I know I will be thoroughly attacked for being a pessimist, but I have to write what I believe to be true: it’s going to be close, I don’t believe the Reds will win the World Series in 2015.
With that out of the way, let’s take a look at some of the best collections of Redlegs that have every played in the Queen City. The Reds have hoisted the Commissioner’s Trophy three times in baseball’s modern era (1975, 1976, 1990). These groups provide marking posts for the two most successful eras in the Reds history: “The Big Red Machine” (1975, 1976) and the “Nasty Boys” (1990).