Mets Use Knockout Punch
By Hal McCoy The Cincinnati Reds filled the bases with nobody out in the ninth inning. Down 5-4. Season on the line. And they didn’t score. They lost, 5-4, to the New York Mets and most likely their playoff aspirations died with the ninth-inning futility, They are six games behind the Mets and two games […]
Reds Bullpen A Pigpen
By Hal McCoy NIck Lodolo was scheduled to start on the mound for the Cincinnati Reds Tuesday night against the Toronto Blue Jays, but an illness prevented it. And as it turned out, it made everybody associated with the Reds just as sick during a 12-9 slugfest won by the Blue Jays. Lodolo’s illness forced […]
Reds Pull A Baseball Miracle
By Hal McCoy Call it what you want, maybe ‘The Baseball Miracle On The Banks of the Ohio River.’ Whatever one calls it, the Cincinnati Reds staged the comeback win of the season, maybe the decade, Monday afternoon in Great American Ball Park. It was a walk-off two-run single in the bottom of the ninth […]
Finally. . .A Reds Win
By Hal McCoy It was Avoidance Day for the Cincinnati Reds Sunday afternoon in Great American Ball Park. And with a 7-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals, the Reds avoided adding to a pile of negative factors. —They avoided a six-game losing streak. —They avoided falling under .500 for the season. —They avoided collapsing […]
Some Sunday Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while watching Kyle Schwarber swing a bat, making me want to drop my Nadine-made margarita and grab a bat. Well, almost. —CLOSE PROXIMITY: It is approximately 25 miles from 1618 Pinecrest Drive in Dayton to 6339 Todhunter Road in Middletown. The Pinecrest address is where Michael […]
Another Game, Another Loss
By Hal McCoy The futility meter continues to plummet swiftly downward for the Cincinnati Reds. With another excrutiating loss Saturday night, 4-2, to the St. Louis Cardinals, their losing streak stretched to a season’s worst five games. Little more than a week ago they were a season’s best seven games over .500 and a half-game […]
Elly Needs A Rest
By Hal McCoy Elly De La Cruz wants to play every game, begs Cincinnati Reds manager Tito Francona to scribble his name on the lineup card for every game. But there is no doubt he needs to sit and watch for a couple of games. His throwing error in the 10th inning Friday night in […]
LA Completes The Sweep
By Hal McCoy As Neil Diamond sang it, “LA’s fine, but it ain’t home,” and the Cincinnati Reds could not agree more. The Reds most likely left their post-season hopes and dreams in shattered pieces on the well-manicured Dodger Stadium grass over the last three nights. The Reds streak of not getting swept in a […]
Some Mid-week Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, writing this with toothpicks propping open my eyes after staying up all week to watch and write about the Cincinnati Reds on their Lost Journey to the left coast. —THE HOMER HUNT: It is referred to as Great American Small Park for a reason. Home runs […]