Johnny Bench's son: Hall of Famer '100 percent now' after testing positive for COVID-19

Johnny Bench's son said the National Baseball Hall of Famer and former Cincinnati Reds great is feeling 100 percent now after testing positive recently for COVID-19, and added - as his father tweeted last week - that the 73-year-old Big Red Machine legend would've been hospitalized if he hadn't received the vaccine.

"Onset was mild," Bobby Bench said Friday in a text to The Enquirer, in describing Johnny's symptoms. "Steady improvement since then and feeling 100 percent now. Very little taste loss. No temperature. Doctor said he would be hospitalized if he weren't vaccinated."

Johnny narrated and appeared in an MLB Network video shown during Wednesday's enshrinement at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown as a tribute to legends lost the past two years. Bench did not attend the ceremony because of his COVID-19 diagnosis.

Johnny tweeted Thursday that he's among celebrities offering personalized videos on Cameo: