This week’s respondents are Nick Doran, Nick Carrington, the inimitable Mary Beth Ellis, and Chad Dotson.
Our Daily Reds Obsession: Which particular Reds team was your favorite?
Nick D: I was too young to remember the Big Red Machine days, so I will take the 1999 Reds team that won 96 games and missed the playoffs after losing a frozen tie-breaker game to the Mets at Riverfront. The lineup featured Barry Larkin, Sean Casey, slugger Greg Vaughn, Mike Cameron , Aaron Boone, Dmitri Young and Pokey Reese. The pitching staff was cobbled together with the likes of ace Pete Harnisch, Brett Tomko, Ron Villone, rubber-armed Scott Sullivan, Denny Neagle, Rookie of the Year Scott Williamson and closer Danny Graves.