The BIG RED MACHINE players were going to be there in honor of Joe Morgan. It would have been nice to see the starting 8 on the field.
After the game, last night, the "Great Eight" were each introduced and went out to their positions (well, the outfielders were located in their positions but just outside the infield). What was neat was that the Reds brass dubbed in Paul Sommerkamp's voice (the Public Address announcer of that era) after each player's accomplishments were noted. For example, after the current Public Adddress announcer proclaimed some highlights for each player's career, you would hear Sommerkamp's voice saying, "Now batting, Number 14, Pete Rose...Rose." Man, did that bring back a lot of memories of some good times at Riverfront Stadium during those two glorious years of 1975-1976!