Another day, another loss for the Reds
By HAL McCOY Despite some awesome and outstanding scoreless pitching from the second through the eighth innings, the Cincinnati Reds’ losing streak now stands at a half dozen. Their sixth straight spring exhibition loss came Wednesday, 3-2, when the Milwaukee Brewers scored a run in the bottom of the ninth. After starter Livsalverto Bonilla gave […]
Rally comes too late — Reds drop fifth straight
By HAL McCOY What does a beleaguered team have to do to shed a losing cocoon? A four-run first inning and a 5-1 lead after two innings was not enough for the Cincinnati Reds to win their first spring exhibition game of 2017. The Chicago White Sox, playing split squad games, kept their best players […]
Reds kick ball to fourth straight loss
By HAL McCOY Good baseball teams find ways to win. Bad baseball teams find ways to lose. On Monday at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, a spring training baseball palace in North Scottsdale, Ariz., the Cincinnati Reds found ways to lose their fourth straight spring exhibition game. They kicked the ball around like a […]
Reds lose again as Stephenson, Addleman struggle
By HAL McCOY Winning spring exhibition games is not Priority A for any major league baseball team, especially one like the Cincinnati Reds, a team on a search mission for a 25-man roster. But at some point it is important to establish a winning environment. Fortunately for the Reds, there are many games remaining to […]
Lot of hits, no runs for Reds in 8-2 loss
By HAL McCOY While most teams believe that six weeks for spring training is far too long, a task that becomes drudgery even under Arizona sunshine, the Cincinnati Reds might be an exception. Is six weeks enough? In this era of reconstruction and rebuilding, manager Bryan Price and his staff are facing a tough task […]
Cubs show they aren’t going away
By HAL McCOY The Chicago Cubs showed they are not going to go quietly into the night, even a very cold and drizzly night against a very hot Cleveland Indians team in Progressive Field. After getting shut out in Game 1 Tuesday, the Cubs came out swinging in Game 2 Wednesday night and returned the […]
Can the Reds do what the Tribe did?
By HAL McCOY Fans keep asking: “If the Cleveland Indians can do it, why not the Cincinnati Reds?” Yeah, why not? Well, they can. It is not why, it is when — if the planets align and the creek don’t rise. And let’s not invoke the small market-big market excuse. THE CLEVELAND INDIANS payroll and […]
Bullpen Meltdown: How else to end the season?
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — Despite losing 94 games and finishing last in the National League Central for the second straight year — and next-to-last in attendance in the entire National League — how hard does one have to search to find positives surrounding the Cincinnati Reds? It was a question put to manager Bryan […]
Adleman states his case for ’17 considerations
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — Out of necessity and out of curiosity, Patrick Kivlehan was in the Cincinnati Reds lineup Saturday afternoon against the Chicago Cubs. Because Billy Hamilton, Scott Schebler and Tyler Holt all are ailing, Reds manager Bryan Price stuck the 26-year-old Kivlehan in right field. Kivlehan’s audition was not a strong one, […]