The 1982 baseball season was one of the worst ever for the Cincinnati Reds. They lost 102 games just six years after winning consecutive World Championships. And thanks to the incredible resurgence of the current Reds, a hundred losses isn’t gonna happen in 2018.
Far from it. They’re going in the right direction.
But you couldn’t say the same about the Redlegs in the days leading up to the 1982 All-Star Game. The three Cincinnati Reds on the National League team, however, were resilient. They played superbly. And Dave Concepcion, a nine-time All-Star and five-time Gold Glove-winning shortstop, was named the Most Valuable Player in the NL’s 4-1 win.