Back To Last Place For Reds
By Hal McCoy It was a short stay out of last place for the Cincinnati Reds. Just two days out of last place in the National League Central division, after spending 69 days at the bottom, the Reds retreated back to the cellar Saturday night in Nationals Park. The Washington Nationals bombarded the Reds, 8-2, […]
Reds Lose Homer Battle, 5-3
By Hal McCoy If fans dig the long ball, they were witness to two of the most prolific home run producing teams in MLB Friday night in Nationals Park. The Washington Nationals lead MLB with 170 home runs and the Cincinnati Reds are fifth with 153. And the Reds hit three to Washington’s two Friday, […]
Reds Accept Another Gift
By Hal McCoy For a solid clue as to why the Sacramento A’s have lost 11 straight series, have lost 68 games and have lost 13 of 17, do this: Take a red pen and circle the eighth inning of Tuesday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds in Great American Ball Park, a 5-4 Reds victory. […]
OBSERVATIONS: Reds Dormant At Deadline
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, looking as if every team in the National League Central division but the Cincinnati Reds were serious about the trade deadline. —For the most part, the Cincinnati Reds stood pat through the trade deadline or, better said, they sat on their hands, as team after team […]
Pirates Helpless Against Burns
By Hal McCoy When Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Mitch Keller pitches in Great American Ball Park, he has to feel like Joe Btfslplk, the Li’l Abner cartoon character who always had a black cloud over his head. Keller made his major league debut on May 27, 2019 in GABP and gave up six runs in the […]
Some Sunday Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, awaiting breathlessly to see what the Cincinnati Reds do before Monday’s trade deadline. . .if anything. —STEW ON THIS: In less than a year, Sal Stewart has become more popular in Cincinnati than Skyline Chili. He is as American as fudge. Stewart’s run of driving in […]
A Sopping Wet Reds’ Loss
By Hal McCoy Andrew Abbott’s theme song was Lou Reed’s “Walk on the Wild Side.” It definitely wasn’t “Singing in the Rain.” Abbott was forced to pitch in a downpour with the mound a quagmire in the third inning of Saturday night’s Cincinnati Reds’ 4-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Reds’ lefthander walked four […]
Reds Win Wild One, 8-7
By Hal McCoy That wasn’t Paul Skenes, not as advertised. That wasn’t Hunter Greene, not as advertised. What was billed and expected to be a marquee pitching match-up between Skenes and Greene was anything but. And the score says it all, Cincinnati Reds 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 7 Friday night in Great American Ball Park. The […]
Reds Walk Off A Weird One
By Hal McCoy It looked as if, out of necesssity, the Pittsburgh Pirates were conceding Thursday night’s game even before it started. But for eight innings, the Cincinnati Reds were having none of it. Then in the ninth, they scored a 3-2 walkoff victory — not with a home run, not with a hit, not […]