The Enquirer
Note: This story was originally published in the May 20, 2012 Cincinnati Enquirer.
Johnny Bench played on the best Reds teams of all time, but he tries to forget being on maybe the worst Reds team ever.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the awful 1982 Cincinnati club, which went 61-101 and remains the only Reds team with triple-figure losses in a season.
"I do remember," Hall of Fame catcher Bench said, in a recent email to The Enquirer. "It's hanging on the wall. It was embarrassing and forgettable.