Swung on. 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:47.240 A fly ball hit back in a deep left field. Foster 00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:49.500 back on the track. Leaps up, and he makes a catch. 00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:57.879 Here's a run. The Reds streaked on into July 00:15:57.879 --> 00:15:59.799 and held a commanding lead over the Dodgers, 00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:03.120 and more than 150 ,000 were on hand for a three 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:05.539 -day weekend series with Los Angeles at Riverfront, 00:16:05.659 --> 00:16:08.419 hoping for Cincinnati victories. It was one of 00:16:08.419 --> 00:16:11.299 the most rousing series of the year. Rose, who 00:16:11.299 --> 00:16:13.080 led the league in doubles for the second straight 00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:15.919 year and went back over the 300 mark in 1975, 00:16:16.379 --> 00:16:22.029 added to the excitement in this series. Our show 00:16:22.029 --> 00:16:24.409 ready with the one -two, and here she comes. 00:16:24.529 --> 00:16:27.090 Screwball, swung on, there she goes. That's number 00:16:27.090 --> 00:16:31.029 five for Pete Rose. Get out of here. All right, 00:16:31.110 --> 00:16:34.909 so Pete Rose gets on a high screwball, and for 00:16:34.909 --> 00:16:37.309 Pete, his fifth home run of the year, and the 00:16:37.309 --> 00:16:40.090 Reds lead it now by a score of five to three. 00:16:40.710 --> 00:16:44.269 How about that? And the fans went home happy 00:16:44.269 --> 00:16:47.090 thanks to Raleigh Eastwick. Raleigh Eastwick 00:16:47.090 --> 00:16:49.840 will come on and face Ken McMullen. Strike is 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:52.600 called on the outside corner. Here's a pitch. 00:16:52.940 --> 00:16:56.299 Swing and a miss. Strike two. He struck him out 00:16:56.299 --> 00:16:59.299 swinging and this one belongs to the Reds. A 00:16:59.299 --> 00:17:01.279 preview of the National League Championship Series 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:03.600 saw the Reds sweep four games from the Pittsburgh 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:05.960 Pirates during a mid -August series at Riverfront. 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:08.500 Foster got the Reds off and running in the first 00:17:08.500 --> 00:17:11.200 game. He hit two home runs off Pittsburgh ace 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:14.460 Jerry Royce. Here's a high fly ball hit back 00:17:14.460 --> 00:17:17.180 in a deep left field. Going back is Zisk and 00:17:17.180 --> 00:17:25.269 it is... to left field and hit off the facing 00:17:25.269 --> 00:17:28.750 of the green seats. And we fold down in front 00:17:28.750 --> 00:17:32.769 of the Pirates 3 -0. Here's a man who's put the 00:17:32.769 --> 00:17:35.970 runs on the board, George Foster. A three -run 00:17:35.970 --> 00:17:38.109 home run to left field back in the fourth inning. 00:17:38.509 --> 00:17:40.910 Here's a pitch. Swung high and there it goes 00:17:40.910 --> 00:17:44.690 again. A home run to left field. That went into 00:17:44.690 --> 00:17:46.809 the green seats and a second home run of the 00:17:46.809 --> 00:17:50.910 night for George Foster. The Reds continued their 00:17:50.910 --> 00:17:52.750 onslaught against the Pirates the next night 00:17:52.750 --> 00:17:55.250 with a big first inning. Back with a 1 -0. Rose, 00:17:55.289 --> 00:17:57.829 a line drive hit the center field. Rooker picks 00:17:57.829 --> 00:17:59.869 up a strikeout against Ken Griffey. He'll be 00:17:59.869 --> 00:18:02.269 working to Joe Morgan. Fly ball right center. 00:18:02.369 --> 00:18:05.289 Get down. It's a base hit. It bounds by the right 00:18:05.289 --> 00:18:08.509 fielder, Parker. Here's Rose routing third. He's 00:18:08.509 --> 00:18:11.069 coming to the plate. No throw and a game is tied 00:18:11.069 --> 00:18:14.150 at 1 -2. Bench swings. It's a fly ball to right 00:18:14.150 --> 00:18:26.170 field. It's hit a time. Back is Parker. Here's 00:18:26.170 --> 00:18:28.769 Tony. Break -even pitch. Swung on and a line 00:18:28.769 --> 00:18:31.109 shot hit to left field. That ball is going to 00:18:31.109 --> 00:18:33.589 go all the way to the wall. Here's Zisk up throwing. 00:18:33.829 --> 00:18:36.690 Tony digging for second. He is in standing with 00:18:36.690 --> 00:18:38.690 a double. Two balls, one strike. His pitcher 00:18:38.690 --> 00:18:42.049 faces pitcher. Faces loaded, two out. Rooker 00:18:42.049 --> 00:18:44.869 ready with a pitch. That is swung on. Hit on 00:18:44.869 --> 00:18:48.269 the right field. A base hit. Tony Perez is in. 00:18:48.650 --> 00:18:51.410 Foster to the plate. Going to third is Glenn 00:18:51.410 --> 00:18:53.970 and Fred Norman with a two -run single. Sends 00:18:53.970 --> 00:18:56.970 the Reds up 5 -1. The pitch to him. Swung on. 00:18:57.009 --> 00:18:59.250 A smash to left center field. That's another 00:18:59.250 --> 00:19:02.390 base hit. In the score is Flynn. Coming to third. 00:19:02.650 --> 00:19:04.829 Getting the green light now. The stop sign is 00:19:04.829 --> 00:19:07.589 Norman. Rose has had his second hit of the inning. 00:19:07.630 --> 00:19:11.329 Another run is home at 6 -1. Perez helped make 00:19:11.329 --> 00:19:13.269 it three straight the next day with a game -winning 00:19:13.269 --> 00:19:16.109 home run. And then in the series finale, it was 00:19:16.109 --> 00:19:21.650 Pete Rose who stole the show. 2 ,499 career hits. 00:19:21.670 --> 00:19:23.990 The pitch by Keeshan. Swung on. There it is. 00:19:24.009 --> 00:19:27.809 A base hit to center. A feed road with number 00:19:27.809 --> 00:19:33.029 2 ,500. He gets an RBI on it and a standing ovation 00:19:33.029 --> 00:19:37.269 from this capacity house here at Riverfront. 00:19:37.430 --> 00:19:39.109 Don Gullet, who would have undoubtedly crashed 00:19:39.109 --> 00:19:41.390 the 20 -victory circle for the first time without 00:19:41.390 --> 00:19:44.029 his injury, still wound up with 15 victories 00:19:44.029 --> 00:19:47.109 and a glittering earned run average of 2 .42. 