‘Los Rojos’ do the Mexican Hat Dance
By Hal McCoy The Cincinnati Reds wore different uniform tops Thursday night and, indeed, they were a different team. They wore ‘Los Rojos’ (Spanish for ‘The Reds’) in honor of Cinco de Mayo. And they did a Mexican Hat Dance on the Milwaukee Brewers, 9-5, in Great American Ball Park. In so doing they vaulted […]
Straily doesn’t stray far from his winning game plan
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — It is strange and mystifying the way baseball sometimes works. Or doesn’t work. The pundits and the wise guys in Las Vegas would have labeled Wednesday’s game between the Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants as a mismatch, an off-the-board type of game. After all, the Giants are in first […]
The elephants (bullpen) are still in the room
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — The elephants are no longer performing for the Ringling Brothrs Barnum & Bailey circus, but there are still elephants in the room with the Cincinnati Reds. It is the bullpen, or what stands for one. The ineptitude is mind-boggling and it won’t surprise anybody that the Reds bullpen tied a […]
It was bizarre, but it was a victory
By Hal McCoy The game was as bizarre as a book entitled, ‘Body Builders in Tutus,’ by Phillipp Lomboy. That’s a real book and what happened Sunday afternoon in PNC Park was as real as a Primanti Brothers sandwich in Pittsburgh. It was a manual called, “Bad Baseball, Both Teams’ when the Cincinnati Reds played […]
Reds: No hitting, no pitching, no winning
By Hal McCoy The Cincinnati Reds bullpen has absorbed the brunt of the criticism for its early-season performances, and rightfully so. But some of it needs to be aimed at the offense, too, the one segment of the team that nobody expected to flounder with a batting order spiced with Joey Votto, Zack Cozart, Jay […]
The road: An unhappy place for the Reds
By Hal McCoy Nothing else seems to work so why don’t the Cincinnati Reds burn their gray road uniforms. And while they are at it, throw their bats in the bonfire, too. With a non-competitive 4-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates Friday night in PNC Park, the Reds are now 1-and-9 on the road this […]
Reds against the Mets: L,L,L,L,L,L,L,L,L,L,L
By Hal McCoy It was a dark night against The Dark Knight and it is always a dark night against the New York Mets for the Cincinnati Reds. The Reds lost to the Mets for the 11th straight time Wednesday night in Citi Field, 5-2, as New York completed its three-game sweep. Matt Harvey, known […]
Another meltdown in Met-town by the Reds
By Hal McCoy Would it surprise anybody to hear that the Cincinnati Reds lost to the New York Mets Tuesday night, their 10th straight loss to the defending National League champions? Would it surprise anybody to learn that the bullpen was the culprit again in this 4-3 defeat? REDS MANAGER BRYAN Price knows his bullpen, […]
Homers put the Reds in their place, 5-3
By Hal McCoy You would think when a team knocks Noah Syndergaard out of the game, they would win. You would think when a team has 12 runners in scoring position, they would win. You would think when a team steals five bases, they would win. YOU WOULD THINK, but you would think wrong in […]