I'm a Met fan ,I'm from Queens, N.Y. but I say it like it is, 1990 Reds had a crazy squad, baseball ain't the same no more, I miss my childhood watching all these games from the 80's and 90's....
@Jim McCracken Yes sir ...My Poppa loved Johnny Bench when I was very young. So I followed naturally. They were built the same and had the same batting style.
Sat in the 3rd row of the Green seats, behind home plate for WS G-2, I cut up a basketball into a Mr. Red "head helmet", with #44 on the back of it. Sitting in the stands smoking cigars, on my 21st birthday. EASILY top-5 days of my life. And the Nasty Boys were SOOOOO much fun!
My childhood heroes were the Big Red Machine, but my young adult-hood hero was Eric the Red, followed up by a tie between Chris Sabo and Rob Dibble. Larkin was no slouch, either.
Dodger fan here. This REDS team had the same type of grit, Blue collar approach as my Dodgers just 2 years before in '88, and when we beat Oakland in 5 games. Both the DODGERS and REDS had great Pitching and won playing great Defense and our fielding was sensational. Edge to the Reds in Fielding but pretty even with pitching. Though I must say while we both disposed of the A's sooner than we ever thought possible, your Reds were were really going to town slugging the bats. Great Reds team.
@MrVelosh As a Reds fan I think the 88 Dodgers had a team that as you said won 2-1, 3-2, 1-0 type games very well adding Gibsons fire along with the Bulldog carrying the staff it put you guys in a position for the upset after Gibsons thrilling HR. Now the 1990 Reds as you said we had good offense & we had the ace in Jose Rijo but the difference for us was clearly The Nasty Boys Dibble, Charlton, Myers cause games were over after the 5th inning when the Reds had the lead.
What makes this team different than most is heart and personality. So many of the players today seem so similar. On just one team the Reds had the Nasty Boys, Davis, Larkin, and Sabo. Talk about unique individuals! All season I do think Barry was the heartbeat of the team. I think he was the best all around short stop of his generation. Ozzie Smith may have been a better fielder, but when the game was on the line I would want Larkin at the plate. Larkin was a very good fielder in his own right as well.
Thank you for adding this video. I'm from Cincinnati, and I was 12 years old at the time. I will never forget that season. Davis, Hatcher, Larkin and the Nasty Boys. Greatest group of underachievers I've ever seen.
I was 10 & turned 11 month & half after the World Series. Great memories Happened right @ that time when I was getting to the age that it mattered and the same yr my UNLV Runnin Rebels Won The NCAA NATiONAL CHAMPIONSHiP That same yr.
Overachievers you mean? They were good, but Barry was the only one who was great after this series. Davis always got hurt after this and even Barry got hurt a lot, but he won an MVP after this.
Upon being swept four-games-to-none by the Reds, the A’s still contended that they were the best team in baseball. Radio host Don Imus remarked on-air, “Well, the best team in baseball just got handed an old-fashioned ass whooping.”
I was at game 5 in Pittsburgh up high in the right field seats. I distinctively remember the sound Billy Hatcher made while crashing into the wall and Davis scooping up the carom and throwing a seed to Sabo to nail Bobby Bo. Still the only MLB playoff game I've ever been to.
That’s A Great 1 to make and A GREAT Play to get to see. Very Nice 👍 I still haven’t made A Playoff Game yet but I will make A REDS Playoff - World Series Game.
@@CSDonohue11 Our seats were so bad I couldn't even see Hatcher crashing into the wall, just heard it. I saw the ball bounce and Davis running over to scoop it up and the rest is history. 14 years old at the time. What a time to be alive lol
I will never forget that team and the best thing about it was that other than Jose Rijo, Randy Myers and maybe a couple other guys......that roster was all home grown players....Paul O'Neil, Charlton, Dibble, Larkin, Eric Davis, Sabo, Joe Oliver, and others all drafted/ signed and developed by the Reds.
1990 is the first year I can remember watching any sports. I was 10 and living in KY I was a Reds fan. That 90 team was a complete team and they were clutch. Great defense,great pitching and great hitting. I miss those days of Eric Davis,Chris Sabo,Larkin,Rijo,Dibble...etc. I can still smell that Autumn night way back in 1990 as a 10 year old when the Reds swept the A's. Some of the best times ever.
+ericradford2142 Me too! I appreciate that coming from a Padre fan. I like the Padre organization. Tony Gwynn is one of my favorite non-Reds. I saw him hit a grand slam in Cincinnati when I was a kid. Great hitter and class act. Not to mention you guys had one of the best closers in the history of the game-- Trevor Hoffman.
