Has there ever been a more well-liked, charismatic Reds team since the BRM than this year's team?
Nothing in the early to mid 80s comes to mind.
The Larkin/Davis/Bad Boys/Sweet Lou era could be a possibility.
Not the Griffey/Dunn years.
And nothing in the 21st century that I can think of either.
But this year's team....
The "prickliest" one, to coin a Homer Bailey term, has to be who? Iglasias? Even that's quite a reach. They are all clubhouse guys. Not a "cancer" anywhere, not even close. Even when they were doing poorly, which has been most of the season. Always picking each other up.
And the mid-season pickups seem pretty laid back too, fit right in.
Regardless of what happens this season, it's been almost as fun to watch them interact as it has been to watch them improve to try to make a run at the end here.