McCoy: Reds, Greene Stop Braves, 4-1
By Hal McCoy As has been their habit in this topsy-turvy season, the Cincinnati Reds resemble a World Series-bound team when they play baseball’s elite. After enduring a three-game sweep at the hands and feet of the lowly Washington Nationals over the weekend, they played practically perfect baseball Monday night against the potent but crippled […]
McCoy: Nats Complete Three-Game Sweep Of Reds
By Hal McCoy The 2024 baseball season is fast slipping toward oblivion for the Cincinnati Reds, if it is not already here. Facing a team that firmly states it is in a rebuilding period with a lineup sprinkled with young players, the Reds were swept over the weekend by the Washington Nationals. The third straight […]
ASK HAL: Cruz Probably Apologizes For Miscues
By Hal McCoy Q: Is it customary for a pitcher like the Cincinnati Reds’ Fernando Cruz to apologiz to Hunter Greene when he gives up five runs to ruin Greene’s shutout? — DAVE, Miamisburg/Centerville/Beavercreek. A: Depends on the person and knowing Cruz’s personality he probably apologized over and over and over again. And he probably […]
McCoy: Reds Lose Another One-Run Game (8-19)
By Hal McCoy It was a Battle of the Bullpens Saturday night in Nationals Park and the Cincinnati Reds came up unarmed. Four Washington Nationals relief pitchers, including two former Reds, held the Reds to no runs and two hits over the final six innings in a 5-4 Washington victory. On the other side, Reds […]
McCoy: A Bad Start To Second Half For Reds
By Hal McCoy It was not the way the Cincinnati Reds hoped to start the season after the All-Star break. In fact, there was no hope for the Reds Friday night in Nationals Park, a should-be embarrassing 8-5 loss to the Washington Nationals. The score is misleading. The Reds trailed, 8-1, after eight innings and […]
OBSERVATIONS: Slow Down On Expectations For Hinds
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, waiting to see which Cincinnati Reds team shows up for the ‘second half’ and, actually, waiting to see which players show up. —SOME HINDS-IGHT: Rece Hinds: The man, the myth, the legend. In one week, the Cincinnati Reds outfielder is treating MLB as if he is […]
OBSERVATIONS: All-Star Game Not Kind To Hunter Greene
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, a sad and silent place for the next couple of days with no baseball. —REMEMBER HIM?: Jarren Duran is no friend to Cincinnati Reds fans and actually is Public Enemy No. 1. When his Boston Red Sox were in town in mid-June he was a pain […]
ASK HAL: Boo Away, But I Don’t Endorse It
By Hal McCoy Q: Do you endorse the practice of fans expressing their dissatisfaction with a player’s or a team’s poor performance through booing? — DAVE, Miamisburg/Centerville/Beavercreek. A: I neither endorse political candidates nor commercial products. And I don’t endorse booing, although I realize it has been around since the Christians versus the Lions. Fans […]
McCoy: Reds Fall One Run Short In ‘First Half’ Finale
By Hal McCoy As bad as the bad as the Miami Marlins are (63 losses), it is not beneficial for an opposing team to get involved in one-run games with the National League East’s last-place team. Of Miami’s 33 wins, almost half are by one run, the 15th coming Sunday afternoon, 3-2, over the Cincinnati […]