1976 World Series, Game 4: Reds @ Yankees 

They had the best starting 8 of all time. Also Dan Driessen off the bench

@@gnielsen07 Geronimo batted 8th and hit .307 that year. Davey C batted 9th and hit .281. Tell me the soft spot in that lineup.

Who told u he was dead?

Joe Morgan isn't dead.

@@snave59 He died in October 2020

@@snave59 did he come back to life since his death 2 years ago ?

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Steven Pagnani You're forgetting about Bob Uecker 😂

Without question or even debate. And I like to debate about everything. And Joe-Joe is the Best 2nd Baseman of All-Time, too.

Had Munson not died so early he might be the best. forgot how good he was. Carlton Fisk was pretty in his own right.

The 1984 Detroit team was pretty amazing also with Trammel, Whithaker, Gibson, Parrish, Hernandez, Morris, they were a more complete team, that 1976 Cincinati Reds team was more of an offensive team.

As a Yankees fan,you should know that the 1927 Yankees ,are generally considered, the greatest team ever.

@@Shindler39 No they weren't.iI've never heard anyone mention them as being great.

Have you ever heard of murderers row. The lineup analysts consider to be the greatest lineup ever. 1927 Yankees. But the great eight were very close to them, also I'm a reds fan BTW.

@@thomasboaz9950 76 reds are better. Not a single easy out. Yeah Gehrig and Ruth were better than anyone on 76 reds. But thats just 2 of 8 All 8 of the 76 reds were superstars. Ceaser Geronimo was batting 9 for crying out loud

They only won 2 championships, they underachieved with the team they had in the 70s

Yeah just about it. I'm still surprised the Reds only won two titles in the 70's with such a team.

@@richardfigueroa9498 Pitching..........

The would go cold in the post season

It was really just that because it said their pitching was above average for the time​@@BillMorganChannel

Trading Doggie was the end of the BRM. It should have never happened.

Really? Yankees maybe?

@@jacktorrance2633he meant a team of a squares man!

Your 6 and 7 Bdays went better, though.

That is awesome you were there!

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VanillaCreem that’s a good lesson your father taught you. It’s one that I hope to teach my son. Sometimes the other team played better. I hear a lot of complaining about umpires and pitching changes and what not. Sometimes they just play better.

@@Zorn76 isn’t that the truth?! Haha.

It was the last hurrah for my Big Red Machine, and consider this: The sweep by the Reds helped stir George Steinbrenner to go after the Free Agents, especially one Reginald Martinez Jackson! You would be celebrating big time the following 2 years! I'll never forget Reggie's 3 HRs on 3 swings during Game 6 of the 1976 WS.

Also the VIDA BLUE deal was cancelled by baseball hierarchy. Funny how the hierarchy rarely denies large-market teams a great deal for pitching.

@@DAVYMAC Good point!

@@retiredusvet4396 Thanks brother!

There’s a few Yankees teams that would compare just as well

How good is the Red's lineup when Johnny Bench has to bat 7th?

@@craigclemens986 The 1927 Yankees are the team,that is generally considered,the best ever.

@@snave59 but only if you stopped watching baseball in 1974.

​@@snave59the 98' Yankee team wasn't to bad either

Yep! That team was unreal. Dad used to take me down to Riverfront and it was never a matter of 'if the Big Red Machine would win'. It was by how much they'd win.

No nonsense was written all over their faces...

True!!!

They sure were.

Then why didn't they? Trading Tony Perez to the Expos,just so they could get Dan Driessen into the starting lineup,was a stupid decision by Reds management.

They lost in 70+ 72

I'm in my 70's and this team had the best 'up-the-middle' I've ever seen. Morgan, Concepcion, Geronimo, and Bench. Most don't know those BRM teams led the league in team defense nearly every year too. Small market teams have no chance anymore; even when they find and groom a young phenom, as soon as he can he goes elsewhere for the bucks. No chance to collect that kind of talent over a period of years and keep it anymore. Sad.

No they aren't.One of the best ,yes.The 1927 Yankees were better.

