Cincinnati Reds Madness: Joe Morgan vs Tony Pérez

With March Madness in full effect, we are holding Cincinnati Reds Madness. Leading up until Opening Day, Blog Red Machine will post matchups of all-time greats and let you, the readers, decide who is the greatest Reds player of all-time.

Our final first-round matchup in Reds Madness features two all-time greats in Cincinnati Reds history. The Reds dominated the 1970s, in no small part to the contributions from Joe Morgan and Tony Pérez. The No. 3 seed, Little Joe goes head-to-head against the No. 6 seed, the Big Dog in our last of four first round battles.

Was there a better all-around player during the 1970s than Joe Morgan? The Little General, who stood only 5’7″, was larger than life on…