Wojciechowski wows the Cardinals during 3-2 win
By HAL McCOY CINCINNATI — The St. Louis Cardinals could neither pronounce Asher Wojciechowski’s name nor swallow his three-pitch mix. The Cardinals can be helped on the pronunciation: Woe-jah-chow-ski. They are on their own with the hitting department and they didn’t master it Friday night in Great American Ball Park. Wojciechowski, a late-date replacement for […]
Pirates’ Kuhl cools off the Reds, 6-0
By HAL McCOY The Pittsburgh Pirates wore their camouflage uniform tops Thursday night, perhaps hoping the Cincinnati Reds wouldn’t see them. After all, the Reds won eight of the first nine games played this season between the two bottom feeders of the National League Central. For sure, the Reds couldn’t see Pirates starter Chad Kuhl […]
Dave Bristol: Worthy of Reds Hall of Fame
By HAL McCOY It is popular consensus, and rightly so, that Bob Howsam was the architect of The Big Red Machine, and that manager Sparky Anderson was the carpenter who nailed it together. There is, though, another man who seldom receives his proper props for being an early part of The Machine’s success. HIS NAME […]
Stephenson, Winker lead Reds to third straight
By HAL McCOY Robert Stephenson provided a sniff of what the Cincinnati Reds hope he is all about Wednesday night in PNC Park. After walking the population of a small village in his previous start in Miami, Stephenson was spot-on against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Reds won, but Stephenson was not credited with the win, […]
Reds on the brink of a ‘winning streak’
By HAL McCOY As Lou Brown, the mythical manager of the Cleveland Indians said in the movie ‘Major League,’ “You won a game yesterday. You won a game today. If you win tomorrow, that’s called a winning streak. It has happened before.” Well, if the Cincinnati Reds can beat the Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday night, they’ll […]
Castillo gives lesson to his former team
By HAL McCOY When the Cincinnati Reds traded 14-game winner Dan Straily to the Miami Marlins last winter for minor league pitcher Luis Castillo, the howls from fans could be heard from the Ohio River to South Beach in Florida. As luck would have it, Straily and Castillo faced each other Sunday afternoon in Marlins […]
Reds starters monotonously bad
By HAL McCOY Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A Cincinnati Reds pitcher didn’t make it beyond 4 1/3 innings and the Reds lost. Add Tim Adleman to the list. He pitched 4 1/3 innings Saturday night against the Miami Marlins and gave up six runs, six hits and the inevitable home run. […]
Romano walks six and Reds lose again
By HAL McCOY Sal Romano was provided with three runs in the top of the first inning Friday night before he had to throw his first pitch to the Miami Marlins. It wasn’t enough. The night turned into another walk-a-thon by a Cincinnati Reds rookie pitcher, followed by a bullpen meltdown that led to a […]
Stephenson takes another walk on the wild side
By HAL McCOY Robert Stephenson can’t seem to grasp the concept — a pitcher has to throw strikes in the major leagues or find another profession. When Stephenson was sent back to the minor leagues in late May, after struggling while working out of the bullpen, the message Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price gave him […]