A new manager but it’s the same ol’ Reds
By HAL McCOY The view from his new perch as interim manager of the Cincinnati Reds was no different Friday night than it was when Jim Riggleman was bench coach — bad starting pitching, a silent offense and zero success against the St. Louis Cardinals. Riggleman, managing his first game as fired manager Bryan Price’s […]
Groundhog Day: Reds again lost by 2-0 to Brewers
By HAL McCOY It was Groundhog Day in Miller Park Wednesday afternoon for the Cincinnati Reds, another 2-0 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. It was as if they took a videotape of Tuesday’s 2-0 loss and replayed it Wednesday. —Just as he did Tuesday, Milwaukee first baseman Eric Thames hit a two-run home run to […]
Reds: ‘What a difference a day makes’
By HAL McCOY As Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocal artist Dinah Washington sang in 1958, “What a difference a day makes, 24 little hours.” Just one day, 24 little hours, after the Cincinnati Reds scored 10 runs on 14 hits, they scored no runs on three hits Tuesday night and lost to the […]
Reds take frustrations out on Brewers, 10-4
By HAL McCOY The Cincinnati Reds found a team with more walking wounded than they have and took full advantage of it Monday night to end an eight-game losing streak. And they did it with a vengeance, expelling a shipload of frustration on the Milwaukee Brewers, 10-4. While the Reds are without regulars Eugenio Suarez, […]
Reds (2-13) no match for Carlos Martinez
By Hal McCoy CINCINNATI — With the way the Cincinnati Reds are playing back seat baseball these days, it is no wonder they are treated like Rodney Dangerfield. No respect. As rain pounded Great American Ball Park Sunday afternoon, delaying the game’s start, somebody associated with the St. Louis Cardinals said, “We’re hoping this game […]
Depressed Reds join 1931 team from The Great Depression
By HAL McCOY Few people were on this earth when the Cincinnati Reds last started a baseball season 2-and-12. In fact, it was 87 years ago, 1931, and the country was at the start of The Great Depression. And there isn’t a baseball team in a bigger depression right now than the Reds, who were […]
Reds join Class of ’55 at 2-and-11, lose again to Cardinals
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — It isn’t what anybody would call a lofty goal, or any goal at all, but the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night matched the snail’s start of the 1955 team, something that happened 63 years ago. With their sixth straight loss, a 5-3 decision to the St. Louis Cardinals in Great […]
The more the Reds play, the uglier it gets
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — The question was a simple one and the answer was compound but also simple. Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price was asked before Thursday night’s game in Great American Ball Park against the St. Louis Cardinals: “Coming off a rough road trip (1-and-6) how are you going to turn it around […]
Reds lose another one in bizarre fashion
By HAL McCOY Despite the weather, it isn’t close to Christmas, but the Cincinnati Reds suffered another Silent Night in Philadelphia. There was no love in the City of Brotherly Love by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Reds as the Phillies completed a three-game sweep Wednesday night in Citizens Bank Park. It was one bizarre […]