A Slugfest Win For Reds
By Hal McCoy Colorado Rockies pitcher Ryan Feltner learned a painful lesson Sunday in Cape Canaveral/Coors Field: Don’t hang 89 miles an hour sliders to the Cincinnati Reds. Feltner, an Ohio State product, did it three times in the first two innings and all three landed where no outfielder could catch them. Those three homers […]
Rockies Rock Lowder
By Hal McCoy For the Colorado Rockies, it was like actor Peter Finch’s line in the movie Network: “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this any more.” When Saturday afternoon’s game began in Coors Field, the Cincinnati Reds had beaten the hometown Rockies seven straight times on their home turf. The […]
Reds Assault Rockies Bullpen
By Hal McCoy What teams try to do to the Colorado Rockies is the same thing teams try to do to the Cincinnati Reds — get into the bullpen as quickly as possible. That was the scenario Friday night and starting pitcher Brady Singer made certain the Reds won that battle. Singer provided seven innings […]
Reds Should Take Drastic Steps
By Hal McCoy It was false hope. It was hope, but it was false hope, a cruel April Fool’s joke. The Cincinnati Reds began the season in April, 20-11, and they resembled legitimate contenders. Now they are mindful of Marlon Brando in the movie On The Waterfront when he said: “I coulda had class. I […]
‘The Pete Rose Way’
By Hal McCoy Do All-Star games mean anything to today’s baseball players, other than the prestige and recognition they bring? Do the results matter, win or lose? It used to be, before interleague play, when the National League teams never played the American League teams. The National League did not like the American League and […]
Reds drop Ho-Hummer To Cubs
By Hal McCoy It is a familiar script written early in the season and it wasn’t written to favor the Cincinnati Reds. When they need a big hit, a clutch hit, a game-turning hit, for the most part this season they just aren’t there. It happened once again Saturday night during a 5-3 loss to […]
Greene Dominates Cubs
By Hal McCoy The Real Hunter Greene stood tall Friday night, as tall as the 41-story Great American Tower in downtown Cincinnati. Five days ago, an impostor wore Greene’s uniform when he gave up eight runs, seven hits and four walks to the Baltimore Orioles in only 3 2/3 innings. That was Greene’s nervous and […]
Reds Waste Singer Gem, Lose, 1-0
By Hal McCoy Put a road gray Philadelphia Phillies uniform on Jesus Luzardo and they should add a cape. The man is baseball’s versopm of Superman when he is in enemy territory. The Cincinnati Reds discovered that the hard way Thursday night in Great American Ball Park, a 1-0 loss to the Phillies. Luzardo, the […]
Reds Homer Barrage Buries Phillies
By Hal McCoy For one night, the 2026 Cincinnati Reds looked like the 1976 Big Red Machine, with Sal Stewart playing the part of Joe Morgan. The Reds hit five home runs, two by Stewart and four in one inning as the Reds ripped apart the Philadelphia Phillies, 11-5. As experience goes, the rookie Stewart […]