Several eras have had dominating teams and players in their time. If only we could put some of these great championship teams into a time machine and pit them against another championship team playing in their prime for a 7 game series. Only then could we could settle these “greatest team ever” debates for good!

Oakland won three consecutive World Series titles, and beat Cincinnati in 1972 without Reggie Jackson.

@@davidsamuels9557 I was a Reds fan and they won WS while I was in HS. The A's had an amazing pitching staff. Catfish, Blue Moon Odom, Vida Blue, Holtzman. Thye had some stellar position players also. Hard to argue with 3 straight WS titles with a lousy owner to boot.

If the series were to last 10 games that Reds team would still sweep

1927 Yankees: Coombs 360; Lazzeri 308; Ruth 362; Gehrig 373; Meusel 340.... team average was about 306, and the pitchers had the 2nd best ERA

@@craigclemens986 Almost everyone batted .300 in the late 20s and early 30s but they are impressive numbers.

@@Tony-hz8ld that’s not true. By the mid ‘20s the mix was similar to current

@@craigclemens986 We are talking about 1927.1927 AL average team batting average was .286 today its .234. Two teams batted over .300 AS A TEAM. 25 players batted over .300 in the AL.

@@craigclemens986 It is true

Great job Robert!

Robert Johnson ....very nice job you did there...

You did your thing, man! Beautiful rendition of the song

you did a great job.

To have Robert Sheppard dropping your name in Yankee Stadium and Joe Garagolia making sure the NBC audience got it after your excellent performance is a lifetime achievement for almost any of us. Great to see this!

Fascinating! Wish Rose had not bet on baseball, and that he had - at least - been honest back in 1989 when confronted with the evidence by John Dowd. Oh well - You can't change history.

The end of the Big Red Machine happened during the following off season when Dick Wagner traded away the heart & soul of the BRM (Tony Perez).

Bench had surgery on his lung and he said he was never the same. Just imagine if hadn't had the lung problem.

@@ledsohio he is pretty much considered the best catcher ever..if he didnt have that lung situation he was lookin at even higher status as a player regardless of position

Who is your all time favorite base ball player?

@@BillMorganChannel wow that's a hard question to answer. So many greats Rickey Henderson ichiro catfish Hunter Griffey jr. Mickey Mantle. You heard today I'll have to say Rickey Henderson. I watched him walk to first steel II steel 3rd and Steele home.

@@oldmanyellingattv4533 I love it! Amazing how his body stood up is it not?

Mike Lum? Um.... not to nitpick, but he wasn't very good. He had .676 OPS in 3 years with the Reds. As a corner OF/1B, no less. Doug Flynn and Bill Plummer were decent backups at MI and C, though. Armbrister (.685 OPS with the Reds) was basically a throw-in for the Morgan trade, but he provided good depth, too.

@@comfortat That is do funny and stupid! WoW!

@@arturbello4213 Give me one good reason to think Lum was "great." I will wait for your stupid reply. While you're fumbling to come up with something, here's the FACTS: Lum hit .221 for the Reds in his 3 seasons. Lum had an OPS of .676 for the Reds. That's good for a Catcher or Middle Infielder, but it sucks for a 1B/corner OF. ESPECIALLY when you're just average as a fielder, like Mike Lum was. He was so "great" that he got exactly 1 AB the entire postseason of 1976. He made an out. His 2nd year with the Reds? He hit .160 That's ONE SIXTY. That is horrendous. Maybe that's why they missed the playoffs in 1977 and 1978, because Lum was NOT great, as you say he was. Your original statement is so funny and ignorant. WoW!

Unlike the '75 Series, when there was no DH, they never used their bench.

Yes. Bench was the MVP of the series too.

The funny thing is that I think Bench only hit 234 for that year, it was an off year compared to the other years in the 70s. But he caught fire in the postseason

headphonejedi master he was struggling with an injured shoulder most of that season

Unstoppable Force this reds team was in ,,74,75,76....

@@jamilmccoy2994 Not '74, they failed to make the playoffs that season...

