Reds survive 12-inning pitcher’s duel in Coors
By Hal McCoy Something as rare as an unassisted triple play played out Saturday night in Coors Field — a genuine pitcher’s duel. After the Cincinnati Reds and Colorado Rockies combined for 36 runs in the first two games of the series, only four runs were scored in the first 10 innings Friday, two by […]
Miley: From no-hitter to 11-hitter (in three innings)
By Hal McCoy Any thoughts Wade Miley harbored of becoming the second left-handed Cincinnati Reds pitcher to throw back-to-back no-hitters vaporized in the blink of a misplaced change-up. On Miley’s second pitch of Friday night’s game, his no-hitter was gone, a double by Colorado’s Garrett Hampson. And the Rockies never stopped en route to a […]
Reds score eight in one inning, still lose by five
By Hal McCoy It isn’t often a team scores eight runs in one inning. . .and loses by five. That was the scenario Thursday night for the Cincinnati Reds. Welcome to Coors Field, the world’s largest pinball machine. The Reds scored eight runs in the eighth inning, but lost, 13-8, to the Colorado Rockies. How […]
Eugenio Suarez: ‘Good vibes only’
By Hal McCoy There was no head-hanging. There was no breaking of bats over his knee. There was no helmet-smashing in the dugout. There was no, “Oh, why poor me?” Eugenio Suarez was true to his own credo, “Good Vibes Only.” And if anybody had a right to be downtrodden, disheartened and distraught, It was […]
OBSERVATIONS: Winker making Bruce’s prediction come true
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, slaying time before the 10:10 p.m. start of the Reds-Dodgers game by reading Dave Parker’s autobiography, Cobra. It is worth the read and Parker pulls no punches. —It was a balmy spring morning in Tempe, Ariz. in 2015 and the Cincinnati Reds were in Diablo Stadium […]
OBSERVATIONS: Baseball is truly a ‘Family Affair’
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering if the Cincinnati Reds can find six more like Nick Castellanos. —Baseball is, indeed, a— Family Affair, like the old TV show, although I doubt that ‘Jody’ ever played baseball. Start with the Bells — Gus Bell, Buddy Bell, Mike Bell and David Bell. Mix […]
Two-game suspension of Castellaos upheld
By Hal McCoy Nick Castellanos lost the appeal of his two-game suspension and is befuddled by it. In fact, he was befuddled by the suspension in the first place, believing he was doing nothing more than celebrating, showing emotion, trying to fire up his teammates. It was an incident at home plate after Castellanos was […]
OBSERVATIONS: Pitching teammates marvel over Wiley Wade Miley
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave. bleary-eyed from watching the Cincinnati Reds on the west coast, only to be awakened every morning at 7 a.m. by my Havanese, The Mighty Quinn, who must have a Mickey Mouse watch somewhere on his paw. —Nobody appreciates a pitcher more than another pitcher. And the […]
Change the name, but the venue’s the same
By Hal McCoy They can change the name of the baseball venue in San Francisco all they want, but Luis Castillo recognizes it. When the park on San Francisco Bay was first opened it was Pacific Bell Park. Then it became SBC Park. Then it was AT&T Park. Now, as Castillo walks to the mound […]