How you know when you are a failure
By HAL McCOY There are times in life when you realize you are a complete failure. For me, the time is now. And coming from me, a guy who has been blessed with good fortune and wonderful happenstances, that is saying a lot. But when you fail the one person you love most in life, […]
Reds finish disappointing 2019 with 3-1 win in Pittsburgh
By HAL McCOY Another long, disappointing and frustrating season came to a merciful conclusion Sunday afternoon in Pittsburgh for the Cincinnati Reds. During their 150th-year franchise history celebration, the Reds finished 2019 with their sixth straight losing season. Their 75-87 record. is the best since 2014 when the team went 76-86, the team’s best record […]
Reds end PNC futility in a 12-inning game they should have lost
By HAL McCOY After losing 11 straight games to the Pittsburgh Pirates in PNC Park, the Cincinnati Reds finally won a game — a game they shouldn’t have won. It took them 12 innings to do it, a game that ended well after midnight, a 4-2 decision. The game-winning run came on a two-out double […]
Pirates walk it off as Iglesias strikes again
By HAL McCOY There was nothing for the Cincinnati Reds to play for Friday night in Pittsburgh except pride. Pride falleth again. The Reds had it all wrapped up, a one-run lead with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. What happened? Raisel Iglesias happened. Again. He gave up a two-out, two-run walk-off home […]
Brennaman walks a professional line in his farewell broadcast
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — What everybody wanted to hear, what everybody begged to happen, was for Marty Brennaman to finish his career with his catch phrase: “And this one belongs to the Reds.” Unfortunately, it was not to be as the Milwaukee Brewers spoiled the going-away party, beating the Cincinnati Reds, 5-3, Thursday afternoon. […]
Sonny Gray: ‘It was a matter of pain tolerance’
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — Sonny Gray, little more than 24 hours removed from surgery, walked into the Cincinnati Reds clubhouse Thursday morning, his elbow tightly wrapped. From across the room, somebody yelled, “Are you here to throw a sideline session.” Gray laughed and held up a plastic cup. Inside was four dime-sized objects that […]
Brewers celebrate, Suarez hopes to celebrate
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds witnessed with their own eyes Wednesday night what they would like to see in their own future. They watched the Milwaukee Brewers clinch a wild card invitation to the post-season playoffs. And watched is the operative word. They mostly stood and watched their starting pitcher, Tyler Mahle, […]
Gray pitched all season with loose impediment in his elbow
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — What Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell needs to do before next season is take a Ball-Peen hammer and give all his pitchers a couple of whacks on the elbow — just enough to shake loose a couple of impediments to float in the elbow. Why? Well, it was revealed Wednesday […]
Gray loses, but is one of the NL’s best pitchers
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — It figured that if anybody could stop the runaway beer truck that is the Milwaukee Brewers, it would be Cincinnati Reds pitcher Sonny Gray. It didn’t happen. Go figure. The Brew Crew stuck another close loss on the Reds, 4-2, Tuesday night in Great American Ball Park. The Reds are […]