Before the Machine: The Story of the 1961 Pennant-Winning Reds (Hardcover)

The Big Red Machine dominated major league baseball in the 1970s but the Cincinnati franchise began its climb to that pinnacle in 1961 when an unlikely collection of cast-offs and wannabes stunned the baseball world by winning the National League pennant. Led by revered manager Fred Hutchinson the team featured rising stars like Frank Robinson Jim O Toole an...