Reds Finally Win An Easy One
By Hal McCoy Sal Stewart’s nickname is Salbert, as in Albert Pujols. Stewart’s teammates hung the nickname on the 22-year old rookie because he displays all the traits displayed by Pujols, a future first ballot Hall of Famer from his days with the Cardinals and Angels. And Stewart once again performed like Pujols Monday night […]
Another Incredible Reds Win
By Hal McCoy Another day, another way for the Cincinnati Reds to lay in the weeds waiting to figure out a way to win a seemingly unwinnable baseball game. They figured it out again Sunday afternoon with a movie-like script that if seen on the silver screen would be critiqued as too schmaltzy, too unreal, […]
An Old-School Reds Win
By Hal McCoy It was directly from The Baseball Book of Fundamentals, Chapter One, for the Cincinnati Reds. With the score tied in the ninth inning, the Reds performed old-school tactics to manufacture the run they needed to beat the Minnesota Twins, 5-4 Saturday afternoon in Target Field. It began when pinch-hitter Spencer Steer hit […]
Another One-Run Reds Win
By Hal McCoy Brandon Williamson grew up 154 miles from Target Field in Fairmont, Minn., and spent his youth attending games and rooting for the Minnesota Twins. And with close to 500 of his closest friends from close to his hometown, Williamson made the Twins wonder what kind of fan he was of their team. […]
Rough Road For Reds Rotation
By Hal McCoy Suddenly the Cincinnati Reds starting rotation is on a back road to nowhere. With a much-deceiving 9-6 loss to the Los Angeles Angels Sunday afternoon, the five-man rotation went through its last turn with a 10.32 earned run average. And it’s the major reason the Reds have lost four of their last […]
Burns, Reds Routed, 10-2
By Hal McCoy Chase Burns and his 0.81 earned run average figured to have a walk in the park Friday night in Great American Ball Park. Why? The batting averages of the Los Angeles Angels batting lineup was: .083, .090, 091, .219, .222, .222, .231, .273, .321. The Angels arrived in Cincinnati with a .200 […]
Reds Record One For The Books
By Hal McCoy If there was any proof that the baseball gods are smiling ear-to-ear on the Cincinnati Reds these days, Exhibits A to Z surfaced Tuesday night. Bottom line: The Reds beat the Miami Marlins, 6-3, in 10 innings, scoring two runs in the ninth to tie it and four runs in the 10th […]
Another Goose Egg For Reds
By Hal McCoy How can a team win seven of its first games in the season when it is dead last in MLB in hitting with runners in scoring position, .165? How can a team start the season 7-3 when it is dead last in scoring runs, 2.8 runs per game? Say hello to the […]
Reds’ Burns Is On Fire
By Hal McCoy No Hunter Greene? No Nick Lodolo? No problem. With young but far beyond their years pitchers Rhett Lowder and Chase Burns in the rotation, the Cincinnati Reds are well-equipped to withstand the time Greene and Lodolo spend on the injured list. After 24-year-old Lowder provided six innings of no-run, three-hit pitching Saturday […]