00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:49.980 He made a strong comeback from his broken thumb 00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:52.400 as this shutout against the Cardinals on August 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:55.440 28th demonstrates. Here's a 1 -1 pitch to Rudolph. 00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:57.799 Swung on and a fly ball to right. Riffey moving 00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:02.319 deep and this one belongs to the Reds. Fine five 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:05.660 -hit shutout by left -hander Don Gullet as the 00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:07.859 Reds defeat the Cardinals in the first of four, 00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:11.059 four to nothing. There's no finer center fielder 00:20:11.059 --> 00:20:13.640 in the game than Cesar Geronimo. He's a gold 00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:16.119 -glover on defense and with a bat he contributed 00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:19.569 some big base hits. Geronimo swings, hits a fly 00:20:19.569 --> 00:20:21.890 ball to right field. That's hit deep. Davis is 00:20:21.890 --> 00:20:28.309 back and it's out of here. A home run. Cesar 00:20:28.309 --> 00:20:31.450 Geronimo jumping on Len McLaughlin's first pitch. 00:20:31.490 --> 00:20:34.410 He took him deep to right field. And just like 00:20:34.410 --> 00:20:38.089 that, the Reds lead it 4 -1. RBI's are synonymous 00:20:38.089 --> 00:20:40.910 with Tony Perez. For the ninth consecutive year, 00:20:41.009 --> 00:20:43.609 he exceeded the 90 mark and runs batted in. And 00:20:43.609 --> 00:20:45.789 for the third straight season, he passes century 00:20:45.789 --> 00:20:49.609 mark with 109. He also reached a big RBI milestone 00:20:49.609 --> 00:20:53.049 in his career on September 2nd against San Diego's 00:20:53.049 --> 00:20:55.849 Jerry Johnson. Perez waiting on the 2 -0 pitch 00:20:55.849 --> 00:20:58.390 to the plate. He hits a base hit to left field. 00:20:58.769 --> 00:21:02.630 Geronimo scores, and Tony Perez is the all -time 00:21:02.630 --> 00:21:06.589 RBI leader in Cincinnati Reds history. His 1 00:21:06.589 --> 00:21:09.509 ,010th as they come to their feet with a standing 00:21:09.509 --> 00:21:12.960 ovation here at Riverfront Stadium. A record 00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:15.980 -setting club all season long, it was only appropriate 00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:18.660 the Reds establish another mark when they clenched 00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:20.980 the Western Division title on September 7th. 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:23.599 By winning that day, the Reds clenched earlier 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:26.420 than any club in National League history. And 00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:28.660 the 8 -4 victory, coupled with a Los Angeles 00:21:28.660 --> 00:21:31.339 Dodger loss in Atlanta, touched off a clubhouse 00:21:31.339 --> 00:21:33.650 celebration. The Reds kept on rolling through 00:21:33.650 --> 00:21:35.650 September. They set a National League record 00:21:35.650 --> 00:21:38.910 for most home wins with 64 and finally chalked 00:21:38.910 --> 00:21:41.329 up win number 108 on the final day of the season. 00:21:41.490 --> 00:21:44.269 The season ended like it began. A come -from 00:21:44.269 --> 00:21:46.829 -behind victory and an infield hit that knocked 00:21:46.829 --> 00:21:49.289 in the winning run. O'Dell Canton battling to 00:21:49.289 --> 00:21:51.089 send the game into extra innings. Comes with 00:21:51.089 --> 00:21:52.750 the 0 -1. It's swung on a ground ball. Hits. 00:21:52.990 --> 00:21:55.609 Diving blank. He'll not have a play and this 00:21:55.609 --> 00:22:00.309 one belongs to the Reds. A hard ground ball hit 00:22:00.309 --> 00:22:02.869 off to the right of Larval Blank. He dove for 00:22:02.869 --> 00:22:05.329 it, got his glove on the ball. The ball skidded 00:22:05.329 --> 00:22:09.049 loose. Blanks scampering after it to try and 00:22:09.049 --> 00:22:11.650 make a play, but could not. And the Reds have 00:22:11.650 --> 00:22:13.890 pulled it out here in the ninth inning, 7 -6. 00:22:14.450 --> 00:22:17.809 No doubt about it, this one belonged to the Reds. 00:22:17.809 --> 00:22:20.730 The battle cry now, though, was bring on the 00:22:20.730 --> 00:22:34.619 Pirates. The 1975 National League Western Division 00:22:34.619 --> 00:22:38.440 champions Cincinnati Reds are on the air. The 00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:42.160 75 League Championship Series with Marty Brenneman 00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:46.799 and Joe Nuxall. Reds baseball is brought to you 00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:50.660 by Stroh's Beer for 200 years. From one beer 00:22:50.660 --> 00:22:53.920 lover to another. And by the Marathon Oil Company. 00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:57.750 People who believe in people. By the Pepsi -Cola 00:22:57.750 --> 00:23:00.130 Bottling Company of Cincinnati, bottlers of Pepsi 00:23:00.130 --> 00:23:02.950 -Cola, Dr. Pepper, and Schweppes products. By 00:23:02.950 --> 00:23:06.130 Frisch's, at breakfast time, lunch time, or any 00:23:06.130 --> 00:23:08.369 time you're hungry, there's always a Frisch's 00:23:08.369 --> 00:23:11.289 nearby. By the First National Bank of Cincinnati, 00:23:11.630 --> 00:23:14.569 the bank that adds top security to high interest 00:23:14.569 --> 00:23:18.349 on your savings. And by Riverside Ford in Newport, 00:23:18.609 --> 00:23:21.269 a block and a bridge from downtown Cincinnati. 