Still they blew many other opportunities. Should have won 5 or 6 series total.

Great team yet not a dynasty. I've heard some historians say at least 3 WS flags, not just appearances,within 5 seasons. I think more like 3 straight titles, which only the Yanks and A's have done

This 1976 Cincinnati Reds Team were just a Powerhouse!

Joe Ambrose they were literally one of the best teams ever. Only comparable to the 27’ Yankees!

Pitching relief pitching only weakness, Cincinnati red 1975&1976

The 1927 Yankees were an exception, but the '20s wasn't a great decade for catchers.

Greatest none free agent baseball lineup ever

@@lloydkline6946 What about the 1922 Giants?

@@BillMorganChannel I grew up the Cincinnati red 1975 & 1976, best line up I ever saw, 1927 new York Yankees babe ruth & lou gehrig, original dynamic duo, 1950s new Yankees great team , i can look up 1922 giants, i got baseball ⚾️ 📚 books, , i read detroit news & detroit free press every day sports pages, got sports books

@@lloydkline6946 Here are my trivia questions for you! Who lead the 76 Reds in: Triples? Home Runs? RBIs Stolen Bases? Caught Stealing? Walks? Batting Average? Slugging %? What was Johnny Bench's Battng Average? Wins? Lowest ERA? How many pitchers had a losing record? Saves? Innings Pitched? Stikeouts by a pitcher? What countries were the following born in? Ed Ambrister? Pedro Borbon? Dave Concepion? Cesar Geronimo? Tony Perez? Manny Sarmiento? Who committed the most errors? Which regular had the highest fielding percentage? Who was the back up and the third string catcher? Which "non regular" had the most at bats? Who was Joe Henderson? Name the manager and 4 coaches. How many games did Pete Rose NOT bat lead off? Who batted the first the most (Rose) who batted the most 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th? What number was Cesar Geronimo? Who was number 32? Only one team had a winning reord vs your Reds...which team in 1976? Your Reds were 13-5 vs two teams....which teams? Did your Reds have a better home or road record?

@@BillMorganChannel i did not live in Ohio, or Cincinnati, Cincinnati red 1970s, i live in metro detroit, i remember the Cincinnati red of 1976. I hear of Boston red socks vs Cincinnati red 1975 legendary world series of baseball, i got a world series of it has the 1975& 1976 Cincinnati red , sparky Anderson managed the detroit tigers too, world series books has stuff on Cincinnati red of 1975& 1976

What about the 27 Yankees

No.The 1927 Yankees were better.

Remember Mickey Rivers freaking out in game one, first inning when Pete Rose crept in?

I was fortunate enough to see a game there in 2007, its next-to-last year. I remember thinking that if I wasn't a baseball fan, I'd think it was outdated, cramped, and overpriced. But as a baseball fan, I 100% agree! It's almost as if the ghosts of legends past are there watching the game with you.

The new stadium is one giant toilet

@MANCHESTER UNITED I find soccer boring

@MANCHESTER UNITED I'm of European decent. There is a lot of strategy that goes into baseball game management.

Watching a bunch of men in shorts running up and down kicking a stupid ball like a fucking 2 year old in nursery school is possibly the dumbest fucking game ever created. Dont even get me started on the refs that look like fucking dickheads wearing that ridiculous fucking outfit

Unbelievable, I remember they were 70 and 30 after 100 games.700 hundred baseball. Un heard off

but it was the same team in 77, 78, and they lost.

Canton, Ohio

Uncle Tony not the same team

Uncle Tony it most definitely was not

Team of the 70s !!!

The Reds of 76 were the last team built without free agents and the last NL team to repeat. They call the Great Eight for a reason.

I thought Free Agency began after the 1974 Season. Catfish Hunter signed with the Yankees on New Year’s Eve, 1974. Had a team in Los Angeles not have been too determined to win the NL West Division, perhaps the Reds could have challenged for a 3rd straight Pennant. When the Dodgers were 30-9 in 1977, the entire NL West Division(Including the Reds) were below .500 with the Dodgers holding a fat 12 game lead on Cincinnati for First.

