Abstract
Call it the forgotten rivalry. The Cincinnati Reds and the Los Angeles Dodgers may not share geographical boundaries, and today they don’t even play in the same division, but for a period of time in the 1970s Dodgers vs. Reds was the best rivalry in Major League Baseball. They boasted the biggest names of the game—Johnny Bench, Steve Garvey, Pete Rose, Don Sutton, and Ron Cey, to name a few—and appeared in the World Series seven out of nine years.
In Cincinnati Red and Dodger Blue: Baseball's Greatest Forgotten Rivalry, Tom Van Riper provides a fresh look at these two powerhouse teams and the circumstances that made them so pivotal. Van Riper delves into the players, managers, executives, and broadcasters from the rivalry whose impact on baseball continued beyond the 1970s—including the first recipient of Tommy John surgery (Tommy John himself), the all-time hit king turned gambling pariah (Pete Rose), and two young announcers who would soon go on to national prominence (Al Michaels and Vin Scully). In addition, Van Riper recounts in detail the 1973 season when both teams were at or near their peak form, particularly the extra-inning nail-biter between the Reds and Dodgers that took place on September 21 and effectively decided the divisional race.
Cincinnati Red and Dodger Blue includes never-before-published interviews with former players from the rivalry, providing a personal and in-depth look at this decade in baseball full of upheaval and change. Baseball’s realignment in 1994 may have rendered this great rivalry nearly forgotten, but its story is one that will be enjoyed by baseball fans and historians of all generations.
Schlagworte
Pete Rose Steve Garvey Reds Reds executives Reds managers Reds players Ron Cey World Series Cincinnati Reds American pastime Dodgers Dodgers executives Dodgers managers Dodgers players Dodgers versus Reds Dodgers vs Reds Dodgers vs. Reds Don Sutton Johnny Bench Baseball rivalry 1970s baseball 1973 baseball season national pastime Los Angeles Dodgers MLB Major League Baseball LA Dodgers baseball baseball broadcasters baseball executives baseball managers baseball players best baseball rivalry- Kapitel Ausklappen | EinklappenSeiten
- 9–16 2 The Pariah 9–16
- 35–46 5 It Begins 35–46
- 47–56 6 The Three Kings 47–56
- 83–92 9 Packing Them In 83–92
- 103–112 11 Showdown 103–112
- 113–122 12 How Great Were They? 113–122
- 123–132 13 Sparking an Evolution 123–132
- 133–138 14 Late Bloomer 133–138
- 139–146 15 They Shall Be Free 139–146
- 147–158 16 A Giant Loss 147–158
- 169–178 18 The Winners 169–178
- 179–184 19 Frustration 179–184
- 185–194 20 Onward . . . 185–194
- 195–202 Epilogue 195–202
- 203–208 Notes 203–208
- 209–210 Bibliography 209–210
- 211–212 Index 211–212
- 213–213 About the Author 213–213
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- „... before the baseball season began,the World Trade Center opened in New York. Before the seasonended, Nixon ...” „... baseball strike, a 13-day dispute at the start of the 1972 season thatresulted in players winning salary ...” „... 1973 season saw both clubs at or near their single season peaks—there’sa valid case to be made that ...”
- „... fans each season. Rightafter that, though, two franchises effectively carried baseball over thenext few ...” „... more than eight seasons, thelongest-running infield in baseball history. The very first Phillies ...” „... while playing for the Yan-kees in the 1960s, served up the first home run of the 1973 season forWillie ...”
- „... by-products of a long season, or if yester-day’s game actually had something to do with today’s. In baseball ...” „... excellent season despite his advanced base-ball age, hitting the break with 27 home runs and a .365 on-base ...” „... 1973(.088 in the West, .025 in the East), rated as one of the lowest ever,making that season one of the more ...”
- „... springCHAPTER 540training in 1973, Lacy had the job as the Dodgers headed to San Diegoto open the season.The ...” „... season—Sutton,CHAPTER 542Perry, Seaver, and Carlton—were repeats from 1973 who were stillgoing strong even as they’d ...” „... call their respective openingdays of the 1973 season, Michaels at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Stadium ...”
- „... Osteen to the Astros for outfielder JimmyWynn.A changing of the guard was coming in baseball. After 1973 ...” „... the Dodgers’ best player in 1974, butGarvey certainly had a big season.With players like Crawford ...” „... beating up the Padres with a 16–2 mark for the season.The Dodgers took the 1974 N.L. pennant by winning ...”
- „... Russell to end thebottom of the sixth finished off his 277th inning of the 1973 season. Theinning that ...” „... : theyled Major League Baseball in earned average at the same time. TheDodgers’ 3.00 staff ERA in 1973 was ...” „... the 18seasons between 1972 and 1989, as the baseball operation developedand churned out the likes of ...”
- „... the Dodger organization for more thanthree decades as a player, scout, and executive. The 1973 ...” „... from 1971 to 1973 rebuilt the Dodger pitchingstaff into the best in the game.During his 19-year run on ...” „... andthroughout baseball. Unfortunately, his ultimate legacy was to bewrapped more in controversy than in baseball ...”
- „... first season,on the way to five playoff appearances and two titles during his nine-year run from 1970 to ...” „... on. Cincinnati had probably beenone of baseball’s more underrated teams of the 1960s, overshadowed ...” „... baseball’s inaugural1965 draft, made his Reds debut at age 19 in August 1967. He took overas the regular ...”
