Throwback Madness: Round 1/Game 4

Oct 17 2019 by Red Reporter

 
A picture from neither 1936 nor 1939, but close. | Photo by Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images

An intra-decade battle!

Team: 1939

Seed: 4

Record: 97-57, finished 1st in 8-team National League, lost World Series to Yankees in four games.

Did this team matter?: You betcha. Not only did the Reds win the pennant, they set the stage for the franchise’s second world championship the following year.

Performances to remember: I don’t know how to quantify this, or how even to...

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