Ask Hal: Shouldn’t The Reds Shut Down Hunter Greene?
By Hal McCoy Q: When Reds pitcher Hunter Greene was placed on the injured list, was there any doubt his season was over? — DAVE, Miamisburg/Centerville/Beavercreek. A: I never though about it that way because after two medical opinions showed no damage to his elbow, the Reds say he’ll be back. My thoughts? Why? Why […]
McCoy: Reds Stop Brewers In 11 Innings, 4-3.
By Hal McCoy It took 11 innings, some rock solid pitching, a couple of defensive dandies by Jonathan India and the reliable bat of pinch-hitter Santiago Espinal. It took all that, and more, for the Cincinnati Reds to walk off with a 4-3 victory over their constant tormentors, the Milwaukee Brewers, Sunday afternoon in Great […]
Observations: Do Away With The ‘Intentional Walk’
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and if you are at the Holiday At Home parade in Kettering Monday morning, please wave as I ride by in the back of an El Camino right behind grand marshal Gary Sandy. —XXXXXXX: It is time for baseball commissioner Rob Mafraud, or somebody, to banish […]
McCoy: Another Night, Another One-Run Loss To The Brewers
By Hal McCoy Another day, another loss, another one-run loss, another loss to the Milwaukee Brewers for the star-crossed Cincinnati Reds. The Brewers were 1 for 15 with runners in scoring position. And won. The Brewers struck out 14 times. And won. It was Milwaukee 5, Cincinnati 4, Saturday night in Great American Ball Park. […]
McCoy: Brewers Finish Off Reds With 10-Run Inning
By Hal McCoy John Sadak said it perfectly in the middle of Milwaukee’s 10-run inning Sunday night: “This is a whole new level of ugly.” And when it was over, a 14-0 Brewers track meet over the Cincinnati Reds, the Bally Sports Ohio play-by-play man added, “No mercy from the Brewers, a humbling nightcap.” It […]
McCoy: Reds Lose Another One-Run Game, 5-4
By Hal McCoy No matter if it is day or night, rainy or bright, scorching hot or bitterly cold, no matter what day it is, the Milwaukee Brewers are going to beat the Cincinnati Reds. It took them 10 innings and some baserunning blunders by the Reds, but the Brewers did it again Friday afternoon, […]
McCoy: This Reds Win Belongs In a Museum
By Hal McCoy If there was a Museum For Bizzarre Baseball Games, Thursday’s 10-9 Cincinnati Reds win over the Oakland Ahletics would be a featured exhibit. One exhibit would be the baseball Cincinnati’s TJ Friedl ripped for a two-run ninth-inning walk-off single, only the second Reds walk-off win this season. There would be the bat […]
OBSERVATIONS: He Backed Up What He ‘Predicted’
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATNS from The Man Cave and 100 degrees, 105 when I light up a Monte Cristo White Label Churchill. —RUN, DON’T WALK: It was 1963 in the Florida Instructional League. Long-time iconic coach George Kissell was coaching third base for the St. Louis Cardinals. “This young kid I’d never seen before […]
McCoy: Reds Suffer Another Unfathomable Loss
By Hal McCoy Of all the excruciating defeats suffered this season by the Cincinnati Reds, Wednesday night’s 9-6 reversal to the Oakland Athletics ranks in the Top Three, if not No. 1. They trailed the A’s 5-0 entering the seventh inning, but scored six times in the seventh to take a 6-5 lead. The exclamation […]