Great stuff. Love the Chet Lemon mention as well. I’ll go with Luis Arroyo to Whitey Ford in 1961. Arroyo saved 13 of Ford’s 25 wins that year. Ford also had Arroyo come up with him for his Cy Young acceptance speech and had Arroyo finish it that year along with taking him on the commercials that came Ford’s way.
The ultimate #2 is with your home town Reds. 2nd to Johnny Bench is Tony Perez. The ultimate proof is that when Tony was shipped to Montreal, the best team in my lifetime stopped winning titles.
Yeah, that seems like a pretty distinct turning point. Wish I had watched those teams play — I was too busy with cartoons, sit-n-spin, Big Wheels, and recess. lol
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Great stuff. Love the Chet Lemon mention as well. I’ll go with Luis Arroyo to Whitey Ford in 1961. Arroyo saved 13 of Ford’s 25 wins that year. Ford also had Arroyo come up with him for his Cy Young acceptance speech and had Arroyo finish it that year along with taking him on the commercials that came Ford’s way.
That’s some great baseball history that I didn’t know about. Thanks for sharing those details!
The ultimate #2 is with your home town Reds. 2nd to Johnny Bench is Tony Perez. The ultimate proof is that when Tony was shipped to Montreal, the best team in my lifetime stopped winning titles.
Yeah, that seems like a pretty distinct turning point. Wish I had watched those teams play — I was too busy with cartoons, sit-n-spin, Big Wheels, and recess. lol
Phillies were up 2-0 in the fifth after a Luzinski homer but the Reds won comfortably 6-2. Two walks for Joe Morgan. What a shock 😜