‘And this one belongs to Marty Brennaman’
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — As he began his farewell press conference Tuesday afternoon with the Cincinnati media, Marty Brennaman’s voice was shaky and tears rimmed his eyes. He began by saying, “I’m going to miss everybody in this room.” His voice quivered and he fought the tears and said, “Here I go. . .” […]
Ervin and Gray make it a sunny day for the Reds
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — What better pitcher to pull the Cincinnati Reds out of their ‘Daylight Doldrums’ than Sonny Gray? When the Reds took the Great American Ball Park field Wednesday afternoon to face the Philadelphia Phillies, the Reds were phutile and phoolhardy in day games — 17 wins, 37 losses. Sonny the Invincible, […]
Babe Lorenzen gets his outfield starting debut
By HAL McCOY “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” — Galatians 2:20. CINCINNATI — That scripture, in small letters, is […]
Michael Lorenzen and Babe Ruth: Two of a kind
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — Just call him Babe Lorenzen. Or call him George Herman Lorenzen. Cincinnati Reds pitcher/outfielder/pinch-hitter/pinch-runner and all-around good guy Michael Lorenzen did something monumental Wednesday night in Great American Ball Park. He put his name in a place where only Babe Ruth’s name resided before Wednesday. Lorenzen was the winning pitcher, […]
Aquino may try center field — Winker, Suarez close to returns
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — When it comes to his outfielders, Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell can play musical chairs with enough players to cover every note on the scale. And it is only a matter of what day it is, or what inning it is, or what double switch is involved for him to […]
‘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 […]