McCoy: Greene One Pitch Away From Complete Game, Wins 2-0
By Hal McCoy Hunter Greene keeps getting better and better and better and better. And he couldn’t have been much better Monday in San Francisco’s Oracle Park. He came within one pitch of a complete-game shutout as the Cincinnati Reds ended the San Francisco Giants’ seven-game winning streak, 2-0. He was 3-and-2 against Jung Hoo […]
Asl Hal: A Home Run Should Be Just A Plain Ol’ Home Run
By Hal McCoy Q: Does commissioner Rob Manfred intentionally disregard the extensive misuse of the injured list contrary to its original design? — DAVE, Miamisburg/Centerville/Beavercreek. A: It was designed to place injured players on the list, hence injured list. If you are saying teams place uninjured players on the list, where is your proof? I […]
McCoy: Reds Fall Flat Again, Lose 11th Straight Series To Brewers
By Hal McCoy The Cincinnati Reds slid back to the doldrums and what a skid it was Sunday afternoon in Milwaukee’s American Family Field. The Milwaukee Brewers blasted the Reds, 8-2, a fifth loss in six games for the Reds. The Reds have lost 11 straight series to their National League Central foe. And they […]
Observations: A Manager Is Only As Good As His Players
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, watching it rain down on a dreary, miserable Sunday morning, but thankful I’m able to watch anything. —SUCCESS AND FAILURE: It would be easy to say that the three straight 1-0 losses made Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona sick, which is why he missed the next […]
McCoy: Reds Explode for 14 Hits, Four Homers In 11-7 Victory
By Hal McCoy Brady Singer’s new nickname is ‘Human Run Magnet.’ After his Cincinnati Reds teammates provided him with six runs in two innings in his previous start, they gave his seven runs in four innings Saturday night in Milwaukee’s American Family Field. He didn’t need them last Monday when the Reds scored 14, but […]
McCoy: Reds Finally Score Two Runs But Still lose, 3-2
By Hal McCoy The Cincinnati Reds did not lose, 1-0, for the fourth straight game Friday night in American Family Field. And they did not get shut out for the fourth straight game. After 35 straight scoreless innings, the longest scoreless spell for a Reds team since 1946, they scored two runs. Not enough. They […]
Observations: Even When The Dodgers Are Bad They’re Good
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering if the Cincinnati Reds will score another run in my lifetime. —IT’S NEVER OVER IN LA: The Los Angeles Dodgers can’t lose when they try to lose. On Wednesday, they fell behind the Atlanta Braves, 5-0. They made three errors and two base-running gaffes. But […]
McCoy: Reds Suffer Third Straight 1-0 loss, This Time To Brewers
By Hal McCoy In 105 years since the introduction of the live ball in 1920, only one team suffered the embarrassment of three straight 1-0 losses — the 1960 Philadelphia Phillies Then along came the 2025 Cincinnati Reds. Now there are two. 1-0, 1-0, 1-0. Twenty-eight straight innings, 28 straight zeros strung across the scoreboard. […]
McCoy: It’s Deja Vu All Over Again As Reds Get Shutout Again By 1-0
By Hal McCoy As Yogi Berra once put it, it was deja vu all over again for the Cincinnati Reds Wednesday afternoon in Great American Ball Park — on four different fronts. First — For the second straight game, the Reds suffered the indignity of a 1-0 shutout at the hands of Texas Rangers pitchers. […]