Author: Hal McCoy

By HAL McCOY That isn’t the Pittsburgh Lumber Company of the 1970s playing in PNC Park this year. Somebody forgot

By HAL McCOY Major League Baseball, realizing the Cincinnati Reds-Pittsburgh Pirates history of beanball warfare, issued both teams a pre-game

By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The Cincinnati Reds faced pitchers from all over the western hemisphere as the San Diego

By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — They say Great American Small Park gives pitchers migraine headaches and sleepless nights. They say

By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — It was a ‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ moment for Cincinnati Reds pitcher Amir Garrett. His eight-day

By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — It was a game involving two teams with identical records — both the San Diego

By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — It isn’t often a fresh-faced rookie is summoned from Triple-A in August and is placed

By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while wondering when the Olympics is going to add speed texting

By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — The temperature in Great American Ball Park Sunday afternoon was plus-90s with a heat index