00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:26.619 Now, for all the play -by -play action of the 00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:28.940 Cincinnati Reds Championship Series, we go to 00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:41.720 Marty Brenneman and Joe Nuxall. So now it was 00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:43.299 on to the playoffs against the heavy -hitting 00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:45.720 Pittsburgh Pirates. For the Cincinnati Reds, 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:47.539 this was their fourth trip to postseason play 00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:50.380 in the last six seasons. But this time, it just 00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:53.240 seemed it was to be their year. As usual, Reds 00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:55.660 fans supported their team enthusiastically to 00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:58.480 the tune of 2 .3 million. And by the time the 00:23:58.480 --> 00:24:00.500 playoffs rolled around, the Reds front office 00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:03.019 was so inundated with playoff applications that 00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:05.140 they had to return 30 ,000 checks for ticket 00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:07.720 requests. Game one of the playoffs opened at 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:10.079 Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium with Don Gullet 00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:12.000 and Jerry Royce hooking up in a battle of left 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:14.460 -handers. The Pirates scored first, picking up 00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:16.680 two runs in the second. But the Reds came back 00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:18.140 with one of their own in the bottom half of the 00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:20.180 inning. And then in the third, the Reds won in 00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:34.769 front to stay. Red struck for another big inning 00:24:34.769 --> 00:24:37.049 in the fifth, scoring four times to give themselves 00:24:37.049 --> 00:24:39.750 an 8 -1 lead. One of the big hits of the inning, 00:24:39.829 --> 00:24:42.569 and a big surprise, was a two -run homer by pitcher 00:24:42.569 --> 00:24:44.990 Don Gullick. The Reds have gotten two more runs 00:24:44.990 --> 00:24:47.150 across in the fifth inning to make it a 6 -2 00:24:47.150 --> 00:25:11.390 ballgame. The Reds coasted from that point on 00:25:11.390 --> 00:25:14.690 to an eventual 8 -3 victory. Game 2 was also 00:25:14.690 --> 00:25:16.869 a matchup of left -handers as Fred Norman of 00:25:16.869 --> 00:25:19.099 the Reds opposed Jim Rooker. The Reds struck 00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:21.480 early with Tony Perez's first inning home run. 00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:25.900 Perez with a fly ball, deep left field, back 00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:33.640 is Zisk, and it's gone! A home run! Tony Perez 00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:36.119 hammers a 1 -1 pitch out of here to give the 00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:39.119 Reds a 2 -0 lead. Then in the fourth, the Reds 00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:41.599 scored two more times as they continued to make 00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:44.019 the playoffs a nightmare for pirate catcher Manny 00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:48.119 Sanguien. 1 -0 pitch. Swung on. A looper back 00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:50.200 behind second. Stennett going out. Coming in. 00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:53.859 It falls for a base hit. And now putting on the 00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:56.299 brakes is Foster as he started to go to second. 00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:59.180 Thought better of it. As Frank Tavares quickly 00:25:59.180 --> 00:26:01.299 recovered and went to the second base bag to 00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:05.299 cover. He deals a 2 -0 pitch and that swung on 00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:07.240 and looped into right center field. Oliver and 00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:09.140 Parker coming together. It'll end the end for 00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:11.500 a hit. Here's Foster going to second and holding 00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:14.279 there as the Reds have dumped a couple. Into 00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:16.720 the outfield off of Jim Rooker here in the fourth 00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:19.859 inning and have two men on and nobody out. Here's 00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:22.220 a pitch to Griffey. He bounces one left side. 00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:24.720 It's going to be in for a hit. Here comes Foster. 00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:27.420 Here comes Zisk's throw to the plate. It is not 00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:33.240 in time, and it's 3 -1. Rooker against Fred Norman 00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:36.160 with runners at second and third one out. He 00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:39.359 pitches. Norman hits one in the left field. Richie 00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:41.460 Zisk digging for it. He'll make the catch, but 00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:44.559 here comes Concepcion. The race is on, and it's 00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:51.519 4 -1. Griffey with one foot on the carpet, one 00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:55.680 foot in the sliding pit. There he goes. Ball 00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:59.880 butted through. San Guillen high throw, no. That's 00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:01.839 eight stolen bases for the Reds in the series. 