He gave him a great tribute.

In eight days it will be 50 years since his death.

Wow, 50 years.

Joe Christopher
Bennie Daniels
ElRoy Face
Dick Groat
Vern Law
Bill Mazeroski
Roman Mejias
Bob Oldis
Bob Skinner

I became a fan a few years later, but that was a heck of a team.

Went to a handful of games back then at Riverfront Stadium.

What a team; Rose, Bench, Morgan, Perez, Foster, Concepcion, Gullett, Bellingham, Borbon, Carroll, Grimsley, Geronimo, Griffey. List goes on and on.

Looked up the 73 season on wikipedia and they mentioned a doubleheader that I went to with my dad.

"The Reds were still in a slump when they met the Dodgers for a July 1, doubleheader in Cincinnati. The Reds were 39–37 and trailed the Dodgers (51–27) by 11 games. Just as they had done 12 years earlier, the Reds swept the Dodgers in a doubleheader to jumpstart their pennant hopes. In Game 1, Cincinnati's third-string catcher, Hal King, belted a game-winning, three-run home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning off Don Sutton to give the Reds a 4–3 victory. In Game 2, Tony Pérez singled in the game-winner off knuckleball specialist Charlie Hough in the bottom of the 10th as the Reds won 3–2. The doubleheader sweep was part of a stretch where Cincinnati won 10 of 11 games and by July 10, had cut the Dodgers' lead to 4½ games".

Now I have zero interest in baseball.

I loved the competition regardless of the teams. Lots of respect for the opposing teams. No interest now.

everything looked easy for him. He was a man right out of high school. pretty rare.

The Dodgers and Giants were tied when Morgan came to the plate. I remember Dodgers fans being really loud all game. But Morgan's three-run home run was the blow that won the game and shut them up. I would have loved to have seen Tommy Lasorda when he hit that.

Here's the call by the great Vin Skully.