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Alright, the suspense is killing me. For those of you who are visiting for the first time, Brian over at Tigerblog and I have been debating which was Sparky Anderson’s best team, the 1975 Reds or the 1984 Tigers. Step one has been going position by position, and whoever wins the spot gets a point. Pretty simple.

While I initially thought the answer was obvious and that the 1975 Reds would destroy the 1984 Tigers, it’s gotten a little closer then I initially thought. As it stands, we’ve gone through all the position players and all the starting pitchers. And after all that, we stand DEAD EVEN at 6 a piece.

So as we go into the homestretch, I wanted to give the new readers a chance to easily go through what has transpired over the last few months. Here’s the rundown (By clicking on the player’s name, it will take you to that player’s writeup).

Catcher - Johnny Bench beats Lance Parrish (Reds 1, Tigers 0)
First Base - Tony Perez beats Dave Bergman (Reds 2, Tigers 0)
Second Base - Joe Morgan beats Lou Whitaker (Reds 3, Tigers 0)
Third Base - Pete Rose vs. Howard Johnson (Reds 4, Tigers 0)
Shortstop - Dave Concepcion vs. Alan Trammell (Reds 4, Tigers 1)
Left Field - George Foster vs. Larry Herndon (Reds 5, Tigers 1)

This is where the wheels begin to fall off the wagon:

Centerfield - Cesar Geronimo vs. Chet Lemon (Reds 5, Tigers 2)
Rightfield - Ken Griffey vs. Kirk Gibson (Reds 5, Tigers 3)
SP1 - Gary Nolan vs. Jack Morris (Reds 5, Tigers 4)
SP2 - Don Gullett vs. Dan Petry (Reds 6, Tigers 4)
SP3 - Jack Billingham vs. Milt Wilcox (Reds 6, Tigers 5)
SP4 - Fred Norman vs. Juan Berenguer (Reds 6, Tigers 6)

So the Tigers have won five of the last six, and I figure we have three more to go. Once we’re done, the final battle will take place over at an upcoming site, Simulation Baseball. There we’ll run a few simulations using Diamond Mind Baseball to determine once and for all who reigns supreme.

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