00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:05.480 Hebner looking for a bunt, so too is Stargell. 00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:09.259 He squares. He bunts through it. Throw to second. 00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:15.019 Here comes Griffey to third, and he's in. the 00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:18.519 second base, but as soon as Sam Guillen fired 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:20.599 that way, Kenny came on to third, and that's 00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:23.740 another steal. Eason has the sign, the stretch. 00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:26.299 There goes Morgan. The pitch is high and inside. 00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:29.980 No chance for Sam Guillen at all. Joe Morgan 00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:32.599 with his fourth stolen base in a championship 00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:36.680 playoff series. That is number nine for the ball 00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:40.849 club and number six here in the ballgame. The 00:27:40.849 --> 00:27:42.890 Reds struck again for single runs in the 6th 00:27:42.890 --> 00:27:45.470 and 7th on their way to an eventual 6 -1 win. 00:27:46.049 --> 00:27:48.109 Meanwhile, Raleigh Eastwick took over in the 00:27:48.109 --> 00:27:51.269 7th and just sawed off the Pirates' bats, retiring 00:27:51.269 --> 00:27:55.869 9 of the last 10 batters. Two men out. Richie 00:27:55.869 --> 00:27:58.769 Zist taking his lead at second base. The 1 -0 00:27:58.769 --> 00:28:01.170 pitch swung on and popped up outside of first. 00:28:01.309 --> 00:28:03.950 Tony may have a play. He's over. He's under. 00:28:04.069 --> 00:28:07.799 And this one belongs to the Reds. With the Reds 00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:09.700 ahead two games to none, the scene shifted to 00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:12.019 Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium. On the verge 00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:14.380 of elimination, the Pirates gave it a bagging 00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:17.000 fight as rookie left -hander John Candelaria 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:19.079 proved near -invincible over the first seven 00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:21.539 and two -thirds innings as he struck out a record 00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:24.599 14 batters and yielded but one hit. However, 00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:27.099 that one hit was a second -inning home run by 00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:30.619 Dave Concepcion. Fly ball hit back into left 00:28:30.619 --> 00:28:41.000 field. And the Reds have gone out in front 1 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:43.539 -0. Pittsburgh took a 2 -1 lead in the sixth 00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:45.940 on an Al Oliver home run, and things looked good 00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:48.960 for the Pirates. But in the eighth inning, Candelaria's 00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:51.920 charm life came to an end as he walked Merv Rettman 00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:55.420 and had to face always tough Pete Rose. Rettman 00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:57.220 leading at first base. Candelaria pitches to 00:28:57.220 --> 00:29:13.339 Rose. One on the fly ball. Left field. However, 00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:15.900 the Pirates refused to quit and came back to 00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:18.180 tie it in the ninth. But their newfound light 00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:20.740 was too short -lived as Ken Griffey opened the 00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:23.039 tenth with one of his specialties, an infield 00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:25.339 hit, and eventually scored what proved to be 00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:27.880 the winning run on rookie Ed Armbrister's sacrifice 00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:31.640 fly. 0 -2 the count on Griffey. He punts one 00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:33.220 out in front of the plate. Here's Sankey, and 00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:35.279 up with it. Throws to first, not in time, and 00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:41.289 Kenny has a punt single. The 0 -1 delivery. Swung 00:29:41.289 --> 00:29:43.309 on and hit in the air to center field. That's 00:29:43.309 --> 00:29:45.329 going to be deep enough to get Griffey in. Here's 00:29:45.329 --> 00:29:47.690 Oliver with a catch. Here's Kenny tagging. Here 00:29:47.690 --> 00:29:50.109 comes Oliver's throw. It'll be cut off by Randolph, 00:29:50.130 --> 00:29:53.890 and we go out in front 4 -3. A sacrifice fly 00:29:53.890 --> 00:29:55.930 to center field by Ann Armbrister, and you cannot 00:29:55.930 --> 00:29:58.150 ask for any more than that. And the Reds were 00:29:58.150 --> 00:30:00.630 not through. Throughout, Pete Rose and Joe Morgan 00:30:00.630 --> 00:30:02.990 collaborated to add an important insurance run. 00:30:03.430 --> 00:30:06.250 The 1 -1 pitch. Swung on and looped to right 00:30:06.250 --> 00:30:13.690 field. That will be a base hit. Pete has his 00:30:13.690 --> 00:30:16.210 second straight hit. A wrong field single to 00:30:16.210 --> 00:30:19.769 right. The 2 -0 pitch. Swung out and hit hard 00:30:19.769 --> 00:30:21.509 to right center field. That ball is going to 00:30:21.509 --> 00:30:23.509 be thrown all the way to the wall. Now Pete's 00:30:23.509 --> 00:30:25.529 got to get to the plate. Up for the ball is Oliver. 00:30:25.690 --> 00:30:27.890 He throws to Randolph. It's good on the plate. 