Stewart Rescues Reds With Pinch-Hit
By Hal McCoy Even when Sal Stewart sits as a spectator for nine innings in a 100° dugout, he finds a way to win a baseball game for the Cincinnati Reds. For the first time after 103 straight starts this season, Stewart was given the day off. . .for nine innings. But with the score […]
Reds Shut Out 10th time, 7-0
By Hal McCoy The Cincinnati Reds’ win over the St. Louis Cardinals Friday night apparently was a one-game mirage. On Saturday night it was back into the doldrums when they play the Cardinals and fellow members of the National League Central. The Cardinals, losers in six of their previous seven games, hung a 7-0 shiner […]
Suarez To The Rescue. . .Again
By Hal McCoy It was old-time Hall of Fame pitcher Lefty Gomez who first said, “I’d rather be lucky than good.” And Eugenio Suarez said he was lucky Friday night when he hit a game-winning home run, but Suarez also has been good — very, very, very good. Suarez evaporated the baseball, a monstrous 435-foot […]
When In Doubt, Better Call Sal
By Hal McCoy For the Cincinnati Reds, it is a book entitled, Living On The Long Ball. And when a long ball is needed, rookie Sal Stewart is your man. Stewart’s three-run home run in the seventh inning pushed the Reds from a one-run deficit to a 5-3 lead, a lead that stood up for […]
Another Burns-Burner For Reds
By Hal McCoy As a $785,000 employee, Cincinnati Reds pitcher Chase Burns was 11-1. As a $105 million employee, Burns is now 12-1.. Making his first start since signing his seven-year contract extension, Burns displayed once again why he is worth every penny, nickel, dime, quarter and dollar. Burns did his thing, then he and […]
A Slugfest Win For Reds
By Hal McCoy Colorado Rockies pitcher Ryan Feltner learned a painful lesson Sunday in Cape Canaveral/Coors Field: Don’t hang 89 miles an hour sliders to the Cincinnati Reds. Feltner, an Ohio State product, did it three times in the first two innings and all three landed where no outfielder could catch them. Those three homers […]
Rockies Rock Lowder
By Hal McCoy For the Colorado Rockies, it was like actor Peter Finch’s line in the movie Network: “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this any more.” When Saturday afternoon’s game began in Coors Field, the Cincinnati Reds had beaten the hometown Rockies seven straight times on their home turf. The […]
Reds Assault Rockies Bullpen
By Hal McCoy What teams try to do to the Colorado Rockies is the same thing teams try to do to the Cincinnati Reds — get into the bullpen as quickly as possible. That was the scenario Friday night and starting pitcher Brady Singer made certain the Reds won that battle. Singer provided seven innings […]
Reds Should Take Drastic Steps
By Hal McCoy It was false hope. It was hope, but it was false hope, a cruel April Fool’s joke. The Cincinnati Reds began the season in April, 20-11, and they resembled legitimate contenders. Now they are mindful of Marlon Brando in the movie On The Waterfront when he said: “I coulda had class. I […]