1990 Oakland A's roster included all of these talented players: Harold Baines - HOFer Rickey Henderson - HOFer Jose Canseco - 100+ RBIs in 5 of 6 years in Oakland (86-91) Mark McGwire - 500+ HRs in career Willie Randolph - 6x All-Star Willie McGee - .324 BA in 1990 Bob Welch - 27-6 in 1990 Dave Stewart - 4th consecutive year with 20+ wins Dennis Eckersley - HOFer
It won't happen until karma balances back out with the Hit King sitting atop his throne in Cooperstown.... Which sadly means that Pete won't be alive to see it....
No he didn't.. Hal Morris, Randy Myers and Billy Hatcher were acquired after Rose was gone. Davis, Browning, Sabo and O'Neill were in the Reds system BEFORE Rose got there. All Rose did was ruin Mario Soto and Rob Murphy's arms because of his gambling.
From a Louisiana boy that became a Reds fan by watching this special season let me say it was magical. For whatever reason ESPN televised a lot of the Reds games down here this season and anyone with a knack for baseball knew this was a very different team from the previous season. You could feel they were headed for something big. Still my favorite year of baseball hands down. Thanks for posting this Zach!
***** I sure hope so. I think they will be rebuilding for at least the next couple of years and incapable of winning anything. It would be nice to see Votto get a ring. Everything will have to work out just perfectly though.
I've been a reds fan my whole life. Born and raised in Cincinnati. They won this world series a month after I was born. So technically they've won one in my lifetime but i couldn't exactly enjoy it lol. We haven't been competitive since 2013. Who knows how long it will be till we get back to the playoffs. 2012 was our best chance at a championship recently and we blew a 2-0 lead over the giants in a 5 game series with the last 3 games at home. I went to those three games. Game 5 I just got wasted cuz i couldn't believe be blew that series. The giants went on to win it all.
Only five teams have completed wire-to-wire seasons in Major League Baseball, occupying top position of the standings for every day of their season and winning the World Series: the 1927 New York Yankees, 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers, 1984 Detroit Tigers, 1990 Cincinnati Reds and the 2005 Chicago White Sox. (Wikipedia)
1955 Dodgers would leave Brooklyn within 2 years following the 1957 season. They would lose the 1956 WS and miss the playoffs in 1957. 1984 Tigers have not won a WS since 1984 as of 2024. ~ 40 years 1990 Reds have not returned to a WS since 1990 as of 2024. ~ 34 years 2005 White Sox have not returned to a WS since 2005 as of 2024. ~ 19 years Only the 1927 Yankees sustained success or remained a part of their community following their wire-to-wire season.
Reviving this... I worked as a vendor for the '90 season. I was 18, and got to see every home game. One of my best sports memories ever...and that is saying I've held the giant US flag on the field for Opening Day and the All Star game.
Such a memorable summer. Went to Riverfront at least five times that season to watch the Reds. We had another 90 plus win team in 1992, but the Braves were beginning their reign of terror. If only the wildcards were incorporated into the playoffs then!
I was so happy the Reds beat and swept the " mighty" A's in that WS. Besides the Cubs ,,the Reds are my favorite team. I guess because when I was in little league I was on the Reds. We had some pretty cool uniforms for 1979 We had the white pants with the 2 red stripes on the sides and red button jerseys with the Reds logo on the left chest. No mlb baseball teams had solid colored tops at the time,, they were super cool to me!!
Last week, I got the chance to meet Eric Davis, and even though I am a Phillies fan, I remember really enjoying that 1990 postseason - especially the World Series (because I didn't like the A's). He was one of the first guys to get me to take an interest in baseball from somewhere other than the 215 area code.
I Love remembering this series. I had just turned 19 when it started. My grandmother and I would rush through dinner and dishes so we could sit and watch our beloved Reds play in the series. It had been a long time since their last series. We muted the TV and listened to Marty and Joe on 700 WLW out of Cincinnati. Those guys sounded like they were as excited as we were. When Marty made that final call " Benzinger backing and calling... and the 1990 World's Championship belongs to the Cincinnati Reds!!". My grandmother and I hugged as if we had played the game that night. It's an awesome memory I have of an awesome team and an awesome lady. Thanks 1990 Cincinnati Reds. I owe you more than I could ever pay tou.
Thanks for posting this. Brings back a lot of memories. I was a huge fan back in this era. I had the VHS but lost it over time. Nice to revisit the 1990 season. So many awesome games!
Awesome video. Starts off with Randy Myers making a strong, bold statement about what the Reds need to do in order to win and be in 1st place. The narrator messed up, tho, stating the Reds first 8-games were on the road. The Cincinnati REDS ALWAYS start the season at home as the FIRST team in professional baseball (or sports for that matter). Then we get a glimpse of THE most important person on the Reds club...one of only two that was here in 70's and for all THREE World Series Championships.
Thanks for uploading this. Brings back all kinds of memories. When I was 8 years old I had this on VHS and wore out the tape. I must have watched it 500 times.
