McCoy: Reds Explode for 14 Hits, Four Homers In 11-7 Victory
By Hal McCoy Brady Singer’s new nickname is ‘Human Run Magnet.’ After his Cincinnati Reds teammates provided him with six runs in two innings in his previous start, they gave his seven runs in four innings Saturday night in Milwaukee’s American Family Field. He didn’t need them last Monday when the Reds scored 14, but […]
McCoy: Reds Finally Score Two Runs But Still lose, 3-2
By Hal McCoy The Cincinnati Reds did not lose, 1-0, for the fourth straight game Friday night in American Family Field. And they did not get shut out for the fourth straight game. After 35 straight scoreless innings, the longest scoreless spell for a Reds team since 1946, they scored two runs. Not enough. They […]
Observations: Even When The Dodgers Are Bad They’re Good
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering if the Cincinnati Reds will score another run in my lifetime. —IT’S NEVER OVER IN LA: The Los Angeles Dodgers can’t lose when they try to lose. On Wednesday, they fell behind the Atlanta Braves, 5-0. They made three errors and two base-running gaffes. But […]
McCoy: Reds Suffer Third Straight 1-0 loss, This Time To Brewers
By Hal McCoy In 105 years since the introduction of the live ball in 1920, only one team suffered the embarrassment of three straight 1-0 losses — the 1960 Philadelphia Phillies Then along came the 2025 Cincinnati Reds. Now there are two. 1-0, 1-0, 1-0. Twenty-eight straight innings, 28 straight zeros strung across the scoreboard. […]
McCoy: It’s Deja Vu All Over Again As Reds Get Shutout Again By 1-0
By Hal McCoy As Yogi Berra once put it, it was deja vu all over again for the Cincinnati Reds Wednesday afternoon in Great American Ball Park — on four different fronts. First — For the second straight game, the Reds suffered the indignity of a 1-0 shutout at the hands of Texas Rangers pitchers. […]
Observations: Elly, McLain Could Re-Write The Record Book
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering if the Cincinnati Reds are going to continue their current patterson of lose, win, lose, win, lose. That would mean an 81-81 record. —THE YOUNGEST LEGEND: Can a baseball player become a legend at age 24? Absolutely, when your name is Elly De La Cruz […]
McCoy: Rangers’ Eovaldi Throws Complete-Game Shutout, Tops Reds, 1-0
By Hal McCoy It just doesn’t happen these days in major league baseball. And it just doesn’t happen the first week of the season. What is that? Two things — a complete game and a complete game shutout. The Cincinnati Reds felt that rare cold sting Tuesday night in Great American Ball Park. Nathan Eovaldi, […]
McCoy: What A Song Singer Sang During His Reds Debut
By Hal McCoy There is nothing better for a pitcher making his debut with a new team than to see crooked numbers twinkling on the scoreboard in the first two innings. That’s what the Cincinnati Reds did for Brady Singer Monday night in Great American Ball Park. The Reds scored three in the first and […]
Observations: From One-Run Games To Yankee Carnage
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave wondering why only 14,089 fans showed up for Sunday’s Cincinnati Reds-San Francisco Giants game? Was FC Cincinnati playing at home, too? —ONE AND DONE: As former pitcher Joaquin Andujar once said, “In baseball, I’ll say it in one word. . .youneverknow.” Indeed. On Saturday, there were […]