The oldest and best team.
"This One Belongs to the Reds" by Clinton Reno.
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1. Hearing the legendary tales from the '70s.
I was born in 1982. My earliest memories of baseball were dominated by stories of an unstoppable force called "The Big Red Machine., a baseball team overflowing with talent — Rose. Pérez. Bench. Griffey. Morgan. Concepción. Foster. Gerónimo. Two World Series wins and an entire decade of greatness.
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2. Watching Pete Rose break the hit record. Hit #4,192.
You can see the hit at 0:50.
Pete Rose broke the hit record when I was just 3 years old, but this particular moment would be replayed for the rest of my life. I may have been too young to remember it happening, but the number and that day still stand as a kind of monument for all of us who cheer for the Reds and for Charlie Hustle.
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3. Sitting in cheap seats at Riverfront Stadium.
When I finally saw Riverfront Stadium in person, I remember vividly sitting in the shadows and peering up through the circle of sunlight above. It was an amazing place — where so much baseball history had happened, and as a little kid, it felt like the largest structure I could ever imagine.
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