Published by Creative Education P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education is an imprint of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us Design and production by Blue Design Art direction by Rita Marshall Printed by Corporate Graphics in the United States of America Photographs by Corbis Bettmann Underwood Underwood Getty Images APA Chicago History Museum Diamond Images Focus on Sport John Grieshop MLB Photos Heinz Kluetmeier Sports Illustrated Bob Levey Andy Lyons MLB Photos Ronald C Modra Sports Imagery National Baseball Hall of Fame MLB Photos Lucy Nicholson AFP Photo File MLB Photos Donavan Reese Robert Riger Joe Robbins Mark Rucker Transcendental Graphics Joe Robbins Paul Schutzer Time Life Pictures Tony Tomsic MLB Photos Kevin Winter Copyright 2012 Creative Education International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data for the hardcover edition Goodman Michael E The story of the Cincinnati Reds by Michael E Goodman p cm Baseball the great American game Includes index Summary The history of the Cincinnati Reds professional baseball team from its inaugural 1869 season to today spotlighting the team’s greatest players and most memorable moments ISBN 978-1-60818-037-0 hardcover ISBN 978-1-56660-007-1 eBook 1 Cincinnati Reds Baseball team History Juvenile literature I Title II Series GV875 C65G68 2011 796 357’640977178 dc22 2010024394 CPSIA 110310 PO1381 First Edition 987654321 Page 3 Left fielder Adam Dunn Page 4 Pitcher Edinson Volquez
Michael E Goodman BASEBALL THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME CREATIVE EDUCATION
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R e d s 5 CONTENTS CHAPTERS Pioneers in the Midwest 6 Lighting up the League 16 Building the Machine 26 A Riverfront Resurgence 34 New Stadium New Attitude 42 AROUND THE HORN Opening Day Tradition 12 Giving the 1919 Reds Their Due 20 Double No-No 24 Best Series Ever 31 All in the Family 38 A Baseball Dream 43 ALL-TIME REDS P Eppa Rixey 8 C Johnny Bench 13 1B Tony Perez 14 2B Joe Morgan 18 3B Pete Rose 23 SS Barry Larkin 28 LF George Foster 30 CF Edd Roush 35 RF Frank Robinson 39 M Bill McKechnie 40 Index 48
