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Down 3-2 in the bottom of the ninth and facing elimination in Game 5 of the NLCS on this date in 1972, Johnny Bench wasn’t ready to see the Big Red Machine’s season come to an end. https://ow.ly/msa850Xacn4 | National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

2.4K views · 153 reactions | Johnny Bench and Joe Torre will represent their 70 Hall of Fame teammates who served in the United States Armed Forces during times of conflict as the USS Cooperstown is commissioned Saturday in New York City. The USS Cooperstown (LCS 23) will join the active fleet that day. (Courtesy MLB Network) | National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum | Facebook

589K views · 11K reactions | On this date in 1972, Johnny Bench hit a game-tying home run that would propel the Cincinnati Reds to the World Series and later be immortalized on his Hall of Fame plaque. But it all began with a plea from his mother. https://ow.ly/v0iA50TJAwo | National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum | Facebook