Four New Reds Hall Of Famers
By Hal McCoy It will be a four-star event Saturday in Great American Ball Park when the Cincinnati Reds induct four men into the club’s Hall of Fame. Emblematic red jackets will be placed around the shoulders of former manager Lou Piniella, second baseman Brandon Phillips, outfielder Reggie Sanders and pitcher Aaron Harang. All four […]
Martinez Derails Reds
By Hal McCoy The Big Road Machine bogged down on St. Petersburg Beach Wednesday afternoon. After winning their first five games on this road trip and taking a 10-2 road record this season into Tropicana Field, the Cincinnati Reds were stoped by the Tampa Bay Rays, 6-1. And they were sidetracked by a familiar face, […]
Reds Rip Five Homers
By Hal McCoy Elly De La Cruz launched a 414-foot two-run home run in the top of the first inning and Tampa Bay executives could have told fans to vacate the premises, lock the Tropicana Field doors and sweep out the aisles and concourses. When the Cincinnati Reds score first, they don’t lose and they […]
Reds Finally Win An Easy One
By Hal McCoy Sal Stewart’s nickname is Salbert, as in Albert Pujols. Stewart’s teammates hung the nickname on the 22-year old rookie because he displays all the traits displayed by Pujols, a future first ballot Hall of Famer from his days with the Cardinals and Angels. And Stewart once again performed like Pujols Monday night […]
Another Incredible Reds Win
By Hal McCoy Another day, another way for the Cincinnati Reds to lay in the weeds waiting to figure out a way to win a seemingly unwinnable baseball game. They figured it out again Sunday afternoon with a movie-like script that if seen on the silver screen would be critiqued as too schmaltzy, too unreal, […]
An Old-School Reds Win
By Hal McCoy It was directly from The Baseball Book of Fundamentals, Chapter One, for the Cincinnati Reds. With the score tied in the ninth inning, the Reds performed old-school tactics to manufacture the run they needed to beat the Minnesota Twins, 5-4 Saturday afternoon in Target Field. It began when pinch-hitter Spencer Steer hit […]
Another One-Run Reds Win
By Hal McCoy Brandon Williamson grew up 154 miles from Target Field in Fairmont, Minn., and spent his youth attending games and rooting for the Minnesota Twins. And with close to 500 of his closest friends from close to his hometown, Williamson made the Twins wonder what kind of fan he was of their team. […]
Rough Road For Reds Rotation
By Hal McCoy Suddenly the Cincinnati Reds starting rotation is on a back road to nowhere. With a much-deceiving 9-6 loss to the Los Angeles Angels Sunday afternoon, the five-man rotation went through its last turn with a 10.32 earned run average. And it’s the major reason the Reds have lost four of their last […]
Burns, Reds Routed, 10-2
By Hal McCoy Chase Burns and his 0.81 earned run average figured to have a walk in the park Friday night in Great American Ball Park. Why? The batting averages of the Los Angeles Angels batting lineup was: .083, .090, 091, .219, .222, .222, .231, .273, .321. The Angels arrived in Cincinnati with a .200 […]