00:30:28.049 --> 00:30:31.190 It'll not be in time. It's 5 -3 and Pete is in 00:30:31.190 --> 00:30:34.190 for the run as Morgan goes to third. Then in 00:30:34.190 --> 00:30:36.269 the bottom of the tenth, Pedro Borbon emerged 00:30:36.269 --> 00:30:38.869 from the bullpen to wrap up Cincinnati's eighth 00:30:38.869 --> 00:30:41.660 National League pennant. Randolph right -handed 00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:44.319 batting rookie infielder. Keeney looking for 00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:46.640 the side. He kicks and deals. The pitch is hit 00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:49.359 to Morgan. He's up. He throws to Tony. And the 00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:55.779 1975 pennant belongs to the Rams. Joe Morgan, 00:30:56.019 --> 00:31:01.200 my man. Joe, congratulations. It's a great feeling. 00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:03.539 Right, it's unbelievable, Joe. You know, I really 00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:05.539 feel good myself because I feel like I've helped 00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:08.299 a guy this time. Georgie, boy. Sparky, the white 00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:11.789 fox. Certainly this ball club, well, what can 00:31:11.789 --> 00:31:14.089 you say about it other than it's super. It's 00:31:14.089 --> 00:31:16.670 a super baseball team. Boston must be super, 00:31:16.750 --> 00:31:18.990 Joe, but I'm not going to be naive. To me, this 00:31:18.990 --> 00:31:21.269 is the best baseball team I have had the privilege 00:31:21.269 --> 00:31:24.029 of seeing in my career. I just hope that we can 00:31:24.029 --> 00:31:26.089 win the World Series so that then they can compare 00:31:26.089 --> 00:31:28.390 these guys and judge these guys the way they 00:31:28.390 --> 00:31:30.490 should be judged. In the background, the renowned 00:31:30.490 --> 00:31:32.990 Johnny Betts. And, John, congratulations. Thank 00:31:32.990 --> 00:31:34.990 you very much, Marty. So far, an unbelievable 00:31:34.990 --> 00:31:39.859 season for this baseball team. awfully difficult 00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:42.519 to pinpoint one key to the success of this team 00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:46.420 in 75? Well, I think it's the fact that everybody 00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:48.900 had one goal when they left spring training. 00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:52.799 And everybody was going to sacrifice to no end 00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:55.759 as much as they could in order to win. So we 00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:57.460 had a goal in spring training to go all the way, 00:31:57.480 --> 00:32:00.079 and it just turned out that two steps were there. 00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:34.079 Now it's three. With the National League pennants 00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:36.000 safely tucked away in their hip pocket for the 00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:38.359 third time in the last six seasons, the Reds 00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:40.000 journeyed to Boston for the start of the World 00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:42.700 Series against the Red Sox. It had been a long 00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:45.789 35 years. since the Reds last wore the crown 00:32:45.789 --> 00:32:48.049 of world champions. And they were determined 00:32:48.049 --> 00:32:50.910 that this would be the year. But after the first 00:32:50.910 --> 00:32:53.170 game of the World Series, Reds fans had to be 00:32:53.170 --> 00:32:56.089 wondering, as Louis Theon whirled his magic and 00:32:56.089 --> 00:33:03.730 shut out the Reds 6 -0. Game two looked like 00:33:03.730 --> 00:33:05.809 more of the same. Left -hander Bill Lee held 00:33:05.809 --> 00:33:07.990 the Reds at bay for eight innings. But after 00:33:07.990 --> 00:33:10.369 a slight rain delay late in the game, the Reds 00:33:10.369 --> 00:33:12.190 regrouped themselves for one of their frantic 00:33:12.190 --> 00:33:14.589 ninth -inning finishes. Johnny Bench started 00:33:14.589 --> 00:33:17.349 things by ignoring Fenway Park's famed left field 00:33:17.349 --> 00:33:19.910 wall by taking Bill Lee to the opposite field. 00:33:21.690 --> 00:33:25.170 Johnny Bench. They have the shift on for him. 00:33:26.470 --> 00:33:29.069 They give him the right field corner with a wind 00:33:29.069 --> 00:33:31.289 blowing in. I wouldn't be surprised if he can. 00:33:31.450 --> 00:33:33.730 Let's see him try right center or go to the right 00:33:33.730 --> 00:33:36.549 field corner, Marty. Let's see what happens. 00:33:37.130 --> 00:33:39.829 Fends out, Lee pitches him. And there he goes 00:33:39.829 --> 00:33:42.269 to right field. He hits the ball into the corner. 00:33:42.670 --> 00:33:45.410 He's going to get extra bases. Bench goes in 00:33:45.410 --> 00:33:47.529 a second, and the Reds have the tying run at 00:33:47.529 --> 00:33:49.769 second. Nobody out. Then after two were out, 00:33:49.849 --> 00:33:52.210 Dave Concepcion and Ken Griffey combined to give 00:33:52.210 --> 00:33:55.509 Cincinnati the lead. In comes Drago. There's 00:33:55.509 --> 00:33:57.589 a bounding ball. It's going to be maybe a tie 00:33:57.589 --> 00:34:01.329 game. It is. Bench scores, and Concepcion beats 00:34:01.329 --> 00:34:03.529 out an infield hit to tie it up for Cincinnati. 00:34:04.589 --> 00:34:08.110 Danny Doyle flagged it down and back a second, 00:34:08.130 --> 00:34:12.420 and the Reds have tied it. The 1 -2 pitch. Griffey 00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:15.039 has a drive into left center. That's in the gap. 00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:17.880 Concepcion scoring. Griffey's going to second. 00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:21.719 And the Reds take the lead 3 -2 for the two -run 00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:25.000 ninth inning. And then Raleigh Eastwick emerged 00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:27.159 from the bullpen to preserve Cincinnati's first 00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:30.679 win of the 1975 World Series. Here's the pitch. 