Dodger fan here. I personally never watched the post-season if the Dodgers didn't make it to the playoffs. But I have to admit, there was something very special about the Reds in the 1990 season. I was 13 and remember watching every game of the NLCS and rooting for the Reds. They had such a great team and was amazed at how they beat the Pirates (w/Bonds, Bonilla, VanSlyke, etc.). I was rooting for them again during every game of the WS. Even though the As were good, I always felt Canseco and McGuire were so overrated and always failed during the post-season. The Reds definitely deserved to win the WS and did an AMAZING JOB! Even thought I am not a Reds fan, I will never forget this incredible 1990's team.
I've been wachting the Reds since I was five (when I started watching mlb) and I love watching this cause now a days the Reds aren't doing much but I still love them and this video so thanks for posting I love baseball ⚾️
He had a great first half in 90 , but was below average for the rest of his career. It's a shame he couldn't maintain that level of performance , the Reds could have made the playoffs in 92 or won in 95 with a first half of 90 Jack performance.
Sweet Lou Piniella did a terrific job managing this club. Great pitching with Jose Rijo as their ace and with the Nasty Boys Norm Charlton, Rob Dibble and Myers, this team was tough to beat, especially when got clutch contributions from Paul O'Neill, Barry Larkin, Chris Sabo, and Mariano Duncan.
Jose Rijo, Eric Davis, Rob Dibble........ Those where my heros when I was 16...... To bad the Bengals got cheated 89 in the Superbowl...... BOMMER ESIASON,,,, ICKY WOODS..... LORD HAVE MERCY
The Reds started 32-12 and then played .500 baseball the rest of the way finishing 91-71. They sure were built for the playoffs as their superb bullpen gave up just 1 earned run in 31 1/3 innings in the postseason.
Does anyone in Cincinnati remember Sabo's old Ford Escort? I think it was yellow? Here's a young man making millions driving an OLDER model Ford Escort. I could just see the parking lot...ferraris, lamboroghinis, mercedes-benzs, and Sabo's Escort. Watching this I cannot help but feel sad. As happy as I was, I feel horrible for Eric The Red Davis not being able to be there in this massive life moment with his teammates. I really wish they had one another one with ED - one of my all-time favorite Reds.
Sabo wasn't making millions , this was just his third year. Iirc , he only played one year after leaving Cincy and signing his biggest contract . Edit : he played four more years and made over a million in 91, 92 , 93 & 94
I remember that team. I started watching and listening to baseball the year before. That 1990 squad was Pete Rose’s team who helped and assembled the greatest Reds team since the Big Red Machine. The only two teams I was worried about playing were the SF Giants and the Pirates. And Marge Schott hit a row deal from the media. Yeah, she said some crazy things yet she was the nicest and most caring lady I ever met. I met her at the Sunoco on Kenwood where she paid for my gas and another fellow I was working with at the time. She was buying cigarettes and decided to help some working folk like us to get home that night as we were paying for gas with quarters. She was long gone before we figured out who had paid for our gas. Some racist. lol. But of course the national media won’t tell you about the countless acts of kindness she performed with the locals or the donations she made to Children’s hospital. None of it ever made the news.
My 1990 Redlegs had what is now referred to as "swag" You can now order this entire video on DVD through the Reds internet store or gift shop at the Reds Hall Of Fame. I just wish my main man Eric Keith Davis was able to enjoy that plane ride home and the celebration. He was still in the hospital in Oakland.
As a Brewers fan, I mean as an old soul person for 1990, I may not be a Reds fan but my goodness the 1990 Cincinnati Reds are very VERY dangerous. I like it.
I knew this team had what it took to win it all when Norm Charlton ran over Mike Socia to score from 1st. That was a special moment. One I will ALWAYS remember! The 1990 Reds were a special group. From Larkin, Davis, O'Neil, right down to to Billy Bates.
What a team these guys were-the bullpen was so good and every player on this team made key plays all season long-Braggs catch was one of the best plays in Reds history and Rijo was just the workhouse you need to win championships-we paid the Pirates back for 1979!!Bob Welch won 27 games that year and Dave Stewart was awesome that year-we beat the two best pitchers in baseball back to back-Oakland were the defending champions and had won 10 straight playoff games before we swept them 4-0!!This team was one for the ages!!The MVP of this team was the whole team they were a team in every sense of the word
***** When we will see another team like this?We were one pitch from sweeping the Giants in 2012 and blew that series I think that was the best team we had since the 1990 team.
79steelymatt I totally agree with man the Reds lost the series in game 3 when my Giants won that third game in extra innings then won the next day then in game 5 when Buster Posey playing the role like Johnny Bench when he hit a grand slami off Mat Latos to win the NLDS.
Brian Davis You guys play until the last out and never give up and get down, that is the sign of a championship team and a great manager and team chemistry-I hate the Dodgers so SF is my third favorite team behind Cincy and Cleveland.That game was hard to swallow but I am glad you guys won that year
Man that was a magical season boys. I was only 10 years old that year and only in my second year of knothole. I learned a lot from this team and would love for my kids to get to watch the reds in another magical year as a kid like got to.
