April 29, 201016 yr Now there's something I can relate with. I especially don't like Ohio drivers! :lol: Amen.
April 29, 201016 yr I'd be interested to hear what you consider "dominant". From what I understand, the Big Red Machine consists of the 1970 through 1976 teams. During that period, the Reds won 604 games & lost 360, including 1971 when they went 79-83. Over that 7 year span, they won games at slightly over a 60% rate. If you take away the '71 season, their winning % was 62.66, including 3 seasons of 100+ wins. They also won the division 5 times, including 4 NL pennants and 2 World Series. On average, they won about 98 games per season. They are the only NL team in the last 75 years to win back-to-back World Championships, and the last NL team to do it since 1921 & 1922. They were slightly better than the Oakland A's teams from 1988-92, which won exactly 60% of those games. The A's won a World title, lost two (one to the Reds in an upset), and lost in the ALCS. They won four division titles in five years. Not sure why if the Big Red Machine was so dominant and put up slightly better numbers than the Bash Brothers, why the two aren't compared more. Big Red Machine overrated? Bash Brothers underrated?
April 29, 201016 yr How can anyone hate the Reds? They haven't been good this decade and their fans (myself included) know it.
April 29, 201016 yr I think a lot of it has to do with Joe Morgan and his constant on air comparisons to the Big Red Machine, maybe not as dominant a team as some think. Should have won more than two World Series. Another thing. I think most of the U.S. just don't like people from Ohio. Might explain how the Reds and Indians make up the top three. Other Reds factors to consider... Pete Rose Marty Brennaman Marge Schott Joe Morgan Interesting List. Amazing the Mets aren't higher Him more than the others. Marge would be a distant second
April 29, 201016 yr How can someone not like Marty? I'm a Reds fan & I don't care for Marty. He's better than Thom, though.
April 30, 201016 yr I think this study is deceiving. It says it used an internet algorithm that picked up on any negative posting, searching, etc. So this could be driven by frustrated reds fans posting things like "the Reds stink" etc.
April 30, 201016 yr I agree...has to be Yankees and Red Sox, right? Looking at the top of the list 'most hated' leads me to believe that this poll is pretty bogus IMHO. I cannot believe this was a national poll and have a hard time giving it much merit.
April 30, 201016 yr The poll was flawed. It measured whether a person had a positive or negative feeling regarding different teams. So as a Reds fan, you may be angry, which is considered by this poll to be a negative feeling, thus dislike.
April 30, 201016 yr :lol: Can you blame them? Only reason Kentucky doesn't slide into Tennessee is because Ohio sucks, everyone knows that.
April 30, 201016 yr Only reason Kentucky doesn't slide into Tennessee is because Ohio sucks, everyone knows that. Heard the same joke regarding Texas not sliding into the gulf of Mexico.
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