{"product_id":"my-big-red-machine-the-tales-drama-and-revelations-of-a-fan-turned-journalist-covering-baseballs-greatest-team-the-tales-drama-and-revelations-paperback","title":"My Big Red Machine: The Tales, Drama, And Revelations Of A Fan Turned Journalist Covering Baseball's Greatest Team: The Tales, Drama, And Revelations - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTerence Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the 50th anniversary for the first of the back-to-back World Series titles for Major League Baseball's storied Big Red Machine, and out of all the books written about those Cincinnati Reds teams of the 1970s, this is the most unique. It is filled with great storytelling through vivid writing. It involves Terence Moore who pulled a rarity. He went from living and dying with his sports heroes as a youth to dealing with them up close and personal on a regular basis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey say you should never meet your heroes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTerence did . . . and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot only that, but Terence built a lifetime bond with several of them while becoming an award-winning journalist and a Baseball Hall of Fame voter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTerence began hugging those Reds as a fan during the late 1960s, and he continued into the 1970s. Then on May 7, 1978, he graduated from Miami (Ohio) University, located 35 miles north of Cincinnati, and a week later, he became a professional sports journalist for The Cincinnati Enquirer. He often was assigned by the paper to write about those Reds. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTerence had to learn in a flash how to control his awe around a clubhouse filled with perennial All-Stars and future Baseball Hall of Famers. Since newspapers still were in their heyday during the Big Red Machine's era, he also had to find ways to survive and to prosper in that massive and competitive media environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat was despite two things: (1) Terence usually was the youngest writer by far consistently around those Reds, and (2) he was the first full-time African American sportswriter ever to work for a major metropolitan paper in the region. In fact, he was one of just two African Americans in the country writing about baseball on a consistent basis in that capacity, and he gives fascinating details on his Jackie Robinson role.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 262\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 16, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978301210925,"sku":"9798999371102","price":27.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/Ps4zXTaV1p9798999371102.webp?v=1775801528","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/my-big-red-machine-the-tales-drama-and-revelations-of-a-fan-turned-journalist-covering-baseballs-greatest-team-the-tales-drama-and-revelations-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}