1975 Big Red Machine Replay
 

Starting Rotation
Gary Nolan
Jack Billingham
Fred Norman
Don Gullet

Spot Starter
Clay Kirby

Middle Relief
Pedro Boubon
Tom Hall
Clay Kirby
Pat Darcy

Mop-Up Reliever
Tom M Carroll

Set-Up Reliever
Clay Carroll
Will McEnaney

Closer
Rawly Eastwick

Lineup
1. Pete Rose 3B
2. Joe Morgan 2B
3. Johnny Bench C
4. Tony Perez 1B
5. George Foster LF
6. Ken Griffey Sr. RF
7. Dave Concepcion SS
8. Cesar Geronimo CF

Bench
C Bill Plummer
1B Dan Driessen
2B Doug Flynn
RF Terry Crowley
RF Merv Rettenmund

Game 1 Starting Lineups

Gary Nolan delivered a strong outing to give the Reds an opening night victory against the Los Angeles Dodgers by the score of 4-2. Nolan escaped a bases loaded jam in the first inning and remained steady the rest of the way. Cincinnati received their first run of the year courtesy of the bat of Pete Rose. Charlie Hustle, who went 3-4 in the game, smoked and RBI double to right center in the bottom of the 5th. His teammates would continue the trend in the next inning when a pinch hit single by Dan Driessen gave the Reds a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the sixth. The Reds would go on to score 2 more runs two batters later thanks to a nice piece of two out hitting on a single to right off the bat of Joe Morgan. Rawly Eastwick would take over for Will McEnaney in the bottom of the 9th and hold down the fort to collect his first save and wrap up the reds first win of the 1975 season.

Whoa !!! It's great to see one of my favorite Dynasty teams during that Era ... we've certainly gave them the run for their money ... although, if we had Rice, it may have been a difference ... otherwise, I'm here to read, mate ... good choice!!! ...(by the way, please chat with Rose about his future in Gambling :crying: - you may save his doom, otherwise, he probably wouldn't of ended up with his current wife:p )

Tony Perez was a late scratch from the game, Dan Driessen was inserted in his place. When asked about the move, Reds manager Sparky Anderson revealed that Perez "tweaked" his back during BP and was benched only for precautionary reasons. The Reds would go on to taste defeat for the first time in the 1975 season at the hands of a 7-5 beating from the Dodgers. Reds starter Jack Billingham cruised through 3 scoreless. However, a 48 minute rain delay caused him to loose his rhythm. Billingham would go on to surrender back to back singles after the delay, both of which scored, and had to be replaced by Clay Kirby after the inning. The climax of the game came as a result of a two out error by shortstop Davey Concepcion that gave way to a grand slam off the bat of Steve Yeager to make it 7-0 Dodgers. The Reds would find a way to claw back. Scoring 3 in the 8th due to singles by Bench and Driessen, the Reds found themselves in a 7-3 ballgame heading into the 9th. In the bottom half, Doug Flynn led off with a pinch hit solo home run. The Reds would score once more when Joe Morgan scored on an RBI single by Ken Griffey before Davey Concepcion would fly out to end the ballgame.

haha thanks!

and i don't think he'd listen to me ;)

Greg Norman tossed a gem Thursday night as the Reds went on to take the game, and the series, from the LA Dodgers 2-0. Norman went 9 innings allowing 3 hits, walking 2, and striking out 8. He did it with the bat as well, scoring on a Joe Morgan double in the bottom of the 3rd after leading off the inning with a double himself. The only other run of the ballgame came in the bottom of the 6th when Davey Concepcion singled in Tony Perez. The Reds now head west where they will face these Dodgers again in four days. First, however, the Reds will have to meet the San Diego Padres who are coming off an opening series sweep of the Giants.

