Johnny Bench: Almost a Cub

There are some things that seem to go naturally go hand in hand. Gastronomically speaking, there’s spaghetti and meatballs, chili and cornbread, and my personal favorite—peanut butter and jelly. Baseball-wise, Stan Musial is synonymous with the Cardinals, Roberto Clemente with the Pirates, and Johnny Bench with the Reds. But the latter pairing almost never came […]