Garrett dazzles Cardinals in his debut
By HAL McCOY Amir Garrett not only resembles an exclamation point, but the tall, gangly lefthander pitched with exclamation point emphasis Friday night in his major league debut. Standing on the mound in the hostile environment of sold out Busch Stadium, Garrett pitched like a salty veteran against the St. Louis Cardinals. Garrett gagged the […]
Lorenzen’s bat, bullpen arms save the Reds
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — The major league debut of Cincinnari Reds rookie pitcher Rookie Davis went the way so many rookie debuts go — short, arduous and painful, although the Reds recovered and prevailed, 7-4, over the Philadelphia Phillies. The Davis Debut lasted only three innings, long enough for him to throw 74 pitches […]
Washing cars, pumping gas and catching in the majors
By Hal McCoy CINCINNATI — When Dione Warwick sang about parking cars and pumping gas in her song, “Do You Know the Way to San Jose,” she wasn’t singing about Stuart Turner. If she was, the lyrics would have been, “washing cars and pumping gas,” because that’s what Turner did when he was in high […]
Finnegan retires last 19, Reds win, 2-0
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — It was a matter of who was going to blink and flinch first — Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jerad Eickhoff or Cincinnati Reds pitcher Brandon Finnegan. And it was Reds first baseman Joey Votto who made Eickhoff blink and flinch with a leadoff home run in the seventh inning that led […]
Arroyo ready to pitch — and to lead
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — At the moment, 40-year-old Bronson Arroyo is at some reclusive place waiting for his old-school flip phone to ring. The call will tell him to report to St. Louis so he can start Saturday’s game against the Cardinals, his first trudge up a major league mound in more than 2 […]
Don’t call him Ryan, his name is ‘Scooter’
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — Ryan Gennett owns the perfect baseball nickname but its derivation has nothing to do with baseball. He goes by the name ‘Scooter,’ refuses to answer to Ryan and it has been that way since he was about three. Why? Because he was afraid of the Lebanon, Oh., police and the […]
Reds newcomers show off for Dayton fans
By HAL McCOY DAYTON — For those among the 8,837 who risked frost-bite and numb cheeks Saturday afternoon in Fifth Third Field it was worth it if they were there to witness what some of the newest Cincinnati Reds can do. They saw some uplifting pitching by rookie Amir Garrett. They saw some timely and […]
Finnegan struggles in final tuneup
By HAL McCOY Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price used his Opening Day lineup and batting order Wednesday in his team’s final spring exhibition game in Arizona, a 9-6 loss to the Cleveland Indians. The lineup: CF Billy Hamilton, 2B Jose Peraza, 1B Joey Votto, LF Adam Duvall, 3B Eugenio Suarez, RF Scott Schebler, SS Zack […]
Arroyo appears ‘in,’ Adleman, Romano ‘out’
By HAL McCOY While the 1962 New York Mets were in the dubious process of losing 120 games in the team’s first year of existence, manager/comedian Casey Stengel aske facetiously, “Can anybody here play this game?” So far during spring exhibition games this year the mantra for the Cincinnati Reds is, “Can anybody here pitch?” […]