OBSERVATIONS: Elly/India — Like Pork & Beans
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, awaiting the start of the Reds weekend series with San Francisco, a team one game ahead of Cincinnati in the wild card hunt. It could be a big step forwared for the Reds or another of their constant one step back. —HE’S STILL HERE: The trade […]
McCoy: A Forgettable Night For Reds
By Hal McCoy It was a night during which Cincinnati Reds pitching couldn’t stop a nose bleed and a night the Reds turned grand opera into a soap opera. After grandly beating the two best pitchers the Chicago Cubs have to offer, Jameson Taillon and Justin Steele, the Reds faced one of MLB’s worst Wednesday […]
OBSERVATIONS: ‘We Just Aren’t Going To Lose Any More”
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, awaiting Amazon to deliver two new baseball books. I already have more than 300 and I’m nearly out of shelf space in my home office, and I dread gettining rid of some to make room. I’m a baeball book hoarder. —WORDS TO LIVE BY: One of […]
McCoy: Espinal To The Rescue
By Hal McCoy When Chicago Cubs pitcher Justin Steele stands on the Great American Ball Park mound, he must feel as if he is facing The Big Red Machine. When the Cincinnati Reds scored five runs against him Tuesday night in two innings, he was en route to an 0-and-4 career record in GABP. That, […]
McCoy: Reds Rip Cubs, 7-1, With Homers By Benson, Friedl And Candelario
By Hal McCoy The Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs enacted chapter one of a Battle for the Basement Monday night in Great American Ball Park. They were in a virtual tie for last place in the National League Central and the Reds were solid winners in game one, 7-1. That pushed the Reds record in […]
OBSERVATIONS: Some Pertinent Questions Concerning The Reds
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondeirng at the trade deadline if I’m a seller or a buyer. —RlNG MY BELL: This one was unearthed by former Cincinnati sportswriter Bill Koch and it is fodder for the ever-swelling David Bell bashers. Since 1882, the Cincinnati Reds have employed only seven managers who […]
Ask Hal: Best Reds Catchers Other Than Johnny Bench?
By Hal McCoy Q: Is the process of creating a lineup in MLB rely on scientific analysis or gut feeling? — DAVE, Miamisburg/Centerville/Beavercreek. A: If there had been analytics people showing possible lineups to Sparky Anderson, Billy Martin, Tony La Russa or Tommy Lasorda, that person would be shown the toilet and the flush handle […]
McCoy: Reds Manage Four Hits In 4-0 Loss To Tampa Bay
By Hal McCoy It is back to the Batter’s Box Doldrums for the Cincinnati Reds. They tried again Saturday what worked Friday and it didn’t work and, in fact, failed miserably. After getting only three hits Friday against the Tampa Bay Rays and winning in 10 inning, the Reds tried to win Saturday with four […]
McCoy: Reds Pull One Out In 10 Innings Against Rays, 3-2
By Hal McCoy It was ‘Nick At Nite’ for the Cincinnati Reds Friday night against the Tampa Bay Rays inside dark and dank Tropicana Field. The offense was non-existent for the Reds for nine innings, just two hits, but Stuart Fairchild delivered a one-out run-scoring double in the 10th inning to rescue a 3-2 victory. […]