OBSERVATIONS: For The Reds, It Was Three, Three, Three
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, still watching the Cincinnati Reds, still writing about the Cincinnati Reds, wondering why I’m still watching the Cincinnati Reds and writing about the Cincinnati Reds. —THREE-THREE-THREE: On back-to-back-to back days, the Cincinnati Reds won a game in New York, a game in Atlanta and a game […]
McCoy: Reds Waste Another Great Start, Lose, 6-1 To Cardinals
By Hal McCoy For the second straight game it was deja vu all over again and that was not a good thing for the Cincinnati Reds. They lost Thursday afternoon to the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-1, in a game full of similarities to their 2-1 loss Wednesday. In both games, the starting pitchers for both […]
McCoy: Cardinals Stop All The Reds’ Streaks, 2-1
By Hal McCoy For the most part, baseball is a game of failure. And the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals were prime exhibits Wednesday night in Busch Stadium. Both teams were persistent failures in trying to score runs throughout the game — until the St. Louis eighth inning. Paul Goldschmidt lined a run-scoring double, […]
OBSERVATIONS: Which ‘Diaz’ Do You Prefer?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, so honored to have JD Old-Fashioned Cusard in Englewood to name a flavor of the ‘dae’ after me. It was Hal McCoy Cookies n’ Creme. . .my absolute favorite. —DIAL DIAZ: If you are a Cincinnati Reds fan and Alexis Diaz comes in to close a […]
McCoy: Lowder Shuts Down Cardinals, Two Straight Shutouts
By Hal McCoy For a team that has enough injured pitchers to fill a hospital ward, the Cincinnati Reds are pitching as if no arm is missing. For the second straight game, the staff spliced together a shutout, this time a 3-0 decision over the St. Louis Cardinals in Busch Stadium Tuesday night. And over […]
McCoy: Martinez Almost Perfect As Reds Win, 1-0
By Hal McCoy Nick Martinez was a combination of Pedro Martinez and David Cooperfield Monday night in Atlanta’s Truist Park. He pitched like Hall of Fame pitcher Pedro Martinez and made the baseball disappear from Atlanta Braves batters like magician David Copperfield. The man is only starting games because the Cincinnati Reds starting staff has […]
McCoy: Espinal’s Two-Run Double Ends Mets’ Winning Streak
By Hal McCoy His middle name is Roman but it should be Clutch. Santiago Roman Espinal doesn’t play every day for the Cincinnati Reds, but when he does his bat is always quality control — put the ball in play and let it fall where it may. On Sunday afternoon in Citi Field, his two-run […]
McCoy: Vientos’ Second Homer Walks Off Reds, 6-4
By Hal McCoy There were four two-run home runs crushed Friday night in Citi Field, accounting for eight of the 10 runs in a wild one involving the Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets. Unfortunately for the Reds and fortunately for the Mets, the Mets had the last one that provided the Mets with a […]
OBSERVATIONS: Joey Votto’s Honest Assessment
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave wondering if the New Yorks Mets realize what awaits them in their series against the Cincinnati Reds. Or not. —PAL JOEY: The first couple of years Joey Votto was with the Reds, he was a complete introvert. Interviewing him was like yanking teeth from a Sabre-Toothed […]