The 2009 team is far from the Big Red Machine(Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Pete Rose, Tony Perez, Davey Concepcion, Ken Griffey Sr., George Foster, Cesar Geronimo, and Lee May)from the late sixties to mid-seventies. I didn't even need to do research to rattle off those names. I was a fan...
Pitching Friday night against the Giants on Jon Miller bobblehead day is 23 year old Homer Bailey with a 2-3 record and a 7.06 ERA. He'll have a tough task against Tim Lincecum...
Third baseman Scott Rolen is a recent acquisition from Toronto.
Joey Votto 1B seems to be the only Red who's having a good year. 17 home runs with a .328 batting average.
Second baseman Brandon Phillips has decent numbers- 16 dingers, 69 RBI, and 18 stolen bases. He's batting .267, about average for his career, which isn't good...
Other starters should be:
C- Ryan Hanigan
SS- Alex Gonzalez batting under the Mendoza line(under .200).
LF- Lance Nix
CF- Willy Taveras
RF- Wladimir Balentien formerly of the Seattle Mariners.
Jonny Gomes who was born in the City may get a start in the outfield. He attended Santa Rosa JC.
The above pic has from left to right- Tony Perez who played 3B and 1B, catcher Johnny Bench, manager Sparky Anderson, 2B Joe Morgan, and outfielder Pete Rose. Rose was primarily a right fielder during his Big Red Machine days.
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