As Expected…Skeens Scene
By Hal McCoy When the Pittsburgh Pirates scored three runs in the first inning Thursday night in PNC park, the Cincinnati Reds could have slipped into their civilian clothes and enjoyed a relaxing meal at Eddie Merlot’s steakhouse on the city’s North Shore. That’s because the opposing pitcher was a guy holding a lethal weapon […]
A Game of Crazy ‘8s’
By Hal McCoy Raise your hand if you’ve ever witnessed an MLB game like the Atlanta Braves’ 12-11 win in 10 innings over the Cincinnati Reds Thursday night in Great American Ball Park. Put your hand down. Raise you hand if you’ve ever witnessed each team score eight runs in the same inning. Put your […]
A pitching masterpiece
By Hal McCoy Nothing more illustrates how positive events are transpiring for the Cincinnati Reds than the first inning of Sunday’s 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. With the win, completing a thee-game sweep, the Reds scrambled six games above .500 for the first time this season. And the door to a wild card […]
Great Eight: Yahtzee Foster
By Hal McCoy George Foster’s nickname was ‘Yahtzee’ because he loved playing the Milton Bradley Company’s dice game. And Cincinnati Reds general manager Bob Howsam rolled the dice when on May 29, 1971, he traded two players, Frank Duffy and Vern Geishert, to the San Francisco Giants for Foster. Foster had shown nothing for the […]
A Bizarre Win For The Reds
By Hal McCoy To say that everything is falling the way of the Cincinnati Reds these days is to dabble in the obvlous. How does a team enter the sixth inning of a game with one hit and still win, 6-2? Ask the Cincinnati Reds. They did it Saturday night in Great American Ball Park […]
Reds Win A Big One
By Hal McCoy Tyler Stephenson looked as if went 10 rounds with Muhammad Ali. . .and lost. He changed shirts several times and his catching gear was soaked after he and the Cincinnati Reds put on a baseball clinic during a 7-2 win over Tampa Bay Friday night in Great American Ball Park. That’s the […]
Lodolo Pitches A Gem
By Hal McCoy Nick Lodolo should have worn a fireman’s hat and boots Wednesday afternoon in Nationals Park because he rescued the Cincinnati Reds off the precipice. Just when his team needed it most, the 27-year-old left-hander strapped a gagging muzzle around the Washington Nationals, a 5-0 complete game shutout. And it wasn’t as easy […]
Reds Stumble In D.C. Again
By Hal McCoy Kenny Loggins wasn’t singing about the Cincinnaeti Reds with his lyrics, “Highway To The Danger Zone,” but they fit. Those aren’t the Milwaukee Brewers the Reds are currently playing, it’s the last-place Washington Nationals. The Reds are just making the Nationals resemble the Brewers. The Nationals hammered the Reds Tuesday night, 6-1, […]
Bad Night For The Reds
By Hal McCoy A Major League baseball game was scheduled for Nationals Park Monday night but a Class C slo-pitch softball game broke out. The 60-loss Washington Nationals, last place in the National League East, survived a messy 10-8 win over the Cincinnati Reds, their third win in four games over the Reds this season. […]