Wojo, ‘Irregulars’ pound Padres, 8-3.
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — It was 2000 and Cincinnati Reds manager Bob Boone posted a lineup full of utility players, the bench brigade, for an early-season game. That night’s starting pitcher, Pete Harnisch, glanced at the lineup card and shouted in his New York accent, “Hey, Skippah, are we tryin’ tonight?” That could have […]
Reds lose but Hamilton makes catch for the ages
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — Luis Perdomo carries the surname of a famous cigar rolled in his native Dominican Republic, but the Cincinnati Reds couldn’t light him up Tuesday night in Great American Ball Park. In fact, Perdomo and the San Diego Padres smoked the Reds, 7-3. For the Reds, though, it was a night […]
Professor Votto talks the talk, walks the walk
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — All this game meant was that the Cincinnati Reds and San Padres could rip another game off the calendar. With neither team going anywhere in October except fishing, golfing, hunting or to stay home and watch Naked & Afraid, the rest of the 2017 baseball season will be used for […]
Reds can’t capitalize on Wainwright’s wanderings
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — There are bizarre baseball games and then there are baseball games that are exceptionally bizarre. Mark down Sunday afternoon’s 13-4 St. Louis Cardinals smokefest over the Cincinnati Reds under the exceptionally bizarre category. Has there ever been a game where a pitcher took 39 pitches to get his first out […]
Castillo takes short step back (it is expected)
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — Growing pains continue to plague the long gray line of young Cincinnati Reds pitching prospects. Just when one steps up, like Amir Garrett, he takes a quick retreat. Just when it looked as if Luis Castillo crossed the line into a confident and capable major league pitcher, he retreated a […]
Wojciechowski wows the Cardinals during 3-2 win
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — The St. Louis Cardinals could neither pronounce Asher Wojciechowski’s name nor swallow his three-pitch mix. The Cardinals can be helped on the pronunciation: Woe-jah-chow-ski. They are on their own with the hitting department and they didn’t master it Friday night in Great American Ball Park. Wojciechowski, a late-date replacement for […]
Pirates’ Kuhl cools off the Reds, 6-0
By HAL McCOY The Pittsburgh Pirates wore their camouflage uniform tops Thursday night, perhaps hoping the Cincinnati Reds wouldn’t see them. After all, the Reds won eight of the first nine games played this season between the two bottom feeders of the National League Central. For sure, the Reds couldn’t see Pirates starter Chad Kuhl […]
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, […]