00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:33.539 He pops it up. This should be the ballgame. Waiting 00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:37.280 for it is Concepcion. And he has it. And the 00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:41.519 Reds. Win 3 -2 and tie the series that one game 00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:44.260 apiece. And the Reds now go home in their own 00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:47.019 ballpark Tuesday night. A brilliant relief effort 00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:50.039 by Raleigh Eastwick. Much of the pre -series 00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:52.380 speculation centered around Boston's Fenway Park 00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:55.579 and its van box dimensions. However, the heavy 00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:57.480 hitting did not start until game three of the 00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:59.880 series when the scene shifted to much more spacious 00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:02.800 Riverfront Stadium. And all six home runs were 00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:05.739 hit in the game by six different players. Boston's 00:35:05.739 --> 00:35:08.199 catcher Carlton Fisk started things by hitting 00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:10.739 a solo shot in the second. But in the fourth, 00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:13.179 his counterpart, Johnny Bench, did him one better 00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:15.820 by belting a two -run shot that gave the Reds 00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:39.889 a 2 -1 lead. In the fifth inning, Dave Concepcion 00:35:39.889 --> 00:35:42.429 and Cesar Geronimo hit back -to -back home runs 00:35:42.429 --> 00:35:45.510 for the first time since the 1967 World Series. 00:35:45.889 --> 00:35:48.170 He hits one a time, back to the left center field, 00:35:48.329 --> 00:36:04.070 looking up his distress. Wise needs a strike. 00:36:04.150 --> 00:36:06.309 Geronimo a pitch away from a walk. He swings. 00:36:06.409 --> 00:36:08.969 He hits one back in his deep right field. Going 00:36:08.969 --> 00:36:17.409 back is Evans, and it's out of here. Well, Curt 00:36:17.409 --> 00:36:19.690 and Tony, Cincinnati are putting on a long ball 00:36:19.690 --> 00:36:22.030 exhibition here as they have had three hits off 00:36:22.030 --> 00:36:24.889 Rick Wise and all of them home runs. However, 00:36:25.050 --> 00:36:27.510 the Red Sox would not quit, as pinch hitter Bernie 00:36:27.510 --> 00:36:29.829 Carbo homered in the seventh, and Dwight Evans 00:36:29.829 --> 00:36:31.949 tied the game with a two -run poke in the ninth. 00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:35.320 But despite all the long ball heroics, this game 00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:37.860 would be decided on a ball that traveled no more 00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:40.900 than two feet and provided much discussion as 00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:43.260 to how to interpret the baseball rulebook. So 00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:45.139 with Geronimo having led off the 10th inning 00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:47.440 with a base hit to right center field, Ed Armbruster 00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:49.460 will be the pinch hitter for Raleigh Eastwick. 00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:52.639 Right -hander Jim Willoughby into a stretch motion 00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:54.960 as he checks the runner at first base. Here is 00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:56.800 a pitch to the plate. Armbruster squares around 00:36:56.800 --> 00:37:11.489 the bunt, drops it out in front. plate umpire 00:37:11.489 --> 00:37:13.989 Larry Barnett, and he may be arguing interference 00:37:13.989 --> 00:37:16.510 against Armbrister. There may have been some 00:37:16.510 --> 00:37:19.070 contact between Carlton Fisk and Armbrister at 00:37:19.070 --> 00:37:22.610 the plate. They draw it in. Boston Red Sox defense. 00:37:23.550 --> 00:37:25.949 And left -hander Roger Moret will work out of 00:37:25.949 --> 00:37:30.090 the stretch. Has a sign from Carlton Fisk. He 00:37:30.090 --> 00:37:32.630 comes set. He delivers. Morgan with a line drive. 00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:41.019 But the Red Sox weren't quitters, and they showed 00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:42.840 the stuff they were made of when they came back 00:37:42.840 --> 00:37:45.199 the next night to even the series by beating 00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:48.179 the Reds 5 -4. The last baseball game to be played 00:37:48.179 --> 00:37:51.179 at Riverfront Stadium in 1975 took place on Thursday, 00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:54.900 October 16th, as Don Gullet dazzled the Red Sox, 00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:57.440 and the Reds took a 3 -2 lead in the series with 00:37:57.440 --> 00:38:00.480 a 6 -2 win. The Red Sox jumped to an early 1 00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:03.360 -0 lead, but in the fourth, Tony Perez, who was 00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:06.360 0 -15 in the series up to that point, broke out 00:38:06.360 --> 00:38:21.219 of his slump. a big one with a game -tying fourth 00:38:21.219 --> 00:38:28.219 -inning home run. And in the fifth, Gullet and 00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:30.400 Pete Rose combined to put Cincinnati ahead to 00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:36.059 stay. There's a base hit up the middle. Gullet 00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:39.780 