I laughed out loud. And it looks like Montero can hold a lot of water, too...
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Sorry you lost your typing, man. Don't forget to hit CMD-A and CMD-C before trying to launch!
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The 1970's Reds did indeed piddle away several pennants (thanks for finding me the right euphemism!). Bill James used to rage against Sparky Anderson for costing his teams a good 15 wins per season ... at that time he would hype a statement in order to make it clear.
The 1969-77 Reds went to the playoffs 5 times in 9 years, but any Yankee dynasty woulda made it 8 or 9 times. Especially in the Berra (Bench) years.
The 1969 Reds, e.g., had BENCH. ROSE. MAY. PEREZ. Alex Johnson. Bobby Tolan. 6 of their 8 position players were legitimate stars. They had a Big Three in the rotation, at the time when rotations had 4 men. They finished 3rd in their division.
The 1974 Reds had the whole shebang, closest thing you'll get to 8-for-8 HOF'ers, a Big Three and two closers. Watched the PLAYOFFS (not World Series) on TV.
And like that. People don't realize that the 1970's Reds were underachievers.