Back in September, here in the digital pages of Redleg Nation, our Greg Gajus was emphatic that there was a glaring omission among inductees to the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame. His piece was entitled, “The Missing Man: Fred Norman for the Reds Hall of Fame.”
I can only speculate on why (Fred) Norman has been overlooked when nearly every one of his teammates has been inducted into the Reds Hall of Fame. Part of it is that he was a pitcher, and if you play word association with any Reds fan from that era and say “Big Red Machine” the response will be “The Great 8” or “greatest lineup ever” or “cool statues outside GABP”.