@@Jiltedin2007 technically he was the first free agent but that was primarily due to a contract glitch with the A's. Arbitrators ruled in hunters favor.

Regardless of free agency, it was trading Tony Perez the following year that would do them in, and end the dynasty. Howsam admitted later that it was his biggest single mistake.

Me also and I am a Baltimore Oriole Fan. In my humble opinion, greatest catcher in baseball History.

Pete Rose was and still is for me

He was 42 going on 72

He had a cannon of an arm for stealing basemen

Great comment, but a ton of good starting pitchers, but no lights out starting pitcher. They oozed confidence though and that went a long way. Sorry to be dull but my pick is the 1927 Yankees. I miss base ball!

@Jim McCracken Jim, the 27 Yankees had a team batting average of 308 and the great Reds team hit 280! My 27 Yankees had a staff era of .20 your 76 Reds had a team era of 3.51......the Reds were great but the 27 yanks were more domiant.

@Jim McCracken They beat out the Boston Red Sx with the great "Baby Doll" Jacobson! The Reds beat no baby dolls! Here are my trivia questions for you! Who lead the 76 Reds in: Triples? Home Runs? RBIs Stolen Bases? Caught Stealing? Walks? Batting Average? Slugging %? What was Johnny Bench's Battng Average? Wins? Lowest ERA? How many pitchers had a losing record? Saves? Innings Pitched? Stikeouts by a pitcher? What countries were the following born in? Ed Ambrister? Pedro Borbon? Dave Concepion? Cesar Geronimo? Tony Perez? Manny Sarmiento? Who committed the most errors? Which regular had the highest fielding percentage? Who was the back up and the third string catcher? Which "non regular" had the most at bats? Who was Joe Henderson? Name the manager and 4 coaches. How many games did Pete Rose NOT bat lead off? Who batted the first the most (Rose) who batted the most 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th? What number was Cesar Geronimo? Who was number 32? Only one team had a winning reord vs your Reds...which team in 1976? Your Reds were 13-5 vs two teams....which teams? Did your Reds have a better home or road record?

The Reds we're very successful, led by Sparky Anderson

My brother and I got to stay up to watch it. Johnny Bench could just separate himself and take over a game.

+Luis Donado When you look at how utterly dominant the Reds were that year, they led the NL in every major offensive category, they led the league in fielding percentage, and their bullpen had more saves than any other. This Yankee team was good, but between the Reds simply being better and the Yanks' being exhausted after the five-game victory over KC in the ALCS, it came as no surprise that the result was extremely one sided. The Reds never made an offensive substitution, only trailed for three innings the entire series, and outscored the Yanks 22-8. It was absolutely no contest.

+Luis Donado The Yankees were coming off an emotionally-draining, hard-fought ALCS vs Kansas City & had only a day's rest, a travel-day essentially, to get ready for the World Series, while the Reds had some extra rest after sweeping a Phillies ballclub that, had they won the NLCS, probably would've won the World Series as well, although I read that the Phils were somewhat of a fractured clubhouse going into the playoffs. The Yankees-Royals ALCS Game 5 received a lot of fanfare for its dramatics, but the World Series proved to be a reality check for those that thought the Yankees might've had an outside chance at beating Cincy. Winning that ALCS was the Yankees' "World Series" for 1976, but once they brought Reggie Jackson into the fold the following season, you had to figure the Yankees would be champions soon enough...which they were successful in '77 & '78. The '76 sweep vs Cincy was like a learning curve for the Yankees, as they knew what it was like to go up against a truly dominant ballclub.

+ckendall67 I wonder if the fracture in The Phillies clubhouse was caused by Dick Allen. I believe that before the playoffs began, he said that he wouldn't play unless the Phillies included Tony Taylor on the active roster. This WS was a learning curve for the Yanks. I don't exclude the possibility the Yanks could've repeated as AL champs, and maybe won the WS, even if they hadn't signed Reggie. Had they gotten Grich and Rudi, which was their initial objective, they wouldn't have had to trade Oscar Gamble to get Bucky Dent. Grich would have played short. That isn't a knock on Reggie, as he was a great addition and a clutch player.

