Reds pitchers take walk on the wild side (10 walks)
By HAL McCOY While college basketball teams are punching their tickets into the NCAA big dance, Cincinnati Reds pitcher Tim Adleman probably tore up his ticket into the team’s starting rotation and is watching everybody else dance. Adleman, who had pitched well this spring, suffered a nightmarish meltdown Thursday afternoon in Scottsdale, Ariz.’s HoHoKam Park. […]
Reds pitching takes big hits in 9-0 loss
By HAL McCOY It was not a Day to Remember for Cincinnati Reds pitching prospect Amir Garrett Wednesday afternoon in Goodyear, Ariz. His earned run average did not take a hit because he didn’t give up an earned run in his 2 2/3 innings against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. But it was his […]
Reds win 5th straight behind glossy pitching
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after spending a weekend in Cary, N.C. with the University of Dayton baseball team — and it was colder in Carolina than it was in Dayton. What did I miss? Oh, four straight spring exhibition victories by the Cincinnati Reds, including two over the world champion […]
On the road with Flyers baseball. . .and the Reds win!!!
By HAL McCOY On a Buckeye Charter Bus somewhere in the desolation of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia, where cellphones don’t work (Is this where they filmed Deliverance?). Am spending the weekend with the University of Dayton baseball team in Cary, N.C., not far enough south for baseball weather, but eager to hear the […]
Another day, another loss for the Reds
By HAL McCOY Despite some awesome and outstanding scoreless pitching from the second through the eighth innings, the Cincinnati Reds’ losing streak now stands at a half dozen. Their sixth straight spring exhibition loss came Wednesday, 3-2, when the Milwaukee Brewers scored a run in the bottom of the ninth. After starter Livsalverto Bonilla gave […]
Rally comes too late — Reds drop fifth straight
By HAL McCOY What does a beleaguered team have to do to shed a losing cocoon? A four-run first inning and a 5-1 lead after two innings was not enough for the Cincinnati Reds to win their first spring exhibition game of 2017. The Chicago White Sox, playing split squad games, kept their best players […]
Reds kick ball to fourth straight loss
By HAL McCOY Good baseball teams find ways to win. Bad baseball teams find ways to lose. On Monday at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, a spring training baseball palace in North Scottsdale, Ariz., the Cincinnati Reds found ways to lose their fourth straight spring exhibition game. They kicked the ball around like a […]
Reds lose again as Stephenson, Addleman struggle
By HAL McCOY Winning spring exhibition games is not Priority A for any major league baseball team, especially one like the Cincinnati Reds, a team on a search mission for a 25-man roster. But at some point it is important to establish a winning environment. Fortunately for the Reds, there are many games remaining to […]
Lot of hits, no runs for Reds in 8-2 loss
By HAL McCOY While most teams believe that six weeks for spring training is far too long, a task that becomes drudgery even under Arizona sunshine, the Cincinnati Reds might be an exception. Is six weeks enough? In this era of reconstruction and rebuilding, manager Bryan Price and his staff are facing a tough task […]