Editor’s note: How good were the 1975 Cincinnati Reds? The best way to end the speculation is to challenge the team with a 162-game season against some great teams. This is a series that will include each game played with the Strat-o-Matic cards and dice, while hoping to reach the 108-54 record that the Reds […]
Category: 1970s Baseball History
Editor’s note: How good were the 1975 Cincinnati Reds? The best way to end the speculation is to challenge the team with a 162-game season against some great teams. This is a series that will include each game played with the Strat-o-Matic cards and dice, while hoping to reach the 108-54 record that the Reds […]
The recent announcement the Tom Seaver has dementia made me very sad. Having experienced my mother’s last few months suffering from the condition, we all know where Seaver is headed. Even though no one from my family ever met Seaver there is a weird connection. Seaver and my mother were born on the exact same […]
Don Gullett tossed a complete game as he won his third contest to lead the 1975 team to the title in the Stat-O-Matic Reds Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. The No. 1 seed in the tourney, the 1975 squad won 3-1 to finish as the champs over the No. 3 seed. Gullett allowed seven […]
The Stat-O-Matic Reds Tournament presented by Press Room Pass is down to one game in the championship series after the top seeded 1975 team and No 3 seed 1940 squad split the first two contests. The 1975 team won the opener 3-1 before the 1940 group bounced back to post an 8-6 victory to set […]
The 1975 Reds swept their second straight series to advance to the finals of the Stat-O-Matic Reds Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Allowing just a run in each contest, 1975 posted a 2-1 win over 1970 followed by a 6-1 decision in the clincher. In the opener, Fred Norman and Rawly Eastwick combined for […]
There was plenty of offense as the 1970 team posted a come-from-behind 11-7 victory over 1961 in the third game of their opening round series of the Stat-O-Matic Reds Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. Tony Perez knocked in three runs for 1970 with a homer and a sacrifice fly, while Lee May, Bobby Tolan […]
George Foster got the favored 1975 team off to a good start in the opening round of the Stat-O-Matic Reds Tournament presented by Press Room Pass. The 1975 team needed just two games in the best of three series to eliminate the 1995 squad. Foster drove in four runs in the first contest as 1975 […]
Spring training games are just getting underway this week. With that in mind and some excitement building in Cincinnati, hopefully, it’s time for another Strat-O-Matic tournament presented by Press Room Pass. This time, eight of the top teams in Cincinnati Reds history will square off to become champions again or for the first time. Each […]
Editor’s note: Throughout this year Press Room Pass will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1969 baseball season with a variety of stories from the covering personal accomplishments, unique moments, major league expansion and the amazing New York Mets. This is the latest installment of that series. When Mike Corkins was signed out of […]