In no particular order, here are mine:
Johnny Bench
Pete Rose
Eric Davis
Jose Rijo
Barry Larkin
Sean Casey
Ken Griffey Jr.
Lou Pinella
Reggie Sanders
Adam Dunn
Honorable Mention:
Max Venable
In no particular order, here are mine:
Johnny Bench
Pete Rose
Eric Davis
Jose Rijo
Barry Larkin
Sean Casey
Ken Griffey Jr.
Lou Pinella
Reggie Sanders
Adam Dunn
Honorable Mention:
Max Venable
In no particular order, here are mine as well:
Paul O'Neill
Hal Morris
Eric Davis
Barry Larkin
Jose Rijo
Aaron Boone
Adam Dunn
Joe Oliver
Glenn Braggs (Because he waved to me in the red seats once at Riverfront
when I was like 12 )
Ken Griffey Jr.
Oh yeah...and Tim Belcher because he's from my hometown.
No no, just kidding.
Ken Griffey Jr
Dave Parker
Barry Larkin
Jose Guillen
Adam Dunn
Wily Mo Pena
Austin Kearns
Aaron Harang
Tom Browning
Eric Davis
not in order-I know it's 11 but I could never make a list of favorites and leave any of these guys off
Tony Perez
Ken Griffey Sr
Chris Sabo
Paul Oneill
Pete Rose
Aaron Boone
Sean Casey
Johnny Bench
Joe Morgan
George Foster
Dave Concepcion
other faves-Bret Boone, Joe Oliver, Eddie Taubensee, Cesar Geronimo, Bobby Tolan, Chris Stynes, Gary Redus, Mario Soto, Reggie Sanders, Eric Davis, Hal Morris
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More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.
Ken Griffey Jr.
Joe Morgan
Johnny Bench
Eric Davis
Joe Oliver
Paul O Neill
Wily Mo Pena
Greg Vaughn
Jose Rijo
Billy Hatcher
let's see I'll go...
Johnny Bench
Chris Sabo
Eric Davis
Pete Rose
Junior
Dibble
Dunn
Gary Redus
Sparky
Joe Oliver
honorable mention
Darrell Chaney...he lives on my FedEx route and let me see his '75 championship ring once.
Johnny Edwards
Frank Robinson
Pete Rose
Johnny Bench
Joe Morgan
Tony Perez
Eric Davis
Barry Larkin
Junior Griffey
Sean Casey
We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost effective ~ Kurt Vonnegut
I guess my list would begin further back, and would be hard to limit to 10 -- So I selected 10 prior to 1980, and 10 since 1980. In no particular order:
PRE-1980 POST-1980
Johnny Bench Sean Casey
Joe Morgan Buddy Bell
Johnny Temple Barry Larkin
Frank Robinson Jose Rijo
Don Gullett Rob Dibble
Vada Pinson Eric Davis
Ted Kluszewski Adam Dunn
Jim O'Toole Bret Boone
Bernie Carbo Ken Griffey, Jr.
Dave Concepcion Austin Kearns
I was born in '77, so here goes:
Eric Davis
Barry Larkin
Dave Parker
Chris Sabo
The Nasty Boys
Jason Larue
Ryan Wagner (mostly because I was at his first ML game)
Dunner
Wily Mo
Felipe Lopez
I know I've got a mid-90s to early 2000's gap, I didn't follow the Reds much for awhile.
My top 10:
1. Bob Purkey - knuckleballer who always won the big games
2. Frank Robinson - nuff said
3. Vada Pinson - should be more respected
4. Jim Maloney - 3 no-hitters and blazing stuff
5. Pete Rose - off-field bahavior doesn't matter
6. Johnny Bench - no matter, the greatest catcher ever
7. Tony Perez - Doggie was all that and more
8. Eric Davis - another one who should be respected more
9. Ken Griffey Jr - Even in a body that is injury prone, the greatest
10.Adam Dunn - For what he is and what he will be
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-Beano Cook
I'm always very happy with the lip service that Davis gets around here and with people who know the Reds pretty well. In general, he is not nearly as respected in baseball circles as I think he should be and this makes me upset. But for Reds fans, I think, he was wholly unforgettable.Originally Posted by WVRedsFan
I loved Paul O'Neill, Jose Rijo, I had an inexplicable fondness for Ron
Oester for some reason. Larkin. There are a lot of current Reds that I love a lot too -- I have unconditional love for Adam Dunn, and when Griffey plays well or says something rad it makes me want to run laps around the block. I also have always counted Johnny Bench as a favorite even though he was retired by the time I could understand the game. More than any of the BRM, he seemed to be the beloved holdover legend from the 70s.
But none of them compares to Eric Davis, whom I hold almost entirely responsible for my love of baseball. He also kind of ruined my life. When you're a kid and you have an idol like that as your first exposure to things, somebody who is SO good, so wonderful, so perfect in your eyes, and he gets hurt but keeps coming back, and then wins the World Series, and then goes away but has a fun and very emotional career to watch which involves him freaking overcoming cancer and helping some random team get to the playoffs -- while meanwhile your childhood team is becoming...well, the current Reds -- I think in some ways I was too spoiled. Had he been accused of steroids or something, maybe things would be different. As it is, now I want everybody to play like him, when in reality he may have been a once-in-a-lifetime ballplayer. But I guess I wouldn't have things any other way. God, he was just such a joy to watch.
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There is no such thing as a pitching prospect.
10-Sean Casey
9-Austin Kearns
8-Deion Sanders
7-Barry Larkin
6-Jason LaRue
5-Adam Dunn
4-Bret Boone
3-Chris Sabo
2-Aaron Boone
and number 1...Ken Griffey Jr.- The Babe Ruth of my generation playing for my favorite team. For most people that is only a dream. But for me as well as about everyone from my generation who is a Reds fan, that dream comes true almost every single night during the spring and summer when I get to see #30 (i guess it will be #3 this year) run out onto the field. Need I say more?
Pete
Johnny
Davy
Lee
Tony
Jim
Klu
Joe
Ted A.
Eric
Barry
I know it's 11, so sue me. Would love to include Jose and Mario too.
Let's play two!!!
Pete
Joe
Johnny
Foster
Davis
Larkin
Soto
Rijo
Dunn
Davey
this is a rather tough one, but here goes:
Pete Rose
Ken Griffey Jr.
Barry Larkin
Dave Concepcion
Eric Davis
John Franco
Tony Perez
Johnny Bench
Ken Griffey
Adam Dunn
this is off the top of my head and subject to change at any moment.
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