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IT'S A LEGENDARY APPEARANCE
SET TO TAKE PLACE TONIGHT AT
GREAT AMERICAN BALL PARK.THE
'GREAT 8' OF THE BIG RED
MACHINE WILL REUNITE á37á
YEARS SINCE THEIR GREATEST
MOMENTS WITH THE REDS.SPORTS
DIRECTOR JOHN POPOVICH IS LIVE
AT THE BALL PARK WITH THE
LATEST.POPO?
I WAS GETTING A DONUT THE
OTHER MORNING AND I OVERHEARD
A FEW PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE
SO CALLED "GREAT EIGHT" THIS
WEEKEND AT GREAT AMERICAN BALL
PARK. THEY WERE TRYING TO NAME
ALL EIGHT. AFTER I DROPPED MY
COFFEE... I REALIZED THAT IT'S
BEEN 37 YEARS SINCE THE BIG
RED MACHINE... MAYBE IT WAS
TIME FOR A QUICK REFRESHER:
IT WASN'T JUST THE TEAM THAT
SET THE STANDARD FOR THE
DECADE....THE TEAM THAT PLAYED
AT RIVEFRONT IN THE 1970'S IS
REGARDED AS ONE OF THE BEST
EVER.-SPARKY ANDERSON DEFTLY
MANAGED HIS PITCHING STAFF.-
BUT THERE WERE EIGHT PLAYERS
THAT HE PENCILED IN ON A
REGULAR BASIS THAT WON'T BE
FORGOTTEN.-THE HALL OF FAMERS
ARE EASY......JOHNNY
BENCH....A BIG BAT....PROBABLY
THE BEST CATCHER EVER...A GUY
BORN WITH A SWAGGER-JOE
MORGAN....A FIRE
STARTER....THE LAST PIECE TO
THE PUZZLE...-AND TONY
PEREZ....JUST THE MOST
RELIABLE CLUTCH HITTER WITH AN
UNDENIABLE CLUBHOUSE PRESENCE.
-PETE ROSE ISN'T A HALL OF
FAMER..BUT HE WAS THE
SPARKPLUG...A GUY WHO PLAYED
SO HARD....WHO SIMPLY HATED TO
LOSE....BUT AFTER PETE IT GETS
A LITTLE TOUGHERDAVE
CONCEPCION IS OVERLOOKED AS
ONE OF THE BEST SHORTSTOPS
EVER....WHO ALSO WAS A TIMELY
HITTER....-AND THEN CAME THE
OUTFIELD... IN LEFT .GEORGE
FOSTER SWINGING BLACK BEAUTY
WHO HELPED MAKE THE MIDDLE OF
THE LINEUP IMPOSSIBLE TO PITCH
TO-RIGHT FIELDER KEN
GRIFFEY....THE FIRST KEN
GRIFFEY...BLESSED WITH SUPERB
SPEED AND ATHLETICISIM...ON
ASTROTURF HE WAS ***.-AND
FINLALY THE CHIEF IN
CENTER...CESAR GERONOMO....HE
COMPLETED THE GREAT DEFENSE
UP THE MIDDLE....-BACK TO BACK
WORLD SERIES TITLES....8 GUYS
WHO ANSWERED THE BELL EVERY
DAY...WHO MADE AN INDELIBLE
MARK IN BASEBALL
THOSE EIGHT PLAYERS ARE
ENJOYING DINNER TOGEHTER AT
THIS HOUR... THEY WATCH THE
GAME TOGETHER AND BE ON THE
FIELD AS PART OF JOE MORGAN
WEEKEND.... RIGHT AFTER THE
REDS PLAY THE DODGERS.JOHN
POPOVICH AT THE BALLPARK....