The Boston Red Sox have to like what they have seen from Wilyer Abreu at the plate lately.

Cincinnati's Big Red Machine of the 1970s had a would-be priest in the outfield, a football legend on the mound and a nepo baby at third base.

Cincinnati's Big Red Machine of the 1970s had a would-be priest in the outfield, a football legend on the mound and a nepo baby at third base.

"Oh, that." That. The Big Red Machine. They still remember. They’ll probably never forget. No matter where they grew up watching baseball. And 50 years later, as nearly all of the surviving members ...

The Big Red Machine was more than just a collection of Hall of Fame players and a great team. They were rock stars, a cultural phenomenon.