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Riverfront Stadium, which opened in 1970, hosted the greatest team in Cincinnati Reds baseball history. In fact, the Big Red Machine was one of the greatest teams in all of Major League baseball history. Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Pete Rose and company won two World Series championships, four National League pennants, and made six post-season appearances in a single decade. Riverfront Stadium: Home of the Big Red Machine captures all of the glory of the 1970s, as well as other legendary moments in the ballparks 32-year history, with nearly 200 classic photographs and narrative that brings the authors knowledge of baseball and love for the game to every page.
About the author
Mike Shannon is the founder and editor-in-chief of Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine and a longtime columnist of Reds Report. He is the author of nine baseball books, including Diamond Classics: Essays on 100 of the Best Baseball Books Ever Published; Baseball: The Writers' Game; and Tales from the Dugout: The Greatest True Baseball Stories Ever Told. He lives in Cincinnati with his wife, Kathy, and their children-Meg, Casey, Mickey, Babe, and Nolan Ryan Shannon.