Reds top Padres
The Reds beat the Padres friday night in San Diego, thanks in large part to solid pitching and some timely hitting. San Diego got the scoring underway, however, when Bob Davis led off the bottom of the third inning with a solo blast off Reds starting pitcher Don Gullet. Gullet would limit the damage afterward, allowing 3 runs and scattering 9 hits while striking out 5 through 6.1 innings. In the 6th Johnny Bench belted a double that scored Joe Morgan who had singled and stole second. Tony Perez immediately returned the favor singling in bench from second on the first pitch he saw to make the score 3-1 Redlegs. In the eighth Perez was left gasping for air when a George Foster crushed double scored him from first. Yes folks, Doggy Perez ran from first to home....without stopping. Dave Concepcion would bring Foster home on a single later in the inning to make the score 5-3. And 5-3 it would stay as Pedro Borbon and Will McEnaney would team up to finish off the last two innings without allowing a baserunner and striking out a Dodger a piece.

Perez Late Inning Heroics Wasted

The Cincinnati Reds saw a 2-1 lead evaporate in the bottom of the 9th in San Diego Saturday night. The game was tied at 1 run apiece heading into the top of the 9th win Reds first baseman Tony Perez launched a go-ahead solo home run into the left field grand stand to make the game 2-1. Clay Kirby headed to the mound in the bottom half trying to hold down that lead. After hitting a batter, Kirby retired the next two hitters putting the Reds one out away from a 4-1 record. After giving up a single the Reds brought in Will McEnaney who promptly gave up back to back singles to Fred Kendall and Glen Beckert to tie and lose the ballgame. The Reds and Padres will square off again tomorrow afternoon in San Diego for the rubber match of the series.

Reds top Padres 6-1: Billingham Goes the Distance
"And this one belongs to the Reds..."
The Cincinnati Reds pounded the Padres Sunday afternoon by a score of 6 to 1. Jack Billingham went the distance in that game, surrendering only 3 hits throughout. The Reds got on the board in the 5th when Billingham, Rose, and Morgan banged back to back singles to load the bases. They could only, however, manage to scratch one run across by way of a Johnny Bench Sacrafice fly to make it a 1 to nothing ballgame. Cincinnati continued their scoring trend in the 6th when Dan Driessen, after belting a double, came around to score on a Cesar Geronimo seeing-eye-single to right. After a sac bunt by Billingham, Geronimo touched the plate by way of a Pete Rose 2 out single. Dan Driessen would contribute to the scoring once again in the 7th when he belted himself a 2-out 2-RBI single. The final runs of the ballgame came thanks to some shaky defense by the Padres. Cesar Geronimo reached and advanced to second on a throwing error. Padres pitcher Jerry Johnson then proceeded to walk Billingham, Rose, and Morgan (for the third time) to force in a run, giving Jack Billingham a nice five run cushion to finish the it out in the ninth. Cincinnati will continue this west coast road trip tomorrow evening in Los Angeles as the take on the Dodgers in the opener of a four game set.

Cincinnati Outlasts Dodgers 3-2: Foster hits game winner in 10th
And this one belongs to the Reds...

The Dodgers were the first to touch home plate Monday night when Jim Wynn crossed thanks to an RBI Double off the bat of Ivan deJesus. The Reds would regain the lead in the top of the 6th when Tony Perez knocked in Johnny Bench with a single. Ken Griffey's sac fly later in the inning made the ballgame 2-1 Redlegs. However, the Dodgers would answer in the bottom half. After back to back singles by Steve Garvey and Ron Cey, Fred Norman's wild pitch tied the game back up at 2 runs apiece. Thats the way things would stay until Tony Perez' RBI single in the top of the 10th proved to be a game winner. A slight worry for Reds fans that has been hidden in these latest wins is middle of the infield defense. The Reds double-play combination of Joe Morgan and Dave Concepcion have combined for 6 errors in 7 games. But hey, you know what they say, a wins a win, and the Cincinnati Reds are 5-2 and hold an early lead of the NL West. The Reds will be back in action tomorrow evening as they are hosted, once again, by the Dodgers in game 2 of this best-of-four series.

