I don't care what anybody thinks.. Eric Davis was one of the absolute greatest players talent wise to ever touch a baseball... and he brought Cinncinati a ring.. if you actually watched him play, you'd get it ⚾
I grew up on the pirates and visited my aunt and uncle in Cincinnati in the Summer of '87 and I saw Eric Davis. Immediately bailed on the Pirates and switched allegiance to the Reds. I was 11. I'm turning 48 in less a month and I still have that dude's jersey framed in my basement.
I’m a Cincy Fan from the 60s to today and I watched every minute of the playoffs and the World Series and I remember how the Big Media portrayed the Sweep as an accidental thing. The A’s were loaded with big name talent and the Series was supposed to be a lopsided affair for the A’s. The Reds won every type of game; the close games the blowouts and even the extra Inning games. 🤷🏻♂️
i was 13, french Canadian hockey player who loved playing baseball during summer. The Reds were my favorite team. That summer was amazing. And Bobby Bonilla is still getting paid as of today.
Its been 33yrs but I was able to keep my secret through 3 kids and almost 20yrs before I eventually confessed. lol My gf (wife now) decided to "surprise me" with a high end dinner and over night stay at a deluxe resort for our bf/gf "anniversary." She just showed up at my place, handed me my now dry cleaned suit, and said "Let's go! Our reservation is in an hr and then you're mine for the rest of the night." An awesome gesture on her part but having not fully trained her yet....I was in a panic. The date was Oct 20th 1990....same night as Game 4 of the '90 World Series with my beloved Reds on the verge of the ship! SMDH. lol WTF am I gonna do? I cant say no or rain check (even though I wanted to) so I go, do my duty, dinner, dancing, the works.....we had a blast....except I know she's a total lightweight and I made sure the drinks kept coming under the guise of "we're celebrating." lol Get back to the room and she's either gonna destroy me or pass out. I was prepared for either one. She passes out. Its 1am. Pour her into the bed, lock the hotel door, sprint to my car, and race back to my apartment in town to watch the game I have taped on my VCR. Turbo watch the game fast forwarding in between pitches, celebrate our win, get back in my car, race back to the resort, get into bed with her and wake up to her apologizing to me profusely for drinking too much and "ruining our night." She had no clue I left. I just kept saying "You're crazy, baby. It was perfect. You are perfect. A Great night I'll never forget. Ever!!" lol lol
And the current holder of the longest World Series winning streak as of March 2022: The Cincinnati Reds. (1975 game 7, 1976 4 games, and 1990 4 games, totalling 9.)
Those throws from the outfield, first by O'Neill, an vastly underrated right fielder, to gun down Van Slyke and Davis brilliantly backing up Hatcher and making a perfect one hop throw to nail Bonilla were likely the key plays of the series. Add the Glenn Braggs home run robbery of Carmelo Martinez in game 6 that most fans didnt realize the importance of until they saw the replay. That was fuel for the Reds to win it all that year.
Davis was best as a CF but he could play any of the outfield positions. They put Davis at LF here in order to get Billie Hatchers hot bat into the lineup.
I was coming off the field in Murfreesboro, TN at the Contest Of Champions when they announced over the intercom that the Cincinnati Reds had just swept the Oakland Athletics for the 1990 World Series Championship. My marching band (Harrison County High School out of Cynthiana, KY) had just performed in finals and had a well executed show so it was a fantastic night for this Reds fan.
ERIC! I've never been happier to see a team win & a team lose! Davis was always so humble & Stewart was so arrogant saying they were the better team even though they lost - it truly was Davis Stuns Goliath!!! Davis may never make the HOF thru the veteran's committee but he was the GREATEST all-around talent to play the game, he had nearly 50 HR & 100 SB from June 1986-June 1987 - UNREAL! Health issues took about half his career away, but dang, when he did play! WOWZA! 7 20/20 SEASONS!
He doesn't deserve to be in the Hall of Fame, just didn't put up the numbers for long enough. But he was a lot of fun to watch! Now, if his spirit in Elly De La Cruz can learn to hit a curveball we could be looking at an Eric Davis all over again.
Definitely HOF Talent career cut short from injuries That 88 or 89 season He was having was going to be Historic before getting hurt and missing the 2nd half People look at the #'s & do not realize he barely plaid half a season because He put up MVP numbers for a full season in just half a season . Eric Davis was The Best All Around Player in The Game until rupturing His kidneys in Game 4 of The 1990 World Series His injuries just caught up to Him and He could not ever put in a full season What a Ball Player though . If not for how amazing Rijo was for Us REDS then DAVIS would have been WS MVP and Co-MVP would have been fitting in this case . Man... & Rijo ... Eww Wee .. Talk about an underrated & forgotten SP He gave everything He had athletically to Cincinnati .
Everyone remembers the "start to finish" first place Reds from 1990 but what people forget is that they did not have a good second half of the season, going just 32-38 from just after the All-Star break and 50-50 in their last 100 games. Their lead dropped from 11 games to 3 games at one point and they finished with the same record as the second-place Mets in the NL East. I don't think they were overlooked in the postseason so much as they hadn't played great since June. In October, they played the way they did in April and May.
I can't believe it has been 32 years. It seems like yesterday. The 1990 Reds could do no wrong; they were a juggernaut. In first place wire to wire; nobody could touch them.
