Bailey is back as Reds rock Rockies, 8-1
By HAL McCOY For one night, on Independence Day in the Rocky Mountains, Homer Bailey was back. Facing the high-powered Colorado Rockies in the Coors Field launching pad, Bailey held the Rockies to one run and eight hits over six innings. And the Reds unleashed three home runs to score an 8-1 victory. THE BIG […]
Reds road wearies follow them to Colorado
By Hal McCoy The Cincinnati Reds were just what the doctor order for the Colorado Rockies — take nine innings and call the doctor in the morning. The Rockies had lost 10 of their last 11 games when the Reds came calling Monday night in Coors Field. But they walked off the field with a […]
Arrieta nearly no-hits Reds again
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — Rumors of Jake Arrieta’s slipping stardom is a premature evaluation, at least as far as the Cincinnati Reds are concerned. Reports that Arrieta isn’t close to what he was two years ago can’t be confirmed by the Reds. Arrieta, who pitched a no-hitter against the Reds in 2015 en route […]
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A special thank you to our friends at Beau Townsend Ford in Vandalia for donating use of a new 2017 Ford Fusion for the 2017 baseball season. Special thanks to Larry Taylor for his generosity. Larry Taylor is a huge sports fan and an even bigger Cincinnati Reds fan. He is a man who loves […]
Jackson Stevens (who?) wins his Reds debut
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — Jackson Brown sang a song called, ‘Running on Empty,’ something Jackson Stephens knew nothing about Saturday afternoon in Great American Ball Park. Jackson Stephens, a rookie making his major league debut for the Cincinnati Reds, and facing the defending World Series champion Chicago Cubs, worked with a full tank all […]
‘Ace’ Feldman shuts down the Cubs, 5-0
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — With Kris Bryant (sprained ankle), Kyle Schwarber (minor league demotion), Ben Zobrist (minor league rehab) and Miguel Montero (insensitive mouth) all absent, the Chicago Cubs were Silly Putty in the hands of Scott Feldman Friday night in Great American Ball Park. There were 39,501 looking on, a majority dressed in […]
Brewers bomb Bailey and the Reds, 11-3, with homer barrage
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — Giving up home runs is as common as a denominator for the Cincinnati Reds. Biff, bam, boom. It doesn’t matter what team or what nickname, it doesn’t matter what position a player plays and it doesn’t matter where the player bats in the order. Somebody at some point is going […]
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 […]