Reds Hall of Famer Cesar Geronimo: Big Red Machine, 4 Gold Gloves, 2 World Series rings
Cincinnati Reds Hall of Famer Cesar Geronimo was a key part of the Big Red Machine that won two World Series and dominated baseball in the 1970s.
But before he attended a Yankees tryout camp, he was training to join a different team: Geronimo was enrolled in a seminary in the Dominican Republic to become a priest.
Geronimo played for the Astros before being traded to Cincinnati, where he won four Gold Glove Awards and helped the Reds claim three National League and two World Series championships.
MARCH 8, 1978: Joe Morgan, the smallest of the Reds' regulars, compares his small glove to center fielder Cesar Geronimo's "basket."
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This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Reds Hall of Famer Cesar Geronimo: Big Red Machine, 4 Gold Gloves, 2 World Series rings
