‘Pitching Committee’ doesn’t work for Reds
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — Alex Wood, a poster guy for Doan’s Pills, is out of the Cincinnati Reds rotation again. And again it is back pain. So the Reds used Tuesday night’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies as a Bullpen Day, with Lucas Sims appearing as The Opener. It didn’t work. Sims, Amir Garrett […]
Aquino remains ‘humble and kind’ over two big awards
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — To witness the reaction of Aristides Aquino about his two high-profile awards is to think he thought somebody was handing him a piece of Dubble Bubble gum. No big deal, nothing to fuss about. Actually, in a humble sort of way, it is what the 25-year-old Cincinnati Reds expects of […]
Phillies bury Reds under home run barrage, 7-1
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Anthony DeSclafani gave up only three hits over seven innings on Labor Day in Great American Ball Park. He struck out eight and retired the last 13 he faced, the last three via strikeouts. That’s the positive. Two of those three hits were two-run home runs, […]
Bell: ‘We’ll keep running Iglesias out there’
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — The vast and overwhelming majority of Cincinnati Reds Nation wanted Raisel Iglesias placed on a slow boat to Bora Bora or a fast space shuttle through the Aurora Borealis. Put him anywhere on Mother Earth except on a pitching mound with a baseball in his hand while wearing a Cincinnati […]
Iglesias comes through, Reds salvage split
By HAL McCOY The Cincinnati Salvage Company arrived on the scene Sunday night to rescue one victory from the wreckage of a four-game series. The Cincinnati Reds, staring at the prospect of losing four games in two days after losing the first three, stopping the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-3. The Reds played their first doubleheaders […]
OBSERVATIONS: Whipping a dead horse (Raisel Iglesias)
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while watching the Colorado-Colorado State football game at midnight. I’ll watch anything played with a ball but bowling because I could never pick up the 2-7 split. —Sonny Gray is 10-and-6 with a 2.80 earned run average and wonders what he did to tick off his […]
Iglesias blows another one, Reds drop doubleheader
By HAL McCOY With no apologies to Clint Eastwood, it was the Good, the Bad & the Ugly for the Cincinnati Reds Saturday in Busch Stadium. They dropped a day-night doubleheader to the St. Louis Cardinals, 10-6 and 3-2. The Good? Sonny Gray was as good as it gets in Game 2, giving up no […]
Observations: Where has Aquino been and where should Iglesias go?
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while wondering if MLB would be so kind as to schedule the Cincinnati Reds against the Miami Marlins 162 times next season. The Reds might even be talked into playing all 162 in Miami. —Shame on the Cincinnati Reds. How in the name of Aristotle could […]
Iglesias gives it up again, Reds lose in 12, 4-3
By HAL McCOY What is more unbelievable? Is it Aristides Aquino hitting 14 home runs in his first 28 games, a major league record? Is it pitcher Alex Wood giving up 11 home runs in 34 innings? Is it a minor league pitcher with a minor league record completely shutting down the Cincinnati Reds Thursday […]