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While the Reds did make the World Series in 1970 on the strength of guys like Rose, Bench and Perez, they did lose to the Baltimore Orioles, perhaps THE dominant team in the Majors at the time.
But once they acquired the speedy AND powerful Joe Morgan from the Houston Astros, it took them to a new level, and by 1975 and 1976 Cincinnati found themselves at the center of the baseball world with back-to-back World Series wins against the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.
Morgan was portrayed as a Houston Astro when the 1972 Topps set came out, with a last series “Traded” card showing him as a Reds player (why no Lee May?).
This would go on to write some serious baseball history, with Morgan taking home the National League MVP Award in 1975 and 1976, and eventually leading to a Hall of Fame induction in 1990 as one of the greatest second basemen in the games long history.
Here you go Tony!
