Reds Give One Away
By Hal McCoy When an MLB team is given chance after chance after chance to win, the inevitability eventually come into play. That’s exactly what happened to the Cincinnati Reds Friday night in Great American Ball Park against the Miami Marlins, a team the Reds are chasing for a wild card. And it was a […]
A Sensational Pitchers Duel
By Hal McCoy What was expected was presented, a double-sided pitching clinic to rival all pitching clinics. It was Chase Burns against Sandy Alcantara and both pitched as if it would be their last stand on a pitcher’s mound. It was Cincinnati Reds 1, Miami Marlins 0 and that says it all. The match-up was […]
Reds Survive Chisox Head-Hunting
By Hal McCoy The Cincinnati Reds survived a furious comeback assault by the Chicago White Sox, but more importantly they survived an assault on Sal Stewart. The Reds won, 9-8, staving off Chicago’s late-game rallies, but the talk of the game was what happened to Stewart. He hit a home run in the first inning […]
Some MId-Week Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave wondering if I should call Noah Syndergaard to build me an ark because I can’t build one when I can’t hammer a nail or turn a screw driver. —THIRD MAN THEME: After a bolt out of the gate following the All-Star break, the Cincinnati Reds are […]
Castillo Silences Reds, 5-0
By Hal McCoy There were no late-game heroics by the Cincinnati Reds Wednesday night. There were no heroics at all. Newly-acquired Chicago White Sox pitcher Luis Castillo displayed that he is a great pitcher when he remembers it. He remembered it Wednesday and turned the Reds bats into useless pieces of wood with seven shutout […]
Reds Stage Big Comeback
By Hal McCoy For seven innings, it looked as if the Cincinnati Reds didn’t have a prayer — especially with most of the Chicago White Sox fans wearing Pope Leo hats. That they were able to rescue a 5-4 victory in 10 innings might not be the greatest story ever told. But it was a […]
Time Slipping Away On Reds
By Hal McCoy As they have been so often over the last couple of decades, the Cincinnati Reds are The Big Tease. They linger so close to accomplishing something, like the last wild card spot, as meager as that accomplishment is, then collpase like a punctured lung. Are fans seeing it again? They charged out […]
Nats Sweep Away Reds’ Dreams
By Hal McCoy His name is Daylen Lile but to the Cincinnati Reds his name is Vile Lile. The Washington Nationals left fielder was a vile villian not only this weekend, but for six games against the Reds this season. The Louisville native, just two hours down the road from Cincinnati, was 10 for 25 […]
Back To Last Place For Reds
By Hal McCoy It was a short stay out of last place for the Cincinnati Reds. Just two days out of last place in the National League Central division, after spending 69 days at the bottom, the Reds retreated back to the cellar Saturday night in Nationals Park. The Washington Nationals bombarded the Reds, 8-2, […]