A few milestones worth noting after Tuesday’s extra-innings Red Sox win over the Reds. First, though, a little about the Cincinnati team.

You might think of the Reds as “the other red socks.” The club, which was once called the Red Stockings, joined the National League in 1890, though for six seasons (1954-59) they were known as the Redlegs. Cincinnati has made 15 playoff appearance (most recently in 2013), won 5 World Championships (the last in 1990), and 9 National League Pennants (the last in 1990).

It’s a bizarre quirk of scheduling that Tuesday’s game vs the Reds was just the 7th regular season matchup between the clubs in history. It’s the club the Red Sox have faced the least in the regular season. The two teams last met at Cincinnati in 2008. They’re last series at Fenway was in 2005, which the Red Sox swept. Since that series all 28 other MLB teams have visited Fenway, most on multiple occasions.

Including Tuesday’s win, the Red Sox are 6-1 vs the Reds in regular season play. Of course all of this dances around the series that mattered most between these clubs: the 1975 World Series, which the Reds won in 7 games. [Read more…]