- „... Ruth, baseball’s great-est player, accumulated a WAR of 183.6 in 22 seasons (8.3 per year),with 115.4 ...” „... , based on the percentage of ballshe gets to in his area during the season.GREATNESS RECOGNIZED AND ...” „... everydayplayers (Ted Williams also bested Morgan slightly in his five best con-secutive seasons, though his run ...”
- „... swoon by the Dodgershad turned the tables altogether. Now with the 1973 season approach-ing its final ...” „... Cataloging-in-Publication DataName: Riper, Tom Van, 1963–, author.Title: Cincinnati Red and Dodger Blue : baseball ...” „... : Cincinnati Reds (Baseball team)—History. | Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseballteam)—History. | Sports ...”
- „... include the products of other players whowere part of The Rivalry just before or after the 1973 season ...” „... no-hitter for them againstthe Phillies in 1968, Bench’s rookie season).The Dodgers clung to a 4–3 lead after ...” „... 476THE THREE KINGSOn Saturday, May 5, 1973, more than 134,000 people packed theirway into Churchill ...”
- „... baseball is the well-located fastball.”Already 30 years old and in his 10th full season in 1973, John was ...” „... season.In the same month he made the Allen-for-John swap—December1971—Campanis also dealt Alexander, who had ...” „... were majorweapons for the 1973 Dodgers. The right fielder from nearby Fremontwas only 26 when the ...”
- „... full season.Traded from the Reds to the Padres after the 1973 season, Tolan didnot initially sign a ...” „... agreeon a 1975 contract, Messersmith began the season unsigned, subjectinghim to baseball’s stipulation in ...” „... homeCHAPTER 15140run of his career. Mays would retire at the end of the season rankedthird on the all-time ...”
- „... championships from 1967 to 1973 and 10 in 12 years from1964 to 1975. In the three seasons from 1972 to 1974 ...” „... , 3–1 win for his 21st victory of the season.Downing pitched well but yielded homers to McCovey and ...” „... 14716A GIANT LOSSOn Sunday afternoon, August 19, 1973, Grimsley lost a tough battle toJerry Koosman ...”
- „... to theMets for $150,000 before the 1975 season.The Giants parted company with Duffy after losing the ...” „... three years—left him out of favor with theGiants. Despite 77 homers in three-plus seasons, he was sold ...” „... the teams swapped two of baseball’s topstarting pitchers, with the Giants sending Gaylord Perry to the ...”
- „... of Season,” Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, September 28, 1973.4. Richard Goldstein, “Sparky Anderson Dies ...” „... Life of Jackie Robinson fromBaseball to Birmingham (New York: Touchstone, 1996), 137.3. MAKING DRAFT ...” „... Baseball Research, 2010, http://sabr.org/research/history-and-fu-ture-amateur-draft.2. Richard Goldstein ...”
- „... would join Johnson in reaching the 40mark before the season ended, making the 1973 Braves the first team ...” „... 15th complete game of the season.The win was his 18th against eight losses. The Reds’ two-game ...” „... eveningof September 11, 1973, Ron Cey was milling around the RiverfrontStadium batting cage, waiting to hit ...”
- „... years old during the1973 season. And of course he’d been part of the Dodgers’ renowned1968 draft, taken ...” „... -plus at-bat season of 1973 wasn’t altogether smooth.He’d wind up at .275 with just 17 walks and eight ...” „... season,where he belted seven home runs in his first 123 at-bats. Figuring thatKing’s left-handed power could ...”
- „... Houston Astros after the 1980 season,missing both titles by a year. After narrowly missing again with the ...” „... the 1980s. As time marched on and baseball’s atten-dance vaulted from 43 million to 55 million paid ...” „... continued as a major cog in the baseball machine. Not onlydid Vin Scully or Al Michaels broadcast every ...”
- „... of the1973 season at Indianapolis, where he’d shown athleticism and a prom-ising bat by hitting .308 ...” „... 12313SPARKING AN EVOLUTIONSeptember 21, 1973, Innings 7 and 8Things stay tight through the seventh ...” „... returned to the Dodgers in 1973 aspart of the deal that brought Messersmith for Frank Robinson. As a 31 ...”
- „... doing over a six-month season, the Mets managed to pull off in a five-game series. TheReds’ big hitters ...” „... , October 8—Columbus Day—when the Reds and Mets wouldplay the most memorable game of the 1973 ...” „... baseball fights, orderwas restored without anyone getting hurt. Play resumed with—anothersign of the ...”
- „... the 1973 season.In New York, the Yankees lost to the Detroit Tigers 8–5 in the finalgame played at the ...” „... themselves. The 1973 season markedthe first year as everyday players for Cey, Lopes, and Ferguson, and,really ...” „... was voted the 1973 NationalLeague Most Valuable Player by the baseball writers in a close ballotover ...”
- „... season,CHAPTER 11112limiting the Dodgers to two runs and six hits over six innings. The Reds,though, weren’t ...” „... 10311SHOWDOWNEntering the last day of June 1973, the Reds’ record sat at 39–36. A12–15 mark during ...” „... take over first place. This year, that ship hadsailed. It was still early, but with the season quickly ...”