I'd love to go back to 1990 just to relive these Cincinnati sports memories!
Agree, but I'm guessing you weren't around for the BRM. 90's team was the all time Blue Collar WS champ. 75-76 Reds were the greatest teams period.
I'm a Met fan ,I'm from Queens, N.Y. but I say it like it is, 1990 Reds had a crazy squad, baseball ain't the same no more, I miss my childhood watching all these games from the 80's and 90's....
Ditto my man. Was a great time
The NBA has sucked SHIT since the late 90s. It's unwatchable now. No real stars, just a bunch of dudes and Lebron's old ass.
@@elbob17The NBA has zero to do with this video
I've seen this almost 10 times I am a diehard reds fan
Curt cox I watch this every year the night before Opening Day. Go Reds!
i was 12 yrs old the bengals were still good them were the days
Is there a way I can get this in DVD form?
Salute Brethren 🤙 🙏
Curt cox And now the reds suck dick.
My favorite baseball team of all time...the 1990 Cincinnati Reds.
@Jim McCracken Yes sir ...My Poppa loved Johnny Bench when I was very young. So I followed naturally. They were built the same and had the same batting style.
Sat in the 3rd row of the Green seats, behind home plate for WS G-2, I cut up a basketball into a Mr. Red "head helmet", with #44 on the back of it. Sitting in the stands smoking cigars, on my 21st birthday. EASILY top-5 days of my life. And the Nasty Boys were SOOOOO much fun!
Can't believe its been 30 years now since the Reds have been in a World Series
Probably be another 30
@@louskunt2641 Don't be so optimistic. I would say that the Reds return to the WS in 2078. 88 years after their last appearance.
I miss the days of Eric Davis!.....he was awesome!
Yep! My childhood baseball hero.
My childhood heroes were the Big Red Machine, but my young adult-hood hero was Eric the Red, followed up by a tie between Chris Sabo and Rob Dibble. Larkin was no slouch, either.
Eric Theriault if he wasn't hurt all the time he would have been in the Hall of Fame
Eric Theriault Eric the Red was a beast.
i had his rookie card playing video games and eating pizza nintendo
i was just 7, didn't know how to play baseball my dad took me to my first game this season 1990, I was an instant Sabo fan
It seemed like Everyone had a way greater appreciation for Baseball back then. Miss those days.
@MAN UTD soccer is CaCa doo doo
I know Right!!!!
@user-gu4tv4hp6sSoccer sucks.
It was a different time back then though we probably didn't appreciate it at the time. Very very happy to have grown up in the 1980s and 90s.
Dodger fan here. This REDS team had the same type of grit, Blue collar approach as my Dodgers just 2 years before in '88, and when we beat Oakland in 5 games. Both the DODGERS and REDS had great Pitching and won playing great Defense and our fielding was sensational. Edge to the Reds in Fielding but pretty even with pitching. Though I must say while we both disposed of the A's sooner than we ever thought possible, your Reds were were really going to town slugging the bats. Great Reds team.
great comment gibson home run i gonna watch it him limping and hurt
@MrVelosh
As a Reds fan I think the 88 Dodgers had a team that as you said won 2-1, 3-2, 1-0 type games very well adding Gibsons fire along with the Bulldog carrying the staff it put you guys in a position for the upset after Gibsons thrilling HR.
Now the 1990 Reds as you said we had good offense & we had the ace in Jose Rijo but the difference for us was clearly The Nasty Boys Dibble, Charlton, Myers cause games were over after the 5th inning when the Reds had the lead.
One of the greatest years of my life!!! My dad and I went to 8 games that season. The best!!!
Do you remember how many of the 8 games were won by the Reds that you went to?
@@ace942 they won 6 of them. Lost to the braves and pirates
@@jeremylewellen Thanks for letting me know.
44 will always be the coolest Red of all time.
All-world talent; all-world character
coolest batting stance ever
11
@@captmorgan2063 Without question.
Aristides Aquino
I was there for game 1. 1990 was a great year to go to the ballpark here in Cincinnati.
What makes this team different than most is heart and personality. So many of the players today seem so similar. On just one team the Reds had the Nasty Boys, Davis, Larkin, and Sabo. Talk about unique individuals!
All season I do think Barry was the heartbeat of the team. I think he was the best all around short stop of his generation. Ozzie Smith may have been a better fielder, but when the game was on the line I would want Larkin at the plate. Larkin was a very good fielder in his own right as well.
I just finished watching this whole damn thing at 3:22am on July 4th, 2020! God Bless America and God Bless those Cincinnati Reds!
Thank you for adding this video. I'm from Cincinnati, and I was 12 years old at the time. I will never forget that season. Davis, Hatcher, Larkin and the Nasty Boys. Greatest group of underachievers I've ever seen.
I was 10 & turned 11 month & half after the World Series.