Trade: Scarce For Hall

On Tuesday April 15, 1975 the Cincinnati Reds traded pitcher Tom Hall to the New York Mets for pitcher Mac Scarce.

Cincinnati Falls to LA 2-3

The Reds looked to continue their roll against the Dodgers on Tuesday night in Los Angeles as they scored a run in each of the first two innings. The Dodgers would hold them from there, however, and it would be LA's game the rest of the way. The Dodger's big blow came off the bat of Jim Wynn. In the bottom of the second Wynn, after back to back singles for the LA, planted a ball 417 feet into the left field bleachers. That's where the games scoring would end and the Dodger bullpen of Juan Marichal, Jim Brewer, and Mike Marshall would hold the Reds scoreless for the final 3.1 frames of action. The Reds and Dodgers will be back at it again tomorrow night, as they face one another for game three of this four game set.

And this one belongs to the reds...

The Cincinnati Reds improved to 6-3 wednesday night, but victory did not come without a cost. Joe Morgan belted his first home run of the 1975 season on the first pitch he saw in the first inning off Dodger starter Andy Messersmith. The game remained 1-0 Redlegs until the bottom of the 6th, when a collective gasp in Cincinnati could be heard from LA. After Bill Buckner singled and stole second, Johnny Bench went down holding his arm after fielding a bunt by Dodger Lee Lacy. Bench would leave the game immediately with what he would call later a "sprained elbow". According to Bench he will sit tomorrow and be back in the lineup by Saturday. Sparky Anderson said after the game that he is going to be a little more cautious and that Reds fans shouldn't expect to see Bench back behind the plate for at least a couple weeks. Two batters later, Bench's replacement Bill Plummer missed a fastball that hit him in the mitt. While Plummer scrambled to look for the ball that was directly underneath him Billy Buckner came in to score to tie the game at 1 run apiece. That's the way the game would stay until the top of the 11th. Cesar Geronimo singled, followed by a Pete Rose double, and a Joe Morgan walk that left the bases loaded. Bill Plummer was coming up to the plate 5 innings later with a chance to redeem himself. Plummer didn't disappoint, delivering a sac fly to left field to break the tie and the games scoring drought. Pedro Borbon came on in the bottom half to get the final 3 outs, inducing Willie Crawford into a 4-6-3 double play to end the ballgame and get his first save. The Reds will be back in action tomorrow night here in LA for the final game of the series as well as the final game of this west coast stand.

Awesome thread man. Keep it going....I did a couple Big Red Machine replays myself.

Reds Embarrassed: Dodgers Claim Series Finale 10-2

The Cincinnati Reds will leave Los Angeles and head back to the Queen City with, no doubt, an awful taste in their mouths. The Reds were flattened 10-2 Sunday afternoon and were pretty dreadful in every aspect of the game. The floodgates creeped open in the bottom of the 4th for the Dodgers when Jack Billingham walked Steve Garvey to lead off the inning who was shortly placed in scoring position by a single off the bat of Willie Crawford. The next batter, Jim Wynn, would float a routine pop-up into left-center that would eventually go for a double due to a defensive debacle by George Foster. Foster's blunder would allow the Dodgers to tie and they wouldn't look back from there. Joe Ferguson laced an RBI triple in the bottom half of the 6th to give LA their first lead. Ferguson would then score on the very next pitch on a ball catcher Bill Plummer just flat out missed. Later in the inning with two outs, another ball that escaped Bill Plummer would advance Ivan DeJesus to third. From there he would score on a single to right by Dodger pitcher Don Sutton on the very next pitch. Plummer, who's filling in for injured Reds' catcher Johnny Bench, looked helpless all night behind the plate, allowing the Dodgers to advance bases at will. A Lee Lacy RBI single later and the Reds were down four runs heading into the 7th, where once again LA would increase their lead. Willie Crawford and Jim Wynn reached base to start the frame, where they would both eventually cross the plate on ground ball outs. After the Reds cut into the lead to make it 7-2 heading into the bottom of the eighth, the Dodgers erupted for three more runs to put the game out of reach. Cincinnati reliever Clay Kirby walked in two runs and gave up a sac fly to Crawford to put the score where it would remain final at a 10-2 stomping at the hands of the Dodgers. The Reds (6-4) will be back in Cincy tomorrow night as they take on the Houston Astros for the first of a four game weekend series that concludes with a doubleheader on Sunday.