is on. The fourth hit off Cleveland, a two -out 00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:44.159 single. And the pitch to see Rose fly ball down 00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:46.840 the left field line. Curving, it is going to 00:38:46.840 --> 00:39:00.030 be a... Then in the sixth, the Reds broke the 00:39:00.030 --> 00:39:02.849 game wide open on Perez's second home run of 00:39:02.849 --> 00:39:05.489 the night. Bench is at second, Morgan at third, 00:39:05.590 --> 00:39:08.309 and nobody out. Tony leveling the bat, waiting 00:39:08.309 --> 00:39:13.329 for Cleveland's pitch. Here it comes. Fly ball, 00:39:13.510 --> 00:39:21.230 long drive, left field. Tony Perez breaking out 00:39:21.230 --> 00:39:24.289 of his series slump with a bang. The Reds added 00:39:24.289 --> 00:39:26.269 another run in the eighth as Don Gellett pitched 00:39:26.269 --> 00:39:28.780 masterfully. including a stretch where he retired 00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:31.780 16 consecutive batters. However, Gullet tired 00:39:31.780 --> 00:39:33.800 in the ninth as the Red Sox mustered a rally. 00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:36.179 But out of the bullpen came Raleigh Eastwick 00:39:36.179 --> 00:39:39.739 to put out the fire. The 0 -2 delivery. Here 00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:41.980 it comes. Strike three. The ball game's over. 00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:45.920 Raleigh Eastwick throws three pitches to Petrocelli, 00:39:46.019 --> 00:39:49.539 nailing it down for Don Gullet as the Cincinnati 00:39:49.539 --> 00:39:54.179 Reds romp over the Red Sox in game five. So now 00:39:54.179 --> 00:39:56.809 it was back to Boston in game number six. one 00:39:56.809 --> 00:39:59.190 of the most dramatic contests in baseball history. 00:39:59.690 --> 00:40:02.289 The Red Sox jumped to a quick 3 -0 lead in the 00:40:02.289 --> 00:40:04.489 first inning when Fred Lynn caught hold of a 00:40:04.489 --> 00:40:06.829 Gary Nolan pitch and sent it soaring into the 00:40:06.829 --> 00:40:09.329 right field bleachers. But the Reds came back 00:40:09.329 --> 00:40:10.829 with three of their own in the fourth inning 00:40:10.829 --> 00:40:13.429 to knock the score. In the seventh, Ken Griffey, 00:40:13.489 --> 00:40:15.710 Joe Morgan, and George Foster combined to put 00:40:15.710 --> 00:40:20.150 the Reds in front 5 -3. Deion's delivery. Big 00:40:20.150 --> 00:40:22.230 bounding ball hit in the right field by Griffey. 00:40:22.309 --> 00:40:25.030 That's the third time he's been on. Deion throws, 00:40:25.250 --> 00:40:27.070 and there's a drive. into left field. That'll 00:40:27.070 --> 00:40:29.570 be out in the corner. Dostoevsky racing over 00:40:29.570 --> 00:40:33.650 and holds Griffey at second base. Again, Teon 00:40:33.650 --> 00:40:39.730 to the stretch. There goes Morgan. That's a fly 00:40:39.730 --> 00:40:42.730 ball to deep center. Lynn going back, back. That 00:40:42.730 --> 00:40:46.829 ball is off the wall. It'll score two runs. Foster's 00:40:46.829 --> 00:40:49.630 in the second and Foster has doubled off the 00:40:49.630 --> 00:40:52.409 top of the center field wall and nearly had a 00:40:52.409 --> 00:40:56.530 home run. And the Reds With superior right -handed 00:40:56.530 --> 00:40:59.449 power tonight, are using Fenway Park better than 00:40:59.449 --> 00:41:03.090 the hometown Red Sox. The Reds now lead 5 -3. 00:41:03.650 --> 00:41:06.210 And in the eighth, Cesar Geronimo appeared to 00:41:06.210 --> 00:41:08.289 put the game out of reach with his solo shot. 00:41:09.349 --> 00:41:12.389 Geronimo hits a high drive down the right field 00:41:12.389 --> 00:41:15.909 line. That one's deep, and it is a home run for 00:41:15.909 --> 00:41:19.889 Cesar Geronimo. Right down the line it went and 00:41:19.889 --> 00:41:22.650 dropped into the right field grandstand. And 00:41:22.650 --> 00:41:26.329 the Reds now lead 6 -3. But the Red Sox would 00:41:26.329 --> 00:41:28.570 not quit. In the eighth inning, Bernie Carbo 00:41:28.570 --> 00:41:31.289 came back to haunt his old ball club with a game 00:41:31.289 --> 00:41:33.630 -tying and record -tying pinch -hit home run. 00:41:33.769 --> 00:41:37.130 Carbo hits a high drive, deep center, way back, 00:41:37.570 --> 00:41:45.090 home run! Bernie Carbo has hit his second pinch 00:41:45.090 --> 00:41:48.449 -hit home run of this series. That was a blast 00:41:48.449 --> 00:41:51.250 up in the center field bleachers. It came with 00:41:51.250 --> 00:41:56.039 two outs and a count two and two. The Red Sox 00:41:56.039 --> 00:41:59.760 have tied it 6 -6. In the bottom of the ninth, 00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:01.940 it looked like the Red Sox would win it. Bases 00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:04.840 loaded, none out, but George Foster made a super 00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:07.539 defensive play. The Reds have the infield in, 00:42:07.579 --> 00:42:10.920 the outfield very shallow, and the pitch. There's 00:42:10.920 --> 00:42:14.300 a high fly ball down the left field line. It's 00:42:14.300 --> 00:42:18.239 going to be close. It is caught by Foster. Here's 00:42:18.239 --> 00:42:21.539 a tag, here's a throw. He's out! A double play! 00:42:22.539 --> 00:42:26.159 A double play. Foster throws him out. Foster 00:42:26.159 --> 00:42:28.480 took that ball, jammed right up against the left 00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:32.000 field stand. Very shallow. And they sent the 00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:35.619 runner from third. Denny Doyle is thrown out 00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:38.679 on a perfect strike. This was just not to be 00:42:38.679 --> 00:42:40.860 the Reds' night. On the 11th, they appeared on 00:42:40.860 --> 00:42:42.960 their way to victory when Joe Morgan sent a deep 00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:45.420 drive to right field. But Dwight Evans made a 00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:48.659 circus catch. The pitch. There's a long shot 00:42:48.659 --> 00:42:51.619 to deep right. Back goes Evans. Back, back. And... 00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:56.760 Made a grab and saved a home run on that one. 00:42:56.860 --> 00:43:00.320 Just the first of a double play as Evans robbed 00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:03.719 Joe Morgan of a home run, jumping high in the 00:43:03.719 --> 00:43:06.599 air and tagging that ball out of the right field 00:43:06.599 --> 00:43:10.920 grandstand. 