The Reds did it all wrong. . .and lost
By Hal McCoy CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds made two major mistakes Friday night in the refrigerated atmosphere of Great American Ball Park, a 6-5 defeat handed them by the potent and powerful Pittsburgh Pirates. Their perfect 3-and-0 record came crumpling to the grass when Starling Marte hit a grand slam home run in the […]
Bruce, Suarez, Stephenson make it a clean sweep
By Hal McCoy CINCINNATI — It was a lineup that might have drawn the ire of the baseball commissioner if Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price ran it out onto the field for a spring training game. It was a lineup that had only three so-called regulars in it — Joey Votto, Jay Bruce and Eugenio […]
Reds winning formula: Three whiffs and a hit
By Hal McCoy CINCINNATI — Like the Rubik’s Cube, the Cincinnati Reds have figured it out, discovered the way to win and win and win. The plan of attack goes like this: One of the position players strikes out three straight times then comes up late in the game with a chance to win the […]
Wouldn’t it be hard to slide in dresses?
By Hal McCoy CINCINNATI — Toronto manager John Gibbons may live to regret what he said — at least his wallet might regret it — when he said, “Maybe tomorrow we should show up in dresses.” The feminists aren’t going to like that, but I do, and I’m certainly not anti-feminist. If I was my […]
Cozart’s ‘State of the Reds’ – Optimism
By Hal McCoy For as long as anybody would listen, and the media was all frozen ears, Cincinnati Reds shortstop Zack Cozart thawed out in front of his locker early Monday evening and gave his personal ‘State of the Reds.’ In his world, things aren’t as bad as the baseball world would have you believe. […]
Stephenson trying to be pitching ‘impressionist’
By Hal McCoy ‘Before this little gift was come The little owner had made haste for home’ —Robert Stephenson The quote above was, indeed, authored by Robert Stephenson — by Robert Stephenson the poet, not Robert Stephenson the Cincinnati Reds baseball pitcher. But Stephenson the baseball pitcher did receive a gift this week after he […]