"And this one belongs to the Reds..."

Ladies and gentlemen there may be some bad news for the rest of the National League and some good news for the Queen City. Charlie Hustle has come to life. The Cincinnati third baseman entered the game Friday night with a sub .200 batting average. However, in the bottom of the fifth Pete Rose connected with a fastball that whistled into the right-center gap to give the Reds their first run and cut an Astro lead to 2-1. The game remained that way a while until Rose led off the bottom of the 8th with another double. After a Joe morgan walk, Rose was brought around to score thanks to a double off the left field wall by Tony Perez. Morgan then came home to score on a George Foster single up the middle to give the Reds a 3-2 lead heading into the 9th. Rawly Eastwick, who had tossed a perfect 8th came back out for the 9th and immediately surrendered a single to Greg Gross and then a double to Jose Cruz to put 2 runners in scoring position. Reds manager Sparky Anderson had seen enough and made the call to the bullpen for left-hander Will McEnaney. McEnaney walked Rob Andrews to load the bases. He would then induce a ground ball to third base where Pete Rose would stab it and get the force out at home. McEnaney got Bob watson and Skip Jutze to hit twin fly balls to Dave Concepcion and the Reds escaped victorious. The Reds (7-4), will host the Astros again tomorrow afternoon at 1:05 PM EST.

"And this one belongs to the Reds..."

On Saturday afternoon the Reds picked up right where they'd left off on Friday night. George Foster got the scoring started for the Redlegs when he blasted a leadoff home run in the bottom of the second to tie the ballgame at a run apiece. In the third Tony Perez knocked in Don Gullett and Pete rose, who reached on an error and single respectively, when he laced a 2-out 2 RBI double to left field. Then in the fourth, Cesar Geronimo drove in Dave Concepcion with a triple only to be driven in by pitcher Don Gullett on the next pitch to make the score 5-1 Reds. The Reds would hold onto the lead up until the 8th when it was 7-3 now and turn the game over to Will McEnaney and Rawly Eastwick, who each pitched a scoreless inning to shut it down in the 8th and 9th. Cincinnati improves to 8-4 on the season and will be back in action action against the Astros tomorrow afternoon in the series finale.

Reds Route Astros 8-2 in Opener: Geronimo Blasts 2 HR's

Gary Nolan went the distance Sunday afternoon as the Reds thumped the Houston Astros 8-2 in game one of a doubleheader. Nolan scattered seven hits, gave up 2 earned runes, walked none, and struck out two over the course of the 9 innings. In four starts this season the 26 year-old righty is 2-0 with a 0.93 ERA in 29 innings pitched. Nolan received a lot of backing Sunday thanks in large part to the production of new temporary leadoff man, Cesar Geronimo. Geronimo blasted his first two homers on the season, driving in a total of four runs to help improve the Reds record to 9-4.

Game crashed and my last save was 4 games ago :crying:

Heres the updated stats and standings after week 2:

The crashing of my league really just killed my motivation. I'm going to go back to playing my fiction for a while. I might come back to this later...:(

Wow, I was looking over the box scores and saw Mac Scarce. I was just reading about him a few days ago.
He had an interesting story....if ya got a few look him up.

You've been quite lately. I've enjoyed reading your dynasty. Please, give us an update my friend lol.