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.
- Cincinnati Enquirer
The New York Times - Bestseller Award-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 “Big Red Machine,” 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 “Charlie Hustle” Pete Rose himself - The Machine is a wild ride with one of the greatest baseball teams in the history of the American Pastime. “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.” - The Washington Times
“A fun, engaging, and fascinating look at one of baseball’s all-time great teams.” - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“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.” - New York Post
“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.” - Augusta Chronicle (Georgia)