Why are the Reds insistent on pitching Bailey?
By HAL McCOY It is as clear as a perfect diamond that sending Homer Bailey to the pitching mound this year is a fool’s errand. Each and every time, in some way, shape or form, Bailey gets his brains scrambled. It happened again Friday night in Busch Stadium III, a game the Cincinnati Reds lost, […]
Reds lose in extra innings again, 2-1
By HAL McCOY It is no surprise that the Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers seemed to sleepwalk through a baseball game Thursday afternoon in Great American Ball Park. Both teams had to be exhausted, mostly from running the bases in the first two games of the series when they combined to score 41 runs. What […]
Reds blow 10-6 lead, lose in 10 to Brewers, 13-12
By HAL McCOY Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Jesus Aguilar sat and sat and sat for eighth innings, watching the Brewers and Cincinnati Reds play pinball baseball, hits splattering all over near empty Great American Ball Park Wednesday night. Then he entered the game in the ninth inning and during his first at bat of a […]
Reds score early then hold off Brewers, 9-7
By HAL McCOY It was not confirmed, but it was suspected that a bonfire spotted in downtown Cincinnati Monday was the Cincinnati Reds burning their road uniforms after a 1-and-6 trip to Milwaukee and Chicago. And they threw their bats into the conflagration, too. Then they slipped into their traditional home white uniforms, unpacked some […]
Bailey has an anaconda wrapped around him
By HAL McCOY Is Cincinnati Reds pitcher Homer Bailey snake-bit? No, he is not. It’s worse. He has a 25-foot anaconda wrapped around his mid-section. After the Reds took another beating from the Chicago Cubs Sunday afternoon in Wrigley field, 9-0, Bailey is 1-and-12 and the Reds are 1-and-17 in his starts. That’s not bad. […]
Reds keep Harvey and he is sharp in Reds 10-inning loss to Cubs
By HAL McCOY For close to 48 hours it looked as if Cincinnati Reds pitcher Matt Harvey would be wearing a Milwaukee Brewers uniform. He was scheduled to start Friday afternoon’s game against the Chicago Cubs, but the Brewers claimed him off revocable waivers, forcing the Reds to made a decision. They could let him […]
DeSclafani no match for Cubs’ Hamels (11-1 against the Reds)
By Hal McCoy The National League’s two best pitchers in August, Cincinnati’s Anthony DeSclafani and Chicago’s Cole Hamels played Match Game in Wrigley Field Thursday night. As usual, though, the Reds were overmatched against Hamels, a left hander who is now 11-and-1 for his career against the Reds after the Cubs scored a 7-1 victory […]
Stephenson better, but Brewers blank Reds, 4-0
By HAL McCOY Robert Stephenson was better, but not good enough, probably not strong enough to preserve his spot in the Cincinnati Reds rotation. That could change if the Reds manage to trade Matt Harvey in the next few days or if one of the other starters come up lame. Manager Jim Riggleman expressed a […]
Scooter’s homer carries Reds in bizarre, bizarre game
By HAL McCOY Of the 19 home runs Scooter Gennett has launched this season, none tasted better than the one he hit Tuesday night against the Milwaukee Brewers, the team that unceremoniously released during spring training two years ago. Gennett broke a tie game with two outs in the top of the ninth to push […]