Here come the Cubs – Are the Reds ready?
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — It has been a long, long, long time since the Cincinnati Reds played a meaningful series, an elephant’s age since they gave their fans even a sniff of hope. That time has arrived and it is time for the Reds to give a strong sermon or get off the pulpit. […]
Reds fans: Do you believe in miracles?
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — It was ABC broadcaster Al Michaels who uttered the famous words, “Do you believe in miracles? Yes.” It was when the U.S. hockey team, stuffed with amateurs, upset the USSR in the 1980 Winter Olympics. Just seven years previous, Al Michaels was the radio play-by-play announcer for the Cincinnati Reds, […]
Gausman says he is ready for Reds bullpen challenge
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — If nothing else, Kevin Gausman is a polite fellow. Shortly after his arrival in the Cincinnati Reds clubhouse Tuesday, a dozen media members surrounded his locker, digital recorders and microphones in his face. Before a question could be asked, Gausman stuck out his hand and shook with each and every […]
Is Castillo the re-incarnate of Pedro Martinez?
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — When Mike Trout drops a put-it-in-your-pocket fly ball in the first inning, it is beyond a reasonable doubt that things are tilted heavily in your direction. That’s exactly what happened Monday night in Great American Ball Park. Trout, baseball’s Mr. Universe, perhaps bored to tears because the Cincinnati Reds were […]
Bauer likes what he sees in Cincinnati clubhouse
By Hal McCOY CINCINNATI — To say Trevor Bauer is different is to say there is a difference between a turtle shell and a soup pan. Does he march to the beat of a different drummer? He is the drummer, with his own beat. For example, to those who hold hope that the Cincinnati Reds […]
Barnhart blast in 10th propels Reds to 6-4 win over Braves
By HAL McCOY For a brief few moments, it looked as if the bewitched, bothered, bewildered and battered Cincinnati Reds bullpen worked its un-Midas touch. Tucker Barnhart came to the rescue in a mammoth way, a three-run 10th-inning home run that lifted the Reds from the doldrums to a 6-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves. […]
Reds take walk on the wild side, Bauer struggles, Reds lose in 10, 5-4
By HAL McCOY Cincinnati Reds pitchers threw 208 pitches to the Atlanta Braves Saturday night in Sun Trust Park — one pitch too many. The 208th, a 0-and-2 pitch thrown by Robert Stephenson, was pulled into left field by Ronald Acuna Jr. for a single, a walk-off 5-4 victory for the Braves in 10 innings. […]
Wood makes the wait worth it for Reds
By HAL McCOY The long, long wait for Alex Wood appears worth it to the Cincinnati Reds, at least for one night. Wood made his second start of the season and shut down the homer-happy Atlanta Braves Friday night in Sun Trust Park, 5-2. The only damage done to Wood on this night was a […]
Reds drop rain-shortened game to Braves, 4-1
By HAL McCOY It wasn’t a fun night for Acting Manager Freddie Benavides. With manager David Bell serving the first day of his six-day suspension, Benavides handled the lineup card and the decisions Thursday night in Atlanta’s Sun Trust Park. Another Freddie, Freddie Freeman, and Mother Nature combined to hand Benavides and the Cincinnati Reds […]