Great memories
Happened right @ that time when I was getting to the age that it mattered and the same yr my UNLV Runnin Rebels Won The NCAA NATiONAL CHAMPIONSHiP That same yr.
Overachievers you mean? They were good, but Barry was the only one who was great after this series. Davis always got hurt after this and even Barry got hurt a lot, but he won an MVP after this.
@@ethanweeter2732 Paul O'Neil would like a word
Barry Larkin was my guy! Played short and wore #11 growing up because of him
same here brother
back when they played for one team only
Now isn’t that heartwarming
Sabo was awesome, he would be a superstar if he was playing now.
He was on steroids
@pnotuner1
Said no one ever
I wore this tape out as a kid. This is glorious. Thank you.
After this disaster of a weekend for Cincinnati sports I needed to watch this again.
My faborite season. 1990. Reds win it all, I was palying baseball at Ironton St. Joe High School.
The Reds are one of the few teams whom I think their old uniforms are better than their current ones.
1911forever I agree. their current ones do look a lot like these unis here..just a little modernized. I hated the pinstrips
Upon being swept four-games-to-none by the Reds, the A’s still contended that they were the best team in baseball. Radio host Don Imus remarked on-air, “Well, the best team in baseball just got handed an old-fashioned ass whooping.”
Thats right don. Imus in the morning wfan.
Nostalgia.. How the hell did I find this lol I used to watch this over and over on VHS when I was 14/15 and totally forgot about it.. Almost 43 now 😭
This was a truly great and dynamic team. Go Reds!!!
Yes it was!!!!
Had this on VHS as a kid. Watched it religiously!
I was at game 5 in Pittsburgh up high in the right field seats. I distinctively remember the sound Billy Hatcher made while crashing into the wall and Davis scooping up the carom and throwing a seed to Sabo to nail Bobby Bo. Still the only MLB playoff game I've ever been to.
W. Dearth ------> well you picked an awesome on.... Hatcher went for it and got smashed, lucky he didn't tear a labrum. it was a one-bounce beauty.
that throw by eric davis was one of the greatest throws i ever seen by an outfielder in a clutch spot
That’s A Great 1 to make and A GREAT Play to get to see.
Very Nice 👍
I still haven’t made A Playoff Game yet but I will make A REDS Playoff - World Series Game.
@@CSDonohue11 Our seats were so bad I couldn't even see Hatcher crashing into the wall, just heard it. I saw the ball bounce and Davis running over to scoop it up and the rest is history. 14 years old at the time. What a time to be alive lol
I was 19 years old back then. I’m 53 now and I remember it like it was yesterday! Love our Reds
I will never forget that team and the best thing about it was that other than Jose Rijo, Randy Myers and maybe a couple other guys......that roster was all home grown players....Paul O'Neil, Charlton, Dibble, Larkin, Eric Davis, Sabo, Joe Oliver, and others all drafted/ signed and developed by the Reds.
1990 is the first year I can remember watching any sports. I was 10 and living in KY I was a Reds fan. That 90 team was a complete team and they were clutch. Great defense,great pitching and great hitting. I miss those days of Eric Davis,Chris Sabo,Larkin,Rijo,Dibble...etc. I can still smell that Autumn night way back in 1990 as a 10 year old when the Reds swept the A's. Some of the best times ever.
There will come a day when glory returns to cincinnati. This coming from a long suffering San Diego sports fan.
I hope so the 90 Reds were my childhood team now I'm forced to watch miserable baseball as a Reds fan. Time to change the front office.
+ericradford2142 Me too! I appreciate that coming from a Padre fan. I like the Padre organization. Tony Gwynn is one of my favorite non-Reds. I saw him hit a grand slam in Cincinnati when I was a kid. Great hitter and class act. Not to mention you guys had one of the best closers in the history of the game-- Trevor Hoffman.
ericradford2142 we did win the division in '10 & '12
We can all unite in our love for Bip Roberts
Let's hope your right
My favorite single play that season was Norm Charlton running over Mike Scioscia.
I’m liking 44 ED throw in the playoffs gibbing out Bobby Bo @ 3B after Hatcher made A GREAT Attempt on the catch.
@@CSDonohue11 Eric Davis was one of my favorite players. If he only could have stayed healthy.
There isn't many pitchers who woulda did the same
1990
what a year
memories
Amazing how they not only beat Oakland but swept them. That series win was right up there with the greatest upsets ever.
1990 Oakland A's roster included all of these talented players:
Harold Baines
- HOFer
Rickey Henderson
- HOFer
Jose Canseco
- 100+ RBIs in 5 of 6 years in Oakland (86-91)
Mark McGwire
- 500+ HRs in career
Willie Randolph
- 6x All-Star
Willie McGee
- .324 BA in 1990
Bob Welch
- 27-6 in 1990
Dave Stewart
- 4th consecutive year with 20+ wins
Dennis Eckersley
- HOFer
You’re right about that!!!!
