"e;The best book ever written about the Big Red Machine . . . You'll see Bench, Morgan, and Sparky in different lights than you've ever seen them before."e; -Cincinnati EnquirerThe New York Times-BestsellerAward-winning sports columnist Joe Posnanski hits a grand slam with The Machine-a thrilling account of the magical 1975 season of the Cincinnati Reds, baseball's legendary "e;Big Red Machine,"e; from spring training through the final game of the '75 World Series. Featuring a Hall of Fame lineup of baseball superstars-including Johnny Bench, George Foster, Joe Morgan, Cesar Geronimo, and "e;Charlie Hustle"e; Pete Rose himself-The Machine is a wild ride with one of the greatest baseball teams in the history of the American Pastime."e;One of the best sportswriters in America offers a definitive account of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds. [His] conversational style brings to life a great season."e; -The Washington Times"e;A fun, engaging, and fascinating look at one of baseball's all-time great teams."e; -St. Louis Post-Dispatch"e;Posnanski offers an eloquent reminder that the great Cincinnati Reds teams-especially the '75 Reds-deserve a place of prominence in our memory, same as this book demands a place of prominence on your shelf."e; -New York Post"e;If you like baseball you will love this book. If you don't like baseball you will wonder how you could not like baseball when a book about the game is so entertaining . . . The writing in this book is inviting, the storytelling magical, and the detail fanatical."e; -Augusta Chronicle (Georgia)