+Luis Donado I think the Phillies would have beaten the Yanks, too...

Catfish Hunter kept it close, i believe, in game 2

I thought they won more games in 1976. However, their offensive numbers were better in 76’ overall, I do believe. Think Joe Morgan was MVP that year, that or Perez.

@@ethanweeter2732 Coincidentally the last 2 NL teams that had the opportunity to repeat as Champions were beaten in the World Series by the Yankees. Braves in 1996 and Phillies in 2009.

@@ethanweeter2732 The 75 team won 108, the 76 won 102.

@@BillMorganChannel yeah but the 76 team was better..

Ever hear of pitching: Don gullet, jack Bellingham; Nolan,; little else

My older brother was a Dodgers fan. He never rooted for my Reds, but whenever they made the playoffs, I always rooted for LA.

The Dodgers / Reds rivalry was the best in the seventies. Both had great infields.

I was a 14 year old Dodgers fan whose favorite player was Johnny Bench.

I was a Reds fan during this time as a teenager. I always hated the Dodgers and Tommy Lasorda. But you really had to appreciate all the great series they played against each other. And whenever I think of the Dodgers of the 70's, you always go back to that infield that was so good and was so consistent for so long...Garvey, Cey, Lopes, Russell.

@MAN UTD well go watch soccer and STFU

Michael Macaraig best team ever!

The 1999 Yankees and 2005 White Sox both went 11-1. That's the closest any team has come since.

@@87Khein Oakland went 8-1 in 1989 when it was two rounds and not the three of today.

Yanks had 2 incredible comebacks in 2 years vs KC in the playoffs.

@@johnsain both in the 9th inning in 76 and 77

was it worse the following year, watching the royals blow that lead in the 9th of the deciding game?

Al Cowens was safe and Chris Chambliss should have been called out for failing to touch home plate after all the hoodlums stormed the field and stole it.

@@davidr5961 Kansas City has two titles though. Sure, they're really spread out but a lot of fans have only one or even none.

Who is your all time favorite base ball player?

The '76 World Series sucked! Reds overwhelmed and swept the Yankees. The '75 World Series was great.

@@kevinmichael9482 I agree this series (1976) was dreadful. I think the Yankees team in 1976 was inferior to the 1976 Reds, Dodgers, Reds and Pirates. Agree or am I nutty?

@@BillMorganChannel I always liked Pete Rose who was a great competitor, all the great players in this series, many Hall of Famers made it enjoyable to watch

@@philiptucci2458 Once, while painting, I went to the RU-vid, and searched for Pete Rose interviews. Good old Pete never did a bad or dull interview. When I was young, my parents took me and sister to Pittsburgh to see some games and we stayed at the Hilton where the visiting team stayed. Pete Rose was one of the nicest autographers ever. Johnny Bench was one of the worst, he stormed past the kids with an angry scowl.

Who is your all time favorite base ball player?

The dodgers in the 70s just didn't.have that juice. To kick the Yankees ass

Could be the best starting 8 in history.

That pitching staff though.

@@IAm-qf2xb Staff was good--no stars, but solid.

J Co I wil give you 75 but not 76. It was a masses of asses staff, unremarkable in every way.

@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C - no it won't. Soccer is a communist sport and America is not a communist country. Any sport in which you can't use your hands is for communist and is a bullsh*t sport. Soccer will never be big in the US if there is no major professional league and no ability to make a lot of money. Until that happens, all the best athletes in the US will continue to play baseball, basketball and football.

