Reds Lose A Weird One
By Hal McCoy It was one day before April Fool’s Day and a full moon Tuesday night, but the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates played as if it was April Fool’s under a full moon. It was frustrating with a capital F for the Reds during an 8-3 loss that ended a three-game winning streak. […]
Burns, Bullpen Blank Bucs
By Hal McCoy It was former Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver who said, “The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals and three-run homers.” The Cincinnati Reds didn’t get a three-run homer Monday night. That was done Sunday by Eugenio Suarez during a 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox. But they got the […]
Suarez Delivers Big Bomb
By Hal McCoy It was inevitable and the inevitable transpired in a gargantuan way Sunday afternoon in sun-drenched and wind-swept Great American Ball Park. Eugenio Suarez did what Eugenio Suarez does best, a ultra-timely upper deck three-run home run. All it did was provide the Cincinnati Reds with a 3-2 win over the Boston Red […]
Reds Win One In Extras!!
By Hal McCoy Dane Myers neither knew nor cared that the Cincinnati Reds were 3-12 in extra-inning games in 2025. Dane Myers neither knew nor cared that the Cincinnati Reds were 22-22 in one-run games in 2025. He was playing for the woeful Miami Marlins in 2025 until two days after Christmas last year when […]
Not A Banner Day For Reds
By Hal McCoy The Findlay Market parade rolled perfectly down Race Street Thursday afternoon. Grand Marshal Jeff Brantley, fashionably attired in his old Reds numbefr 45 jersey, waved at the appropriate time and waved at the appropriate people. Great American Ball Park, with its new Joey Votto clock, was manicured to the specifications of Augusta […]
Some Early-Week Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and it’s only two days until Happy New Year. Yep, the new year doesn’t start on January 1, it starts on Opening Day. —NO RESPECT: Rodney Dangerfield does not play for the Cincinnati Reds, but it looks as if he should. No respect. MLB’s web-site listed […]
Pre-season Reds Column
By Hal McCoy As winter sped closer and closer to spring training, Cincinnati Reds fans were frustrated and saying, “Same ol’ Reds, a wasted off-season, no improvements, no significant additions.” What the Reds seemed to be doing was setting a record for signing outfielders to minor league contracts with invitations to the big league camp. […]
McCoy: Where’s Baseball Going?
By Hal McCoy This is the time of year when optimism in Arizona and Florida fills the air like the inside of a hot air balloon. On the first day of spring training during their first meeting with the writers, all 30 major league managers prop their feet on top of their desks and say […]
McCoy: Suarez Returns ‘Home’
By Hal McCoy When the Cincinnati Reds hit at least one home run in a game last season, they were 58-36. When they hit no homers in a game, they were 25-44. Why bring that up? It was as obvious as the wishbone-C on their uniform chests that the Reds hungered for a consitent power […]