Reds won’t win seventh straight series
By HAL McCOY There will be no seventh straight series victory for the Cincinnati Reds, not after their second straight defeat Saturday night in a three-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Reds had won six straight series, all by two games to one, against Milwaukee, Atlanta, Arizona, San Francisco, San Diego and St. Louis […]
Another first batter homer off Reds reliever
By HAL McCOY It is incredulous, inconceivable, incredible and any other ‘in’ one can fathom when it comes to what Cincinnati Reds relief pitchers have done this season. Ross Ohlendorf walked in from the bullpen to start the bottom of the ninth inning, asked to protect a tie game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The first […]
Finnegan: On again, Off Again, On again
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — So far in his brief career, Cincinnati Reds pitcher Brandon Finnegan can be best described this way: ‘On Again, Off Again, Finnegan.’ On Thursday afternoon in Great American Ball Park, Finnegan was on his best behavior against the St. Louis Cardinals. The 22-year-old left hander from Fort Worth, Tex., gave […]
Bailey to Reed: ‘Been there, done that’
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — Cody Reed may want to sit down next to Homer Bailey and ask, “What was it like and what can I do?” It was 2008 and Bailey started eight games for the Cincinnati Reds and was 0-and-6 with a 7.93 earned run average. Reed made his eighth start of 2016 […]
Schebler re-introduces himself with a cherry bomb
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — There was a rare and unusual occurrence Tuesday night in Great American Ball Park. There were no scouts in attendance, not a single one. No radar speed guns, no clipboards, no miniature laptops, no lies told to each other at a media dining room table. And that’s understandable. For now, […]
Bruce traded to Mets for second baseman
By HAL McCOY The deal and the deed are done. Jay Bruce is gone, off to Gotham to play for the New York Mets. It was inevitable and much talked about, but the sting is real for most Cincinnati Reds fans for the loss of one of the most productive and popular players who occupied […]
Bruce trade to Mets needs a tweak
By HAL McCOY If the New York Mets can come up with another lower-level minor-league prospect to complete the deal by 4 o’clock this afternoon, the trade deadline, Cincinnati Reds outfielder Jay Bruce will move to Citi Field. A deal was in place, Bruce for three players with the centerpiece for the Reds being outielder […]
Bailey is back and Bruce is still here
By HAL McCOY The first pitch Homer Bailey threw in a major league game in a year-and-a-half Sunday afternoon in Petco Park was ripped into left field for a single by San Diego’s Travis Jankowski and all over Redsland there was a big, “Oh, oh.” Before the game ended, though, it was the San Diego […]
One pitch ruins a great night for the Reds
By HAL McCOY It is uncanny, almost surreal, that it happens time after time after time. Almost like clockwork. And it happened again Saturday night in San Diego’s Petco Park — and this one cost the Cincinnati Reds a crushing defeat. For the 20th time this season, a Reds relief pitcher came into a game […]