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 […]
Reds success: ‘Pitching, Pitching, Pitching’
By HAL McCOY When Jim Bowden was general manager of the Cincinnati Reds, he had a sign hanging on the wall behind his desk that read in large block letters, “Pitching, Pitching, Pitching.” Anybody who doesn’t believe the importance of pitching in baseball need only check what the Reds did before the All-Star break and […]
Straily, Bruce shut down reeling Giants
By HAL McCOY The marquee pitcher for the San Francisco-Cincinnati baseball game Wednesday afternoon in AT&T Park was Madison Bumgarner, the Giants practically peerless left hander. And he was as good as advertise — eight innings, one earned run. But not good enough. Cincinnati Reds starter Dan Staily was better in a genuine pitcher’s battle […]
Long balls don’t save Reed and the Reds
By HAL McCOY The Cincinnati Reds staged their own version of Home Run Derby Tuesday night in San Francisco’s AT&T Park — two by Adam Duvall, one by Joey Votto and one by Jay Bruce, his fifth home run in the last four games. It wasn’t enough. They lost by two runs, 9-7, to the […]
Bruce puts on power show for the Giants
By HAL McCOY The heaviest rumor involving Jay Bruce is that he is most coveted by the San Francisco Giants, a team scouring the baseball world for a power-hitting, left handed outfielder. If that’s true, then what happened in AT&T Park Monday night probably caused the Giants to offer the Golden Gate Bridge to the […]