@MUFC - nice try dummy. I've been hearing those same claims about how "big" soccer is in the USA for the past 30 years. Each and every claim makes the prediction that "soccer is going to be huge someday, you just wait" And it's still just as irrelevant in our society as ever. I'm neither impressed or swayed with your claim of 50 million fans nationwide. The vast majority of those fans are new immigrants from around the world or first generation citizens. For crying out loud, Cricket has about 20 million fans in the USA. Soccer is just barely above Cricket in terms of importance in the USA. MLS is a top tier league? I have watched sports on TV regularly for the past 30 to 40 years and I never seem to catch any the Soccer games on a Network TV outlet. Do their games get broadcast by CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN on a national basis? No, the don't. Why not? Because the TV networks would lose a shitload of money because nobody would watch that boring crap. When the local HS puts on their Homecoming dance and elects a Homecoming Royalty, do they schedule it after the big soccer game? No, they don't. When you check out the sports section of a local paper, how much is dedicated to Soccer? What, a few paragraphs in the back? Ya, on a good day. Usually there is no coverage, thankfully. If you listen to any sports talk channel that does nothing but talk about sports and broadcast games, how much coverage is soccer given? Somewhere between no coverage at all and 3% to 5% on a good day. Why, with all those fans and players, you would think that they could draw a pretty decent rating with some soccer talk. But they don't and as a result, they never talk about soccer on those shows. That's because the people that played soccer growing up and continued into HS or College were always the kids that had no eye/hand coordination and lacked the skills necessary to play a legitimate sport - (baseball, basketball, football, even tennis to a certain extant). They all wound up on the soccer team. I have a niece that was an excellent soccer player and played on select club teams growing up. When she went to HS as a freshman, she was a starting forward on the Girls soccer team as a freshman. As a senior she led their team to the state title at the largest enrolled school category in the state. Again, she is a great player and I was proud of her accomplishment. In a school of over 2400 students, you know how many attended the state title game, that ended in a penalty kick victory? About 75 to 100. And 90% o 95% were family members of the players. And that's from both sidelines. Nobody, besides friends and family even bothered to go watch the biggest game in several years. How come? Because nobody gives a sh*t about soccer. She went to play in college at a smaller school, but was still a great player. They were lucky to draw to 25 to 30 people per game. Hell, they don't even give away full scholarships. You know why? Because Soccer is nothing more than a club level sport at the College level. Nobody cares about it. BTW, I've traveled extensively and am aware of the popularity of Soccer around the world. I was in Italy in 94 during the World Cup that had Italy in the championship game against Brazil. I sat under the stars and watched the first 10 minutes or so on the patio of restaurant/bar that was packed with young people enjoying the game like it was a super bowl, which of course, it was for Italy. But that is not how it is here in the US and it's never going to be as important in the US sports landscape as it is in European countries.

@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C my question is??? do the clowns in europe kneel like the clowns here in american baseball? screw soccer and baseball,,,and nascar and nba. besides, I grew up near cincinnati before and during the era of the big red machine. nothing since can compare.

@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C IF,,,,,,,soccer becomes bigger in the USA than baseball, you can bet it will be because baseball pissed off it's fans. damn kneelers. screw baseball. I have been going to baseball games since the 1960s. will never go to another.

I think he would have been the clear #2 catcher of all-time if he hadn't died so tragically in the plane crash. I am from Cincinnati and was young, but I remember hearing about it and being sad. It was the first 'news' that I heard that 'affected' me.

It the greatest none free agent baseball lineup ever

Scary when Foster batting sixth...

Bench had been hurt all year, and Foster had yet to show his power. Once Perez was traded, it all changed.

Bench actually asked Sparky Anderson to move him to the 7th spot in the batting order, in order to move Foster, others in better spots - That's putting the team first, which every member of the 1975-76 Big Red Machine did at all times.

It's very spoke. Hitting 7th. That's deep

Bench was the MVP. Wowsers!

Ever hear of pitching; Don gullet; jack Bellingham; Nolan; little else

It the greatest baseball hitting lineup

1927 Yankees are generally considered the best team ever,by any knowledgeable baseball fan.

@@lloydkline1518 They had a very good bullpen.Rawley Eastwick and Will Mcenanny were 2 of the best relief pitchers in baseball,back then.