I wouldn’t call it an upset at all. The A’s always underachieved in the postseason outside of ‘89
This makes me happy to watch. I was 3 years old when this happened. God I wish I could see the Reds win a World Series soon.
Brad Deters We will.
I wasn't even born so I'm waiting with u
It won't happen until karma balances back out with the Hit King sitting atop his throne in Cooperstown.... Which sadly means that Pete won't be alive to see it....
Thank Pete Rose for this team he built it. Lou said that himself.
He's wrong.
Heel Charisma
I’m sure Lou Pinella was wrong.
MANCHESTER UNITED
No it won’t. It’s too lame and whimpy.
No he didn't.. Hal Morris, Randy Myers and Billy Hatcher were acquired after Rose was gone. Davis, Browning, Sabo and O'Neill were in the Reds system BEFORE Rose got there. All Rose did was ruin Mario Soto and Rob Murphy's arms because of his gambling.
@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C soccer blows
From a Louisiana boy that became a Reds fan by watching this special season let me say it was magical. For whatever reason ESPN televised a lot of the Reds games down here this season and anyone with a knack for baseball knew this was a very different team from the previous season. You could feel they were headed for something big. Still my favorite year of baseball hands down. Thanks for posting this Zach!
Possibly the most solid team to win The WS.
I agree !!
man I remember this very well! I was 9 when I watched this and remember every game!
+Ricky Taylor Jr Me too! I was the same age!
***** At least you experienced the great, if not disappointing, 1999 season!
***** I sure hope so. I think they will be rebuilding for at least the next couple of years and incapable of winning anything. It would be nice to see Votto get a ring. Everything will have to work out just perfectly though.
Same I was 10.
Who would have thought with such a Great team like this that they wouldn’t be back @ least in the 90’s but now we’re talking 30 years.
Pinella was a good manager. Too bad the Reds couldn't keep him in Cincinnati. Hatcher was unbelievable in the WS. Great team.
Hatcher was very clutch in Houston also
Why couldn't the Reds keep him there? They haven't had a guy like him since :(
I watched this everyday as a kid on VHS loves it
This music is terrific
@Jim McCracken It's awesomely terrible 80s "corporate inspirational".
So Great.
Almost reminds me of my NES
You’re right about that!!!!
I've been a reds fan my whole life. Born and raised in Cincinnati. They won this world series a month after I was born. So technically they've won one in my lifetime but i couldn't exactly enjoy it lol. We haven't been competitive since 2013. Who knows how long it will be till we get back to the playoffs. 2012 was our best chance at a championship recently and we blew a 2-0 lead over the giants in a 5 game series with the last 3 games at home. I went to those three games. Game 5 I just got wasted cuz i couldn't believe be blew that series. The giants went on to win it all.
Only five teams have completed wire-to-wire seasons in Major League Baseball, occupying top position of the standings for every day of their season and winning the World Series: the 1927 New York Yankees, 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers, 1984 Detroit Tigers, 1990 Cincinnati Reds and the 2005 Chicago White Sox. (Wikipedia)
1955 Dodgers would leave Brooklyn within 2 years following the 1957 season. They would lose the 1956 WS and miss the playoffs in 1957.
1984 Tigers have not won a WS since 1984 as of 2024. ~ 40 years
1990 Reds have not returned to a WS since 1990 as of 2024. ~ 34 years
2005 White Sox have not returned to a WS since 2005 as of 2024. ~ 19 years
Only the 1927 Yankees sustained success or remained a part of their community following their wire-to-wire season.
Reviving this...
I worked as a vendor for the '90 season. I was 18, and got to see every home game. One of my best sports memories ever...and that is saying I've held the giant US flag on the field for Opening Day and the All Star game.
Pete Thorman your lucky you've got to experience a championship in my lifetime the bengals and the Reds have sucked😂
Such a memorable summer. Went to Riverfront at least five times that season to watch the Reds. We had another 90 plus win team in 1992, but the Braves were beginning their reign of terror. If only the wildcards were incorporated into the playoffs then!
Old domes, goggles instead of contacts, Astros in the NL - love the 90s.
I had this on VHS when I was a kid. I've watched it at least 50 times.
I was so happy the Reds beat and swept the " mighty" A's in that WS. Besides the Cubs ,,the Reds are my favorite team. I guess because when I was in little league I was on the Reds. We had some pretty cool uniforms for 1979 We had the white pants with the 2 red stripes on the sides and red button jerseys with the Reds logo on the left chest. No mlb baseball teams had solid colored tops at the time,, they were super cool to me!!
They
I love the music!
Last week, I got the chance to meet Eric Davis, and even though I am a Phillies fan, I remember really enjoying that 1990 postseason - especially the World Series (because I didn't like the A's).
He was one of the first guys to get me to take an interest in baseball from somewhere other than the 215 area code.