35 ,000 fans at Fenway Park had hardly 00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:13.719 quieted down from Evans' defensive heroics when 00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:16.199 Carlton Fisk stepped up to lead off the 12 and 00:43:16.199 --> 00:43:19.099 gave Boston fans something to talk about all 00:43:19.099 --> 00:43:22.280 winter long. The 1 -0 delivery to Fisk. He swings, 00:43:22.440 --> 00:43:25.099 long drive, left field. If it stays there, it's 00:43:25.099 --> 00:43:29.320 gone. Home run. The Red Sox win. And the series 00:43:29.320 --> 00:43:37.500 is tied three games apiece. After that sudden 00:43:37.500 --> 00:43:39.539 death victory by Boston, a lot of teams would 00:43:39.539 --> 00:43:42.440 be down emotionally, but not the Reds. In game 00:43:42.440 --> 00:43:44.840 seven, they found themselves down once again 00:43:44.840 --> 00:43:48.079 by a 3 -0 count. But once again, they came fighting 00:43:48.079 --> 00:43:50.739 back. In the sixth, Bill Lee tried to use his 00:43:50.739 --> 00:43:56.619 Ephus curve on Tony Perez. It did not work. Then 00:43:56.619 --> 00:44:13.900 in the seventh with two on and two out, Pete 00:44:13.900 --> 00:44:24.599 Rose tied up the game. and the Reds have tied 00:44:24.599 --> 00:44:28.440 it and have runners on second and third. Griffey 00:44:28.440 --> 00:44:31.219 scored easily. Lynn's throw was wide at the plate. 00:44:31.840 --> 00:44:34.260 Armbruster raced to third, and Rose went down 00:44:34.260 --> 00:44:36.440 to second on the throw to the plate. During the 00:44:36.440 --> 00:44:38.119 course of the season, it seemed as though the 00:44:38.119 --> 00:44:40.480 Reds owned a patent on scoring runs in the ninth 00:44:40.480 --> 00:44:42.940 inning. This was how they would win their third 00:44:42.940 --> 00:44:45.679 world championship. With runners on first and 00:44:45.679 --> 00:44:47.940 second, Joe Morgan looped a single to center 00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:50.260 field for what would be their most important 00:44:50.260 --> 00:44:55.440 run of the long 1975 season. Cincinnati. Two 00:44:55.440 --> 00:45:01.179 down. Ken Griffey at third. Pete Rose at first. 00:45:02.159 --> 00:45:09.099 Joe Morgan at back. One ball, two strikes. There's 00:45:09.099 --> 00:45:12.900 a looper. They drop. It's in for a hit. Here 00:45:12.900 --> 00:45:15.360 comes a throw to third. Rose hits a dirty save. 00:45:15.679 --> 00:45:18.199 And there goes Morgan down to second. And the 00:45:18.199 --> 00:45:21.400 Reds have the lead 4 -3. Then out of the bullpen 00:45:21.400 --> 00:45:24.130 came Will McEnany. And with quickness and dispatch, 00:45:24.469 --> 00:45:27.690 he retired the side. And Cincinnati had its first 00:45:27.690 --> 00:45:30.909 world championship since 1940. The Reds are one 00:45:30.909 --> 00:45:33.650 out away from winning the world championship. 00:45:36.269 --> 00:45:40.349 And Carl Yastrowski gets a standing ovation. 00:45:40.590 --> 00:45:43.730 Win or lose, he's been a great player for Boston 00:45:43.730 --> 00:45:47.030 since 1960. And he's the captain of the team. 00:45:47.829 --> 00:45:52.349 And a high fly ball. It should be all over. is 00:45:52.349 --> 00:45:55.369 under, and Cincinnati has won the World Championship, 00:45:55.730 --> 00:45:59.050 beating the Boston Red Sox 4 -3. Thanks, Chip 00:45:59.050 --> 00:46:01.130 Doe, and congratulations, Chip Doe, to the manager 00:46:01.130 --> 00:46:03.630 of the Reds, Sparky Anderson. What a wonderful 00:46:03.630 --> 00:46:08.130 moment for you. This one's for Milt, boys, and 00:46:08.130 --> 00:46:11.010 for Lefty, who's not here, and for all my friends 00:46:11.010 --> 00:46:13.730 and everybody I love. Sparky Anderson, congratulations 00:46:13.730 --> 00:46:16.949 to you on the Reds. Joe Morgan, Joe Morgan, congratulations. 00:46:17.469 --> 00:46:18.929 Thank you very much, man. It's the one I've been 00:46:18.929 --> 00:46:20.929 looking for for seven years, and I finally made 00:46:20.929 --> 00:46:25.519 it. Joe, for the 115th time this season, this 00:46:25.519 --> 00:46:27.420 one belongs to the Reds, and it was a big one. 00:46:27.460 --> 00:46:29.099 Right on. This is the biggest one I've ever played 00:46:29.099 --> 00:46:31.260 in, Marty. come from behind and look like we're 00:46:31.260 --> 00:46:33.340 dead, but we never died. Pete Rose, the man standing 00:46:33.340 --> 00:46:35.440 to my left, was named the most valuable player 00:46:35.440 --> 00:46:38.300 of the 1975 World Series, and Pete, our congratulations 00:46:38.300 --> 00:46:41.480 to him. It was a triple -A team performance tonight. 00:46:42.280 --> 00:46:43.980 Most teams would have quit when they got us out 00:46:43.980 --> 00:46:46.039 when we had first and third no outs, Tony. We 00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:48.559 struck Toronto out and Redmond hit to a double 00:46:48.559 --> 00:46:50.119 play, but most teams would have quit when we 00:46:50.119 --> 00:46:52.179 stood down by three runs and Perez gave us a 00:46:52.179 --> 00:46:54.199 live with our two -run shot. You can tell I'm 00:46:54.199 --> 00:46:56.559 hoarse from yelling the whole game. Here's Johnny 00:46:56.559 --> 00:47:00.110 Bench. It is, Martin. I'm so excited. I really, 00:47:00.190 --> 00:47:02.550 and here's Bob Housen, who made it all possible. 00:47:02.730 --> 00:47:05.090 I'll tell you, it was just a complete effort. 00:47:05.130 --> 00:47:06.909 I've never wanted to win anything so bad, and 00:47:06.909 --> 00:47:09.090 the way we won it, I think, makes it even more 00:47:09.090 --> 00:47:09.449 exciting.