Mark J Schmetzer: 2 books
Before the Machine
The Story of the 1961 Pennant-Winning Reds
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
The Big Red Machine dominated major league baseball in the 1970s, but the Cincinnati franchise began its climb to that pinnacle in 1961, when an unlikely collection of cast-offs and wannabes stunned the baseball world by winning the National League pennant. Led by revered manager Fred Hutchinson,...
The Comeback Kids
Cincinnati Reds 2010 Championship Season
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Few experts picked the Reds to win the National League Central Division Championship. Loaded with great young talent, the team was expected to move up in the standings and maybe even to break its nine-year streak of losing seasons. But win the division? Hardly.
No one realized the level of...