How does Riggleman motivate the Reds?
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — What can a manager do? What can he say to his team when it is so deep in last place it can’t see the next-to-last team without the Hubble Telescope and then it is a faint view? That’s the situation Cincinnati Reds manager Jim Riggleman finds himself in as he […]
Romano rocked and Kluber rolls in 8-1 Tribe win
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — When the Cleveland Indians came to town, the Cincinnati Reds actually had something to play for, a reachable goal. They could have won the not-so-coveted Ohio Cup, a nearly secret trinket dangled in front of the Tribe and the Reds. Whichever team wins the season series gets possession of the […]
Dubious distinction: Reds lead baseball in ‘position’ pitchers
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds lead the league in a dubious facet of the game, one classified as minutiae and something no team or manager wants to see. The Reds have used four different position players to finish out-of-hand games as pitchers — Cliff Pennington, Alex Blandino, Phillip Ervin and Brandon Dixon. […]
Reds ripped, 10-3, record is 1-15 in Bailey’s starts
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — Does anybody remember the last time Cincinnati Reds pitcher Homer Bailey won a baseball game? Does it seems like it was back when Prince had that party in 1999? In fact, when was the last time the Reds won a game that Bailey started? Bailey last won a game in […]
Cody Reed is back for another trial run
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — When four young Cincinnati Reds pitchers roomed in the same house during spring training in Goodyear, Ariz., somebody called it, ‘The House of the Rising Guns.’ The occupants were Sal Romano, Amir Garrett, Robert Stephenson and Cody Reed. When camp broke, they sere split in half — Garrett and Romano […]
D-Backs bombard Reds with five homers, 9-2
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — When he isn’t winning 13 games for the Arizona Diamondbacks, pitcher Zack Godley is an avid fisherman and is delightfully proud that he has sunk two boats while searching for bass and while he survived, the bass didn’t. Godley did some more sinking Sunday afternoon in Great American Ball Park. […]
Hamilton’s defense: Almost always ‘catch of the day’
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — The fantabulous Hall of Fame center fielder Willie Mays, who committed more baseball robberies than Bonnie & Clyde performed bank robberies, was once asked to rate his myriad of great catches. “I don’t rate ‘em, I just catch ‘em,” said Mays while quietly lacing up his baseball spikes. Cincinnati Reds […]
Reds continue successes against first place teams
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — Is there any way the National League can amend the schedule and place the Cincinnati Reds against a first place team every night? When the last place Reds play a first place team, it’s magic for the Reds. With their second straight victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks Saturday night in […]
Herrera makes debut in left field with borrowed glove
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — When Gene Mauch managed the Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal Expos, Minnesota Twins and California Angels, one of his favorite sayings was, “You can’t hide a player on defense. The baseball always finds him.” It wasn’t that Cincinnati Reds manager Jim Riggleman was trying to hide Dilson Herrera in left field Saturday […]