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GOODYEAR, Arizona − Big Red Machine slugger George Foster recently underwent heart bypass surgery and "is doing fine," a Cincinnati Reds spokesman confirmed Sunday. No further details were provided.
Pete Rose's death has garnered reactions from prominent figures in the sports world including former Big Red Machine teammate Johnny Bench.
The Big Red Machine is a nickname for the Cincinnati Reds baseball team that dominated the National League from 1970 to 1979 and is widely recognized as being among the best in baseball history. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Johnny Lee Bench (born December 7, 1947) is an American former professional baseball player. He played his entire Major League Baseball career, which lasted from 1967 to 1983, with the Cincinnati Reds, primarily as a catcher.
Former Cincinnati Red Pete Rose smiles as he places the inaugural bet on a hand of black jack during the grand opening of the newly rebranded Hard Rock Casino in downtown Cincinnati on Friday, Oct ...
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In 2019 he altered his "Big Red Machine" nickname into "Big Red Mayor" when doing a Twitter AMA. [ 257 ] Veteran wrestler Ric Flair described Kane as "the best in the world", [ 258 ] while Big Show dubbed him "the best big man ever".
Under this basic ownership group, and led by general manager Bob Howsam, the Reds became a baseball dynasty during the early 1970s as "The Big Red Machine." William and James Williams served as the majority owners of the Reds from 1980–84; they sold controlling interest in the franchise to Marge Schott in December 1984 . [ 6 ]