Dave Bristol: Worthy of Reds Hall of Fame
By HAL McCOY It is popular consensus, and rightly so, that Bob Howsam was the architect of The Big Red Machine, and that manager Sparky Anderson was the carpenter who nailed it together. There is, though, another man who seldom receives his proper props for being an early part of The Machine’s success. HIS NAME […]
Stephenson, Winker lead Reds to third straight
By HAL McCOY Robert Stephenson provided a sniff of what the Cincinnati Reds hope he is all about Wednesday night in PNC Park. After walking the population of a small village in his previous start in Miami, Stephenson was spot-on against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Reds won, but Stephenson was not credited with the win, […]
Reds on the brink of a ‘winning streak’
By HAL McCOY As Lou Brown, the mythical manager of the Cleveland Indians said in the movie ‘Major League,’ “You won a game yesterday. You won a game today. If you win tomorrow, that’s called a winning streak. It has happened before.” Well, if the Cincinnati Reds can beat the Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday night, they’ll […]
Castillo gives lesson to his former team
By HAL McCOY When the Cincinnati Reds traded 14-game winner Dan Straily to the Miami Marlins last winter for minor league pitcher Luis Castillo, the howls from fans could be heard from the Ohio River to South Beach in Florida. As luck would have it, Straily and Castillo faced each other Sunday afternoon in Marlins […]
Reds starters monotonously bad
By HAL McCOY Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A Cincinnati Reds pitcher didn’t make it beyond 4 1/3 innings and the Reds lost. Add Tim Adleman to the list. He pitched 4 1/3 innings Saturday night against the Miami Marlins and gave up six runs, six hits and the inevitable home run. […]
Romano walks six and Reds lose again
By HAL McCOY Sal Romano was provided with three runs in the top of the first inning Friday night before he had to throw his first pitch to the Miami Marlins. It wasn’t enough. The night turned into another walk-a-thon by a Cincinnati Reds rookie pitcher, followed by a bullpen meltdown that led to a […]
Stephenson takes another walk on the wild side
By HAL McCOY Robert Stephenson can’t seem to grasp the concept — a pitcher has to throw strikes in the major leagues or find another profession. When Stephenson was sent back to the minor leagues in late May, after struggling while working out of the bullpen, the message Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price gave him […]
Reds: Please do away with interleague play
By HAL McCOY Most National League aficionados wish that interleague play would just go away, never to re-surface, and the Cincinnati Reds pray that it will go away. And soon. But it isn’t going to happen so the Reds have to continue to slog along. Since interleague play began in 1997, the Reds have the […]
Reds turn triple play but still lose to Yankees, 4-2
By HAL McCOY Aroldis Chapman pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for a save, Todd Frazier had a single, a walk and scored a run and Didi Gregorius hit a home run and drove in two. A few years ago that might have described what three members of the Cincinnati Reds did Tuesday night in Yankee Stadium, […]