I Love remembering this series. I had just turned 19 when it started. My grandmother and I would rush through dinner and dishes so we could sit and watch our beloved Reds play in the series. It had been a long time since their last series.
We muted the TV and listened to Marty and Joe on 700 WLW out of Cincinnati. Those guys sounded like they were as excited as we were.
When Marty made that final call " Benzinger backing and calling... and the 1990 World's Championship belongs to the Cincinnati Reds!!". My grandmother and I hugged as if we had played the game that night.
It's an awesome memory I have of an awesome team and an awesome lady. Thanks 1990 Cincinnati Reds. I owe you more than I could ever pay tou.
Thanks for posting this. Brings back a lot of memories. I was a huge fan back in this era. I had the VHS but lost it over time. Nice to revisit the 1990 season. So many awesome games!
It's coming back to Cincinnati soon
Soon.
Loved watching this. As a diehard fan of the Reds, I can only hope the 2015 team will be as good as the 1990 champs.
Cincy Fan Zone not with the type of pitching we have
No matter how often I see Marge Schott's image, I will always hear Billy West's voice in my ears.
Most of these guys had the best season of their career in 1990 and that is why they won it all!
I had the chance to meet Chris Sabo and play whiffle ball with him when I was 12. Amazing experience. Always been a Reds fan. Always will be..
Since baseball season is postponed due to Corona virus I'm watching this I'm having baseball withdrawals
my VHS got ruined over the years :( :( :( thanks so much!!!!!! this is probably one of my favorite things to watch ever!!!!!!!!
Awesome video. Starts off with Randy Myers making a strong, bold statement about what the Reds need to do in order to win and be in 1st place. The narrator messed up, tho, stating the Reds first 8-games were on the road. The Cincinnati REDS ALWAYS start the season at home as the FIRST team in professional baseball (or sports for that matter). Then we get a glimpse of THE most important person on the Reds club...one of only two that was here in 70's and for all THREE World Series Championships.
I forget why - maybe weather - but the Reds DID open up in Houston. You can look it up.
Great Memories of a great baseball team!!
would have won 100 games if they didnt slump in july
You’re right about that!!!!
Well I’m sure a lot of teams in different years could say that. If you’re not a 100 win team then you’re not. What matters is Oct
The grey away jerseys we wore this year are my favorite Reds jerseys ever.
Jesus this is so 90s it’s perfect
The Reds Victory in the World Series is One of the Biggest Upsets in World Series History, period!!!
What exactly does “period” mean?
Thanks for uploading this. Brings back all kinds of memories. When I was 8 years old I had this on VHS and wore out the tape. I must have watched it 500 times.
Hyperbole
Marty and Joe.. Riverfront stadium..this team..oh man those were great times! 😍😌
I miss Riverfront and those uniforms. Reminds me of the '70's.
Dodger fan here. I personally never watched the post-season if the Dodgers didn't make it to the playoffs. But I have to admit, there was something very special about the Reds in the 1990 season. I was 13 and remember watching every game of the NLCS and rooting for the Reds. They had such a great team and was amazed at how they beat the Pirates (w/Bonds, Bonilla, VanSlyke, etc.). I was rooting for them again during every game of the WS. Even though the As were good, I always felt Canseco and McGuire were so overrated and always failed during the post-season. The Reds definitely deserved to win the WS and did an AMAZING JOB! Even thought I am not a Reds fan, I will never forget this incredible 1990's team.
I've been wachting the Reds since I was five (when I started watching mlb) and I love watching this cause now a days the Reds aren't doing much but I still love them and this video so thanks for posting I love baseball ⚾️
When I was a kid playing ball in Dayton my friends and I would watch this at the beginning of every season to get us fired up to play.
As a Pirates fan, the Reds were the first team to break my heart.
Marge Schott: The only blight on the record of this team.
Jack Armstrong was definitely the most unheralded player on this team. Great pitcher.
He had a great first half in 90 , but was below average for the rest of his career.
It's a shame he couldn't maintain that level of performance , the Reds could have made the playoffs in 92 or won in 95 with a first half of 90 Jack performance.
98mph is easily 100-101nph on the stadium guns now days.
Dibbs was bringing SMOKE ⚾️ 💨
Sweet Lou Piniella did a terrific job managing this club. Great pitching with Jose Rijo as their ace and with the Nasty Boys Norm Charlton, Rob Dibble and Myers, this team was tough to beat, especially when got clutch contributions from Paul O'Neill, Barry Larkin, Chris Sabo, and Mariano Duncan.
remember Big O'Neill basically won game 2 by himself & the team took off from there
Jose Rijo, Eric Davis, Rob Dibble........ Those where my heros when I was 16...... To bad the Bengals got cheated 89 in the Superbowl...... BOMMER ESIASON,,,, ICKY WOODS..... LORD HAVE MERCY
What’s so cool about the Reds is a lot of their legends are homegrown from Cincinnati.
