Some Easter Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave hoping none of your Easter eggs turn out to be goose eggs. —TRY IT AT 15: A big deal is being made that the Pittsburgh Pirates called up 19-year-old teen-ager Konnor Griffin. And they mentioned players like Juan Soto, Bryce Harper, Mike Trout and Ken Griffey […]
Lowder ‘Grinds’ Out 2-0 Win
By Hal McCoy Rhett Lowder painted a Picasso on the pitching mound Saturday night, but after the game he acted as if it was more like a kindergarten finger painting. Over six innings, he held the Texas Rangers to no runs and three hits as the Reds clung on to a first-inning two-run lead for […]
Steer, Stephenson Awaken
By Hal McCoy The Texas Rangers must have felt safe facing the bottom of the Cincinnati Reds batting order when they scanned the statistical sheets and saw: Spencer Steer, 1 for 17. Tyler Stephenson, 1 for 14. But after Friday afternoon’s 5-3 loss to the Reds, they probably were rechecking those sheets. Steer unloaded a […]
Pirates Bury Reds Again…
By Hal McCoy What a baseball team absolutely does not want to do is spot pitcher Paul Skenes a three-run lead before he even walks to the mound. It is a certain recipe for a proverbial baseball death. That was the unfortunate scenario for Andrew Abbott and the Cincinnati Reds Wednesday afternoon in Great American […]
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 […]