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. […]
Reds Just Miss Sweep
By Hal McCoy An opportunity for the Cincinnati Reds to sweep the New York Mets and scramble five games above .500 for the first time this season fell one productive swing of the bat short Sunday afternoon in Citi Field. The Reds were defeated, 3-2, when the Mets scored the winning run in the eighth […]
Some Sunday Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after watching Cincinnati Reds pitcher Nick Martinez in perpetual motion, thinking he would be a perfect mascot for the NBA’s Indiana Pacers. —ADD SOME POWER?: As the trade deadline creeps closer, the most talk is that the Cincinnati Reds need to add a power bat to […]
Reds Stop Mets Again
By Hal McCoy It gives manager Tito Francona heart palpitations, but the Reds have developed a tried and true modus operandi to win games. They spot the opposition an early lead, then come back to win, just as they did Saturday afternoon to take care of the fast-faltering New York Mets, 5-2. The Mets, losers […]
Reds Bomb Mets, 8-4
By Hal McCoy Was it the optional workout manager Tito Francona offered Thursday afternoon or the three tacos Austin Hays ate for lunch Friday afternoon? Whichever it was, and maybe it was both, Hays put on a baseball power play Friday night in Citi Field, two home runs to lead the Cincinnati Reds to an […]
Reds Need To ‘Push’
By Hal McCoy On the day Cincinnati Reds manager Tito Francona tried to play down the meaning of his 2,000th career win, he kept deflecting questions about the amazing accomplishment. Instead, he wanted to focus on what lies ahead for his team, what it needs to do to make the playoffs. Discounting the convoluted 2020 […]