A CUP of JOE in the SHOW Report...RETRO Act #1....NORM, RANDY, and DIBBS on the OHIO...aka the "NASTY BOYS" #1990WorldChamps #RedLegsBiz

We all remember...well at least some of us that have been following the Show for years...the Big Red Machine in the 70s...the Cincinnati Reds of Riverfront Stadium on the Ohio and them 2 Chips and dominance in the 1970s.

Well the Reds wouldn't return again until the 1990 Reds won the NL Pennant and beat those Tony LaRussa led Swingin' A's known in the late 80s and early 90s as the Bash Brothers. A lot of naysayers said the REDS had no shot beating the likes of Dave Stewart, Mark McGwire, Jose Conseco, Dave Henderson, Dennis Eckersley, and UNC All-American SS Walt Weiss among others.

The Reds pulled it off and if they had any shot everyone was thinking starters RHP Jose Rijos and LHP Tom Browning with RHP Jack Armstrong somewhere in the middle of both. They would have to start at least twice and go deep into the ball games to get to that Pen called...the Nasty Boys.

The Nasty Boys didn't get their name from how much they played and joked around in the Clubhouse or off the field. They got the nicknames from their Amazing Arms they all had and their Grade A Stuff from Norms' Slide Piece, to Dibb's Electric Super Train (fastball) from Europe, to that nasty Myers' Splitfinger normally at the end of the ball game.

The Nasty Boys consists 3 relief pitchers...Set-Up Men LHP Norm Charlton and RHP Rob Dibble aka Dibbs, and Closer Extraordinaire LHP Randy Myers. They all brought different things to Work but when they got that call from 60'6" to put out all those fires...they did it at an amazing success rate.

Nasty Boys Arsenal

Closer - LHP Myers: the Split Finger was his out pitch but had great movement on his Express and Slur (Slider/Curve mixed)....also could change speeds well

Middle Relief/ Set-Up LHP Charlton: Arguably the best stuff on the staff and unfortunately the most arm trouble to boot. Had 4 Pitches he could throw at anytime in the count...Express, Local (curveball), Slide Piece, and his out pitch a Cut Fastball.

Middle/Set-up/Emergency Closer RHP Rob Dibble: A throwback...just Nasty disposition...I am going to get you off the plate with this Heater 95+...then I am coming with the Heaters and Express upwards of 99 mph+...hit it if you can.  Sometimes wild but when he was locating that Express...the letter F was soon after on the scoreboard.

The Reds rode their Roster and Starting Pitching all the way through the National League and eventually to a World Series Championship in 1990. And behind the scenes and in front of the Media at all times was the Nasty Boys...Norm, Randy, and Dibbs...one of the best Pens ever in the Bluedude's estimation in MLB's Playoff History.