We started at 128 - we're about to name the 2 greatest teams in National League history.
1944 St Louis Cardinals-Billy Southworth
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1976 Cincinnati Reds-Sparky Anderson
Catcher: Cooper (29) v. Bench (28) Winner: Cin-Bench
First Base: Sanders (27) v. Perez (34) Winner: Cards -Sanders
Second Base: Verban (28) v. Morgan (32) Winner: Cin-Morgan
Shortstop: Marion (27) v. Concepcion (28) Winner: Cin-Concepcion
Third Base: Kurowski (26) v. Rose (35) Winner:-Cin-Rose
Left Field: Litwhiler (27) v. Foster (27)Winner: Cin-Foster
Center Field: Hopp (27) v. Geronimo (28) Winner: Cards-Hopp
Right Field: Musial (23) v. Griffey (26) Winner: Cards-Musial
SP1: Cooper (31) v. Nolan (28) Winner: Cards-Cooper
SP2: Lanier (28) v. Zachry (24) Winner: Cards-Lanier
SP3: Wilks (28) v. Norman (33) Winner: Cards-Wilks
Closer: Schmidt (28) v. Eastwick (25) Winner: Cin-Eastwick
Team Offense: Cin
Team Pitching: StL
Reds 9 Cards 8 - it should be a tiebreaker at this stage and it was; the Reds just needed one pitching point, and they got it from Eastwick to force the tie - in the end, it was super close, but the Reds bats just edge the Cards arms to move into the NL Final.
Catcher: Bench (27) v. Ruiz (32) Winner: Cin-Bench
1975 Cincinnati Reds-Sparky Anderson
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1976 Cincinnati Reds-Sparky Anderson
Reds 9 Cards 8 - it should be a tiebreaker at this stage and it was; the Reds just needed one pitching point, and they got it from Eastwick to force the tie - in the end, it was super close, but the Reds bats just edge the Cards arms to move into the NL Final.
1975 Cincinnati Reds-Sparky Anderson
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2011 Philadelphia Phillies-Charlie Manuel
Catcher: Bench (27) v. Ruiz (32) Winner: Cin-Bench
First Base: Perez (33) v. Howard (31) Winner: Cin-Perez
Second Base: Morgan (31) v. Utley (24) Winner: Cin-Morgan
Shortstop: Concepcion (27) v. Rollins (32) Winner: Cin-Concepcion
Third Base: Rose (34) v. Polanco (35) Winner: Cin-Rose
Left Field: Foster (26) v. Ibanez (39) Winner: Cin-Foster
Center Field: Geronimo (27) v. Victorino (30)Winner: Phi-Victorino
Right Field: Griffey (25) v. Pence (28)Winner: Push
SP1: Nolan (27) v. Halladay (34)Winner: Phi-Halladay
SP2: Billingham (32) v. Lee (32) Winner: Phi-Lee
SP3: Norman (32) v. Hamels (27) Winner: Phi-Hamels
Closer: Eastwick (24) v. Madson (30) Winner: Phi-Madson
Team Offense: Cin
Team Pitching: Phi
Reds 8 Phillies 7 - The Reds nearly sweep the bats, the Phils do sweep the arms - if Pence had been able to take RF that would have moved them to the tiebreak -- but they pushed, and the two greatest teams in National League history are, in fact, both Reds World Champions from the mid 70s.
1975 Cincinnati Reds-Sparky Anderson
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1976 Cincinnati Reds-Sparky Anderson
