Pete Rose is the best Cincinnati Reds player not in the Baseball Hall of Fame, but who else has been forgotten? A Big Red Machine teammate of his may have been gotten lost in the shadows of Pete, Joe Morgan, and Johnny Bench. We make the case for George Foster.
The Cincinnati Reds of the 70’s were such a powerhouse, they were given their own moniker, the Big Red Machine. Players such as Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, and Johnny Bench garnered much of the spotlight from the era, for good reason.