Reds recall memories of Big Red Machine

Great Eight returns to Cincy 6:33 9/7/13: Cincinnati welcomes back the eight players that made up the primary starting lineup for the 1975-76 Big Red Machine This is the 40th anniversary of the first of consecutive World Series titles for the Big Red Machine. We're talking about baseball's greatest team. Then again, as its all-time biggest fan, I'm biased.

I lived in Cincinnati during its birth during the late 1960s and I covered it years later as a local journalist. So, given that none of the current Reds players were born when the Machine lost its final sparkplugs, I'm wondering some things.

What do the 2015 Reds players think when they drive toward Great American Ball Park along Pete Rose…