Twenty years ago the Cincinnati Reds won their fifth World Series beating Tony La Russa's Oakland Athletics in a four game sweep. WhackReds.com is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Reds' last World Championship, and the 2010 season, by dissecting each aspect of the respective teams. Enjoy this twelve-part assesment of your 2010 Cincinnati Reds.
 

3B: CHRIS SABO/SCOTT ROLEN

Chris Sabo and Scott Rolen combined for eight All-Star games, seven gold gloves, two World Series Championships, and both won Rookie of the Year Awards. Scott Rolen began his career in 1996, while Chris Sabo ended his the same year. Since 1996 the Reds have had a multitude of players man the hot corner. Sabo and Rolen may be two of the more established athlete's to occupy the position in recent years. Barry Switzer once said, “Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple." As we examine each player respectively, we reveal how most would agree Sabo and Rolen belong on third base.

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3.20.10
BY: MEH
2B: MARIANO DUNCAN/BRANDON PHILLIPS

Hall of Famer Bid McPhee played 2,129 total games at second base for the Cincinnati Reds. He accomplished this playing during all of the Reds' first eighteen seasons as a professional baseball team (1882-'99), acquiring more games at second base than any other player in franchise history. Ron Oester is second on the list playing 1,171 games at the position while Hall of Famer Joe Morgan is third with 1,116. Mario Duncan played 189 games at second base for the Reds during his career and Brandon Phillips has played there 595 times for the Reds going into the 2010 season. Duncan and Phillips have attained 784 combined starts at the position.

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3.8.10
BY: MEH
1B: JOEY VOTTO/HAL MORRIS

First base this season is owned by Joey Votto, but before the 1990 season began the Reds had two players fighting for the position. Hal Morris and Todd Benzinger went into Spring Training 1990, both having the same intentions to start the season at first base. Benzinger got the nod, but during the regular season they split the time at first virtually in half (Benzinger started 82 games at first and 8 in the outfield while Morris started 80 games at first and 6 in the outfield). Both Benzinger and Morris helped propel Cincinnati to the post-season in 1990, but due to Morris' longevity with the Reds, career accomplishments, and flat out awesome haircut, we're marking him down as the the 1990 Reds first baseman.

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2010 ARCHIVES:
OCTOBER 2010 (1-30)
SEPTEMBER 2010 (1-14) (15-30)
AUGUST 2010 (1-14) (15-31)
JULY 2010 (1-14) (15-31)
JUNE 2010 (1-14) (15-30)
MAY 2010 (1-14) (15-31)
APRIL 2010 (1-14) (15-30)
MARCH 2010  (1-14)  (15-31)
FEBRUARY 2010 (1-28)