Get real. They were heavy underdogs vs. Oakland. The A's were more memorable for choking in that series just like they did in '88 vs. L.A. Nobody outside of Cincinnati, who isn't a hard-core baseball fan, remembers that Reds team. They had some good players like Larkin, Davis, and O'Neil, but they were no "juggernaut." That's why they couldn't sustain any success beyond that season.
@@NatTurnerswitBurnerzAll the media outlets and oddsmakers underestimated or did not understand a team that was ahead of its time. The Reds had five players that year on the Al-Star Roster. Three of those all Stars were Pitchers, and Jose Rijo who was the WS MVP wasn’t on the All-Star team. The A’s only batted .207 against the Reds. The Reds pitching was untouchable. The A’s didn’t choke, it was a four game sweep, and complete domination. Lou Pinella revolutionized baseball with his bullpen strategy. Watch the analysts on ESPN or MLB Network talk about shortening the game to six innings and how important that is in winning. The Reds were doing it 33 years ago. The Reds had one of the best if not the best bullpen performances of all time in a World Series, with a .58 RA over 31 1/3 innings pitched. Finally, the Reds may have not been a juggernaut, but they won more World Series than the A’s did in the 90’s 😉
I was there for games 1 and 2 of both the NLCS and WS. What an experience. The Red's played the tightest baseball imaginable that October. No mistakes and many stellar plays on defense.
i was 9 in 86 when i went to my first reds game at river front stadium from a young kids experience that stadium was loud when the reds were in the world series in 90 me at 13 i thought this is one of the greatest moments as a kid watching all four games on tv
NOTHING BETTER FROM THAT SEASON OTHER THAN THE FINAL OUT! It was surreal, but not unexpected by Reds fans, the A's Dave Stewart whined for years about how they were better... yeah, whatever Dave... (SWEEEEEEEEEP!!!!)
Larkin would become a team cancer at the end of his career. Davis would have his career shortened due to injuries. Bonds would become one of the biggest cheaters in the game.
They could no longer afford him, it was simply a money issue. In those days the Reds traded guys with one year left before UFA for guys with more control.
What A Squad in 1990 Eric Davis , Pual O'Neil, Barry Larkin , Chris Sabo , Mariano Duncan very underrated MLBP , Billy Hatcher ( I saw Billy get out of a pickle at My 1st ever MLB Game in LA Vs My Reds but Davis was now on LA with Straw 33/44 . Pickle was between 1B 2B , pretty slick . Billy was fast) , Glenn Brags , of course Joe Oliver was not the best hitter but played MLB level Defense, called a good game and was a very BIG PART of this REDS team that was very good 88-91 but only 2 teams from each League made the playoffs , *How could I forget 1B Hal Morris* ?! Slowest Man on earth (other than The Mayor Sean Casey also REDS 1B) but MAN could He (They) RAKE . Morris LH-H/T 1B Batted .317 His prime 4-5 years & .340 1990 Rookie *** R-Jose Rijo (WS MVP) , L-Tom Browning , R-Jack Armstrong ( Great name for a Pitcher) & The Nasty Boys ... 😏 3 Closers 7th 8th & 9th Done Son L- Norm Charlton , R- Rob Dibble , L- Randy Myers Ya Done Son 😏 That's a squad and they had the perfect Mix with all around including the here unnamed fill ins Cincinnati REDS 1990 WORLD SERIES CHAMPiON'S ! 🏆 The Future currently looks very bright 💪
Weird to look back at these. Playing the infield on Astroturf must’ve been a nightmare With how fast those ground balls move. And I think the balls must be juice now the highlight in game three were Sabo hits the homerun with how fast it came off the bat I thought it would be halfway up to the seats instead it just barely clears the fence.
I say this as a lifelong 42 year old Reds fan and huge admirer of Paul O'Neill (2nd worst trade IN Reds history, after Frank Robinson)... It was an amazing throw, but I think Van Slyke beats that tag
The scene could not have been staged more perfectly. The A's were highly favored in the series. The Reds were supposed to be no competition for the "Bash Brothers". Stewart had that "demonic stare" and dark, heavy facial hair. Eric Davis steps up, clean shaven (Reds rule) clean cut, popping bubble gum like a little league kid and jacks one to dead center field on the first pitch. It sent the message that the Reds were not intimidated and were there to win! I knew one thing for sure ....for at least 2 games, the A's were going to have to deal with Jose' Rijo and the Nasty Boys bullpen. No way was it going to be an A's sweep as the media tried to sell it. Never in my wildest dreams, however, would I have dreamed it would be a Reds sweep. Amazing season. Oh for the Reds to win another one.
9:22 you never see Eric Davis in complication videos of strangest or most unique batting stances which is a shame. I like his swing. Very smooth yet the ball seems to explode off the bat. Reminds me a bit of Jay Buhner or Mickey Teneltton the way he positions the bat or the angle he positions the bat prior to the pitch
@@italianwaterice9594 And? I watched that Reds team the whole year in 1990. They were stacked with talent. The Reds had the best bullpen (by far) and the hottest bat's in the league when it counted. The A's had no serious competition in the AL. They were soft and it showed in the WS.
The graphics keep identifying this as NLDS. In 1990 there was no NLDS. This is the NLCS, National League Championship Series. Come on Mr. Nick Kirby, get it right.