Rose,Larkin,Griffey
The Reds started 32-12 and then played .500 baseball the rest of the way finishing 91-71. They sure were built for the playoffs as their superb bullpen gave up just 1 earned run in 31 1/3 innings in the postseason.
Does anyone in Cincinnati remember Sabo's old Ford Escort? I think it was yellow? Here's a young man making millions driving an OLDER model Ford Escort. I could just see the parking lot...ferraris, lamboroghinis, mercedes-benzs, and Sabo's Escort.
Watching this I cannot help but feel sad. As happy as I was, I feel horrible for Eric The Red Davis not being able to be there in this massive life moment with his teammates. I really wish they had one another one with ED - one of my all-time favorite Reds.
Sabo wasn't making millions , this was just his third year.
Iirc , he only played one year after leaving Cincy and signing his biggest contract .
Edit : he played four more years and made over a million in 91, 92 , 93 & 94
I remember that team. I started watching and listening to baseball the year before. That 1990 squad was Pete Rose’s team who helped and assembled the greatest Reds team since the Big Red Machine. The only two teams I was worried about playing were the SF Giants and the Pirates. And Marge Schott hit a row deal from the media. Yeah, she said some crazy things yet she was the nicest and most caring lady I ever met. I met her at the Sunoco on Kenwood where she paid for my gas and another fellow I was working with at the time. She was buying cigarettes and decided to help some working folk like us to get home that night as we were paying for gas with quarters. She was long gone before we figured out who had paid for our gas. Some racist. lol. But of course the national media won’t tell you about the countless acts of kindness she performed with the locals or the donations she made to Children’s hospital. None of it ever made the news.
Who would have thought after a season like that we wouldn’t be back in the 90’s @ least but now it’s been 30years. Sheesh
This season was the year I was born. Mariners fan because of Ken Griffey Jr and a fan of the reds cause he went there in 2000
My 1990 Redlegs had what is now referred to as "swag"
You can now order this entire video on DVD through the Reds internet store or gift shop at the Reds Hall Of Fame.
I just wish my main man Eric Keith Davis was able to enjoy that plane ride home and the celebration. He was still in the hospital in Oakland.
Real talk
The A's never scored after the 3rd, in any of the four games
Yes, now that you mentioned it!!!!!
As a Brewers fan, I mean as an old soul person for 1990, I may not be a Reds fan but my goodness the 1990 Cincinnati Reds are very VERY dangerous.
I like it.
1990 Cincinnati Reds World Series Champions
That LCS was one if the most exciting in history.
Yes it was David!!!!
Big O'Neill dominated game2 I heard he could of been mvp of the series
I knew this team had what it took to win it all when Norm Charlton ran over Mike Socia to score from 1st. That was a special moment. One I will ALWAYS remember! The 1990 Reds were a special group. From Larkin, Davis, O'Neil, right down to to Billy Bates.
1990 The Year Before The Atlanta Braves Starting Their Division Titles Run
I love some of the footage of old Riverfront Stadium. Always thought it looked so iconic.
A paint-by-numbers-concrete-dump like Three Rivers and the Vet.
@@fmaren opinions vary.
My favorite team always
The music that's played at the 55:45 mark is "Reaching Out" by Richard Myhill.
02:53 if there weren't any captions i would've guessed rob dibble and rick vaughn fr major league
I went to a spring training game in Florida that year and remember saying , who's that Sabo guy , ha ha Spuds was awesome .
What a team these guys were-the bullpen was so good and every player on this team made key plays all season long-Braggs catch was one of the best plays in Reds history and Rijo was just the workhouse you need to win championships-we paid the Pirates back for 1979!!Bob Welch won 27 games that year and Dave Stewart was awesome that year-we beat the two best pitchers in baseball back to back-Oakland were the defending champions and had won 10 straight playoff games before we swept them 4-0!!This team was one for the ages!!The MVP of this team was the whole team they were a team in every sense of the word
One of the Best Cincinnati Reds teams in History, period!!!!
Defines a machine. A Big Red one.
***** When we will see another team like this?We were one pitch from sweeping the Giants in 2012 and blew that series I think that was the best team we had since the 1990 team.
79steelymatt I totally agree with man the Reds lost the series in game 3 when my Giants won that third game in extra innings then won the next day then in game 5 when Buster Posey playing the role like Johnny Bench when he hit a grand slami off Mat Latos to win the NLDS.
Brian Davis You guys play until the last out and never give up and get down, that is the sign of a championship team and a great manager and team chemistry-I hate the Dodgers so SF is my third favorite team behind Cincy and Cleveland.That game was hard to swallow but I am glad you guys won that year
Man that was a magical season boys. I was only 10 years old that year and only in my second year of knothole. I learned a lot from this team and would love for my kids to get to watch the reds in another magical year as a kid like got to.
Great video!!
The red machine , love them