Just call the Reds ‘Defensive Dandies’
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — While 32,000 fans in Nippert Stadium watched FC Cincinnati in a soccer defensive struggle, 21,842 in Great American Ball Park watched the Cincinnati Reds slap some strangling defense on the Milwaukee Brewers. The heavy-duty glove work and the not-unusual dash around the bases late in the game by Billy Hamilton […]
Home Run Derby breaks out early in GAPB
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — They scheduled a baseball game at Great American International Airport for Tuesday night and it turned into a rehearsal for the All-Star game’s Home Run Derby. Baseball’s were flying out of GABP like house flies fleeing aerosol cans during a seven-homer game won by the Cincinnati Reds, 8-6, over the […]
Reds’ pitching news: Always bad
By HAL McCOY When it comes to news about the Cincinnati Reds 2017 pitching staff, all news is bad news. The latest calamity struck Monday afternoon during the make-up of a rained-out game in St. Louis, a game the Reds eventually lost, 8-2. Early in the game, while Brandon Finnegan was pitching for the first […]
Feldman puts a stop to Reds’ slide
By HAL McCOY What Scott Feldman did Sunday afternoon just puts extreme emphasis on what the problem is with the Cincinnati Reds. Starting pitching, starting pitching, starting pitching and, yes, starting pitching. Feldman pitched seven innings against the Washington Nationals and gave up two runs, seven hits and just two walks to carry the Reds […]
Nats blast Bailey, Reds, 18-3
By HAL McCOY There is no such thing as a one-man cavalry. Anybody who expected pitcher Homer Bailey to come charging over the hill on a great white horse to save the Cincinnati Reds isn’t dealing with reality. The much-awaited and much-ballyhooed return of Bailey to the Reds rotation finally happened Saturday afternoon in Nationals […]
Reds bullpen blows win for Castillo
By HAL McCOY One would think that if a team scores four runs in the first inning against Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg, that team would win.One would be wrong. One would think that if the game came down to a battle between bullpens, the worst (Washington) versus one of he best (Cincinnati Res), the […]
Reds start new losing streak at Tampa Bay
By HAL McCOY The Cincinnati Reds winning streak came to a quick halt Tuesday night. One game. After ending a nine-game losing streak Monday night, beating the Tampa Bay Rays, the Reds started a new losing streak Tuesday night, losing to the Rays, 6-5. AND IT WAS MOSTLY DUE to a walk on the wild […]
Gennett steps in for Cozart and helps Reds end losing streak
By HAL McCOY Losing Zack Cozart is not a good thing for the Cincinnati Reds. But getting Scooter Gennett more playing time is not a bad thing. And that’s the way it played out Monday night when the Reds expunged a nine-game losing streak with a 7-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in Tropicana […]
Arroyo admits his career probably is over and done
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — It is difficult to witness any career spiral to below sea level, a career crash and burn to ashes. Baseball career obituaries are neither fun nor easy to write. And it is more difficult when it happens to a class act, to a guy more honest than Abe and more […]