Guess the year based on Reds player/coach names (without looking it up)

[RED VAN HOT]

Roy's right. Never heard him called anything other than Joey Jay. Also I remember well there was a lot of hope about Hook, but he never really fulfilled it.

Both Hook and O'Toole were in Nashville when I was growing up in Atlanta. My first taste of following minor league hopefuls. The future looked bright.

[HokieRed]

Both Hook and O'Toole were in Nashville when I was growing up in Atlanta. My first taste of following minor league hopefuls. The future looked bright.

That's how I remember the buzz in Cincinnati as they came up. O'Toole turned out very well. I saw him beat the Cubs on opening day in 61. Really fast game. Under 2 hours IIRC.

[Bob Sheed]

Westofyou is once again correct with 1954.




I'm going to have to make these questions more difficult.

Westofyou: 2
Restofyou: 0

[Roy Tucker]

Hey, I got the last one right too.

[westofyou]

Hey, I got the last one right too.

Bob was traded that year too, that was the big hint for me I knew Fowler was a rookie and Bob was dealt mid season.

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Al Simmons
Vince DiMaggio
Wally Berger
Eddie Joost


Paul Blair
Ken Henderson
Doug Capilla
Pedro Borbon

[Danny Serafini]

Paul Blair
Ken Henderson
Doug Capilla
Pedro Borbon

1979?

[westofyou]

1979?

Correct

1979 was a weird year, they won the division and that was great, but the team was a weird mix of creeping 1980's styles, fading vets and a lot going on.

It was like The Stones Only Rock n Roll album on the heels of the run of Beggars Banquet to Goats Head Soup, after that Taylor left and the band began a different era. The team just morphed into another reality

[Danny Serafini]

I could picture Blair's 1980 Topps card and knew he had only one year there, that's how I was able to piece that one together.

[Assembly Hall]

Correct

1979 was a weird year, they won the division and that was great, but the team was a weird mix of creeping 1980's styles, fading vets and a lot going on.

It was like The Stones Only Rock n Roll album on the heels of the run of Beggars Banquet to Goats Head Soup, after that Taylor left and the band began a different era. The team just morphed into another reality

Wasn't '79 the year we got a heavy dose of Pastore and Berenyi?

[Big Klu]

Wasn't '79 the year we got a heavy dose of Pastore and Berenyi?

Bruce Berenyi was a rookie in 1981, so that would have been 1981 or 1982.

[Danny Serafini]

Al Simmons
Vince DiMaggio
Wally Berger
Eddie Joost

Again going to try to picture cards to do this, 1939?

[Bob Sheed]

Hey, I got the last one right too.

First one who gets it right gets the point. But good guess though, I wouldn't have known it without looking. I would have guessed 55.

[westofyou]

Again going to try to picture cards to do this, 1939?

Bingo

[Danny Serafini]

TCMA used to come out with all sorts of random, oddball sets. In 1977 they did one covering the 1939-40 Reds, and I knew DiMaggio wasn't on the 1940 team, so that gave it to me.

[Roy Tucker]

First one who gets it right gets the point. But good guess though, I wouldn't have known it without looking. I would have guessed 55.

Well, I had insider info. Borkowski was my wife’s uncle so I had talked to him considerably and knew his career well. Great guy and a great man.