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==Rivalries==
The Big Red Machine's archrival were the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]. The two teams often competed for the [[NL West]] division title and finished either first or second in every year from 1970 through 1979 with the one exception being 1971. Reds manager Sparky Anderson once said, "I don't think there's a rivalry like ours in either league. The Giants are supposed to be the Dodgers' natural rivals, but I don't think the feeling is there anymore. It's not there the way it is with us and the Dodgers." The rivalry ended when division realignment moved the Reds to the NL Central. They met again in the [[1995 NLDS]], with the Reds sweeping the Dodgers in three games.

The Big Red Machine was also part of the rivalry with the two [[Phillies–Pirates rivalry|Pennsylvania teams]]. All of the Reds' four pennants in the 1970s came against these teams (Pittsburgh Pirates in 1970, 1972, and 1975, and Philadelphia Phillies in 1976). In 1979, [[Pete Rose]] added to the notion of the Big Red Machine being part of the rivalry when he signed with the [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] and helped them win their first World Series championship in {{wsy|1980}}.