McCoy: There Is A Lot of Hinds-ight With The Reds
By Hal McCoy Elly De La Cruz, move over. Take a temporary seat behind Rece Hinds, Superman without a cape. With another gargantuan home run, a triple and a double, Hinds etched his name in the MLB history/record books — the first player to collect five extra-base hits in his first two major league games. […]
McCoy: Reds Take Care Of Business
By Hal McCoy It was deja vu for the Cincinnati Reds Monday night in Great American Ball Park, only it wasn’t deja vu all over again. This time they flipped the script and it produced 6-0 win over the Colorado Rockies. On Saturday, Hunter Greene turned a 2-0 lead over to the bullpen after pitching […]
ASK HAL: No, Jonathan India Is Not A Bust This Year
By Hal McCoy Q: Do you concur that Cincinnati Reds second baseman Jonathan India has delivered average offensive statistics and a subpar defensive performance? — DAVE, Miamisburg/Centerville/Beavercreek. A: Absolutely not. I don’t know what you’ve been watching to even have that enter your mind. Yes, he started slowly, but his offensive numbers right now are […]
McCoy: Tigers Complete Three-Game Sweep Of Nose-Diving Reds
By Hal McCoy All the optimism and euphoria of the Cincinnati Reds’ three-game sweep of the New York Yankees in Yankee Stadium took a belly-whopper to the bottom of the Ohio River over the weekend. With a chance to turn their season around, the Reds were swept three games in Great American Ball Park by […]
OBSERVATIONS: When It Came To Trades, Trader Jack McKeon Was ‘The Guy’
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, still trying to get two of my dogs, Parker and The Mighty Quinn, out of my office closet, where they hide from fireworks. They don’t bother my other dog, Paige. She’s deaf and oblivious. But she loves everybody. —JACK OF ALL TRADES: With the trade deadline […]
McCoy: The Reds Drop One To Lowly Tigers, 5-4
By Hal McCoy For the Cincinnati Reds, now is the time, now is the hour. Are they going to be condenders, pretenders or offenders? July is a ‘Make-a-Wish’ month. If they wished the schedule to get easier, they get their wish. Starting with this three-game Detroit series, the Reds have 13 straight games against teams […]
McCoy: Reds Beat Yankees. . .But How Did They Do It?
By Hal McCoy Somehow, some way, the Cincinnati Reds scored an improbable and implausible 3-2 win over the New York Yankees Wednesday night. How does a team win with only three hits? How does a team win with only one hit over the last seven innings? How does a team win when the first four […]
OBSERVATIONS: Reds Should Try To Trade Montas And Candelario
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after a trip to the dentist and being told I need about $5,000 worth of bridge work. Is the guy going to put the Golden Gate Bridge in my mouth? —TRADE BAIT: Baseball’s trade deadline is fast approaching and the question for the Cincinnati Reds is. […]
McCoy: De La Cruz Outshines ‘The Judge’
By Hal McCoy Every time Aaron Judge sticks his head out of the dugout, the pitcher becomes Nervous Norvis. And rightfully so. And it is fast becoming the same way for Elly De La Cruz. Sure enough, Judge hit an Aaron Judge home Tuesday night in Yankee Stadium. And he added two singles. And sure […]