McCoy: Reds Woes Continue As Bullpen Blows 3-Run Lead
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer What Graham Ashcraft constructed in seven innings, the Cincinnati Reds bullpen blew apart in two innings Wednesday afternoon in Great American Ball park. Ashcraft, after a magnificent seven innings, turned over a three-run lead to the bullpen and when the smoke cleared the Miami Marlins owned a 5-4 victory. Of […]
OBSERVATIONS: De La Cruz ‘Out of Place’ Batting Leadoff
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, unhappy with the demise of the Cincinnati Reds but happy that I’m down 23 pounds with only 10 to go. Hope it comes off fast because I miss pasta, DQ, burgers and fries, apple pie ala mode, Yuengling, Tito’s, donuts and feasts at the Oakwood Club […]
McCoy: Reds Back in the Doldrums, Lose to Marlins, 3-2
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Lucas Sims discovered in Great American Ball Park Tuesday night that a pitcher can go from baseball hero to baseball hobo with one pitch. Asked to trudge in from the bullpen and protect a one-run lead over the Miami Marlins in the seventh inning with two […]
McCoy: Reds’ Six-Game Losing Streak Ends With 5-2 Win
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The Cincinnati Reds encountered the perfect storm to conclude their six-game losing streak Monday night in Great American Ball Park, a 5-2 success story over the Miami Marlins. The Marlins came to town with 13 losses in their last 14 road games and losers in six of their previous seven […]
McCoy: Reds Lose Sixth Straight to Last-Place Nats, 6-3
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The Dog Days of August have bitten the Cincinnati Reds like a rabid Rottweiler. They are 0-for-August after losing their sixth straight game Sunday afternoon in Great American Ball Park, a 6-3 decision to the last place Washington Nationals, a three-game sweep by the Nats. With three starting pitchers on […]
Ask Hal: Player/Managers Are a Thing of the Past, Rose Was the Last
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer Q: Have we seen the last of the player-manager? — DAVE, Miamisburg/Centerville/Beavercreek. A: Never say never. It used to be commonplace, but not so much now. There is too much for a manager to do that takes away from his concentration as a player. Pete Rose was the last, serving […]
McCoy: Reds Have Lost Their Way, Lose Again to Last Place Nats
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer If there is a bottom to the bottomless pit, the Cincinnati Reds are in a free fall in an effort to find it. Their fifth straight loss Saturday afternoon was applied by the last place Washington Nationals and force-fed by a pitcher who was 1-12 with a 6.92 earned run […]
McCoy: Reds Blow 3-Run Lead, lose to Nats in 10, 6-3
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer A dose of the comforts of home and a dose of the last place Washington Nationals was the medicine the Cincinnati Reds needed to turn around their downward spiral. It didn’t work. The Reds blew a three-run lead and lost in 10 innings, 6-3, Friday night in Great American Ball […]
OBSERVATIONS: Like Gathering Hay, In Baseball It’s All About Pitching
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, stupidly taping the Cleveland Browns- New York Jets Hall of Fame exhibition game to watch after the Cincinnati Reds-Chicago Cubs game when the Browns and Jets play nothing but rookies and second teamers. But I’m ready for some football. —OF STANDING PAT: Branch Rickey, legendary club […]