@@snave59 1975& 1976 reds ; i remember they sweep the ny yankees ;lefty don gullet : he got hurt like first seasin with ny yankees jack billingham great ground ball pitcher

I think he had around a .500 batting average in the world series.Hence,he won the world series mvp award.

Yes and Joe Morgan was MVP in 1975 and 76

The 1996 Braves had the best chance to do it but somehow lost four straight after winning the first two in New York as well as having a 6-0 lead in Game 4.

This is why the 1970s Reds--Big Red machine, are considered among the greatest teams ever assembled.

Dodgers will do it next year.

@@bconni2 That would cement a dynasty! acquiring Mookie Betts was the missing piece, imo. Dodgers success comes down to superior scouting and developing young and talented prospects, especially pitching.

With Johnny Bench batting 7th, you just knew this wasn't going to end well for the NY Yankees.

What does being a catcher have to do with rbi's? RBI's are when you get runs batted in.You don't need speed to do that.just hit good,when the are people on base.

@@snave59 😐 catchers generally don't lead the league in ANY offensive categories for even a season, much less for an entire decade. There are a few exceptions, but getting any notable offensive production from a catcher is rare.

bill white is a great man.

And this was the last World Series broadcast to include the home team announcers. Scooter was not there next year to call Reggie’s home runs. Instead we got Howard Cosell rudely interrupting Keith Jackson.

I rode the elevator with The Scooter up to the booth at the Kingdome in Seattle in '87, I believe, Saturday of Labor Day weekend. I worked for a weekly in Meridian, Idaho and was there to interview Dennis Rasmussen. I told Phil this and Phil told me Dennis had flown out to be with his wife who just had a baby but he would be back Monday for my interview with him. Later I was in the locker room with Rickey Henderson, Winfield, Tommy John, mgr Lou Piniella, Donnie Baseball. I was in heaven. But meeting Phil was the best...a real gentleman

Agree 100%...

He had a shoulder injury, and hit only 16 HR and a career-low .234.

DMR4736 And of course, the greatest team of all-time, the 1927 Yankees. But in modern times, I don't think there has ever been a team greater, especially from an offensive point of view, than the "Big Red Machine" teams from 1970-'76. Their one Achilles' Heel, which showed up over and over again when they got to post-season play, was pitching. That got them beat by the Orioles in 1970, the A's in '72, even without Reggie Jackson, a Mets team in 1973 that barely finished above .500, and even the Red Sox had them on the ropes in the 1975 World Series on numerous occasions, but lacked the experience the Reds had. But the lineup shown by the Yankees in 1976 was so weak that even the usually pedestrian Reds pitching was able to handle them, while the Yankees struggled from the same thing that got the Red Sox beat in 1975, lack of experience.

***** Good point about the Reds pitching. Just a bunch of "JAG's" as Bill Parcells would say. I'm not going to say the '27 Yanks are not the greatest team of all time but I'd put the 1929 Philadelphia A's up against anyone.

In fact, that team did to the rest of the American League in 1929 what the Yankees had done in 1927. And remember that they won that World Series without either of their dominant left-handed pitchers starting a game. The reason was that, since he realized before the season ended that the Cubs would be his competition in the World Series, Connie Mack had right-handed pitcher Howard Ehmke scout the Cubs from the stands at Wrigley Field, and Mack learned two things. First, he learned that they were a fastball hitting team, and secondly, he learned that their lineup was dominated by right-handed batters. To neutralize their fastball hitters, Mack had Ehmke, an junk ball pitcher, start the first game, and he set a record of 13 Ks in a world Series game, a record that would stand for 24 years, until Carl Erskine broke it in 1953. But Mack also had his best left-handed pitchers, including Lefty Grove, in the bullpen, and started only right-handers in that World Series since the Cubs were a right-handed hitting team.

Not a Yankees fan but you can't forget 1998 Yankees.

YANKOFFS GET THERE BUTT KICKED BADLY.....LONG LIVE THE MIGHTY BIG RED MACHINE

Amen! Let’s load up game 4 of the ‘63 seres too!

No.the 1927 Yakees are.

@@snave59 Nope.