McCoy: A’s Use Three Homers to Top Reds, 5-4
By Hal McCoy Only the New York Yankees rely more on home runs to score runs than the Oakland Athletics. And the Cincinnati Reds were injected with a full dose Tuesday night in Great Ameridcan Ball Park. The A’s launched three late-game home runs to account for all their runs in applying a 5-4 defeat […]
OBSERVATIONS: Pirates Doing What Reds Should Do
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after a scrumptious meal Monday night at Jimmy’s Italian Restaraunt in Downtown Dayton. Baked Zitti, a side of sausage, house salad with tasty Italian dressing, two glasses of Moscato and one full and satisfied stomach. —ELLY’S ELEGY: Historic stuff keeps being applied next to Elly De […]
Ask Hal: Baseball Brawls Mostly G.M.A
By Hal McCoy Q: Following a bench-clearing brawl, is there ever any discussion regarding which team prevailed? — DAVE, Miamisburg/Centerville/Beavercreek. A: Baseball and and brawl should never be in the same sentence. I’ve only one true brawl on a baseball field. At best, most are skirmishes, just a bunch of guys pushing and shoving each […]
McCoy: Grandal Gets Revenge With Walk-off Home Run
By Hal McCoy For Yasmani Grandal, it was a message to the Cincinnati Reds: “See, I told you.” Grandal ripped a one-out, two-run walk-off home run off Reds closer Alexis Diaz in the ninth inning Sunday afternoon to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 4-3 victory in PNC Park. With a 3-2 lead, Diaz retired dangerous […]
A History of Baseball Frustrations In Cleveland
By Hal McCoy The Cleveland Guardians, baseball’s Shock Rock team this season, have been the surprise team in major league baseball, holding down first place in the American League Central most of the season.. Will it stay that way? Will the Guardians win the American League Central? Will they even make the playoffs? While those […]
McCoy: Firsts for Aguiar, Kelly in 10-2 Reds Win
By Hal McCoy The Cincinnati Reds did what they are supposed to do Saturday night against a pitcher with a 0-5 record. And they did it fast and furiously in the first inning in PNC Park against Jake Woodford. They scored four runs in the firsrt and four more in the fourth en route to […]
OBSERVATIONS: He Was Votto-matic With RISP
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, remembering the day Joey Votto approached me and said, “Hal, you’ve been around this game a long time. If I ever change, will you please tell me?” He changed, but it was for the better and I never had to tell him he changed for the […]
McCoy: Reds Blow 5-0 Lead, Lose to Pirates, 6-5
By Hal McCoy Andrew Abbott was the scheduled starter for Friday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in PNC Park, but was placed on the injured list prior to the game with a sore shoulder. That forced Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell to utilize a Bullpen Day. For four innings it worked perfectly and that’s […]
McCoy: Pirates, Skenes Hang A Zero On The Reds, 7-0
By Hal McCoy For 4 1/2 innings, Cincinnati Reds pitcher Nick Lodolo and Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes put on a near-perfect pitching display Thursday night in PNC Park. With the help of umpire Larry Vanover’s strike zone, that appeared as wide as the PNC Park’s 15222 zip code, the two pitchers were striking out […]