Elly Needs A Rest
By Hal McCoy Elly De La Cruz wants to play every game, begs Cincinnati Reds manager Tito Francona to scribble his name on the lineup card for every game. But there is no doubt he needs to sit and watch for a couple of games. His throwing error in the 10th inning Friday night in […]
LA Completes The Sweep
By Hal McCoy As Neil Diamond sang it, “LA’s fine, but it ain’t home,” and the Cincinnati Reds could not agree more. The Reds most likely left their post-season hopes and dreams in shattered pieces on the well-manicured Dodger Stadium grass over the last three nights. The Reds streak of not getting swept in a […]
Some Mid-week Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, writing this with toothpicks propping open my eyes after staying up all week to watch and write about the Cincinnati Reds on their Lost Journey to the left coast. —THE HOMER HUNT: It is referred to as Great American Small Park for a reason. Home runs […]
Kershaw Krushes Reds
By Hal McCoy When the Cincinnati Reds play the Los Angeles Dodgers, it gives them food for thought — rotten tomatoes. It is ready, set and no go. Knowing they had to play a near-perfect game because they were facing Clayton Kershaw Tuesday night in Dodger Stadium, they did the flip-flop and floundered again, a […]
Reds Lay Big Fat Egg
By Hal McCoy The Cincinnati Reds drew a blank Monday night in Dodger Stadium, a sleepwalk 7-0 loss at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers. More accurately, they drew a blank out of the right hand of Emmit Sheehan, a lower-tier pitcher in the Dodgers’ rotation. He played three-card monte with the Reds with […]
The Great Eight: Cesar Geronimo
By Hal McCoy They call him ‘Chief,’ not because he is Native American, but because his name is Native American. Cesar Geronimo roamed center field the way Geronimo, the Apache chiefl, roamed the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts in Arizona. Geronimo could catch ‘em, but he didn’t want to talk about ‘em. He was the quietest […]
Singer Silences D-Backs
By Hal McCoy Just when it looked as if the schizophrenic Cincinnati Reds were helpless and hopeless again, pitcher Brady Singer stepped to the forefront. The box score says the Reds whipped the Arizona Diamondbacks, 6-1, Sunday afternoon in Chase Field. But it wasn’t that easy. It took six one-run, one-hit pitching by Singer and […]
D’Backs Destroy Reds, 10-1
By Hal McCoy When a team’s so-called stopper is involved in a 10-1 loss, it doesn’t bode well for the immediate future. That’s what happened to Andrew Abbott and the Cincinnati Reds Saturday night in Chase Park. Abbott was attacked by the Arizona Diamondbacks for seven runs and eight hits in four innings that included […]
Reds Blow One to D’Backs
By Hal McCoy There is one method opposing teams have used time and time again to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks this season. And the Cincinnati Reds were afforded that opportunity Friday night in Chase Park and failed miserably during an 11-inning 6-5 loss. Stay close and the Arizona bullpen will find a way to give […]