OAKLAND, CA - OCTOBER 20: Eric Davis #44 of the Cincinnati Reds and teammates celebrate their World Series victory. (Photo by Rich Pilling/Getty Images)
The wire-to-wire Reds were one of the best teams in franchise history.
October 20, 1990. I can’t imagine what was going on that night in Oakland as the Cincinnati Reds prepared to battle the A’s. Fans filing into the coliseum. Anticipation arising in the clubhouses. Managers mulling. Writers wondering. This wasn’t supposed to happen, was it?
They said the Reds couldn’t do it. The defending champions in Oakland were cooking.