McCoy: Like Nancy Sinatra, Cubs Walk All Over the Reds, 5-3
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer Ely De La Cruz bashed the first pitch of Thursday night’s game 424 feet into Wrigley Field’s left field seats and it looked as if the Cincinnati Reds were ready to make a statement. It was wasted effort as the Chicago Cubs posted a 5-3 win, knocking the Reds out […]
McCoy: Cubs Pound Reds Again, This Time By 16-6
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer It is time for the Cincinnati Reds to put the Milwaukee Brewers in the rear-view mirror and focus their attention on the onrushing Chicago Cubs. While the slumping Brewers lost again to the Washington Nationals, the Cubs once again flexed their muscles against the Reds Wednesday night in Wrigley Field. […]
McCoy: Bengals, er, Reds Lose a 20-9 Non-Thriller to the Cubs
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer Cincinnati Reds General Manager Nick Krall spent 9 1/2 hours on the telephone Tuesday morning and afternoon, trying to make a deal before the trade deadline. No deals. “We’re good, we’ve got it, we can do it,” said Joey Votto in a pre-game interview with Bally Sports Ohio after the […]
OBSERVATIONS: There Are No ‘Fat’ Heads on the Reds Roster
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, watching the Cincinnati Reds get two hits over the last six innings and still beat the Cubs, 6-5, and wondering if we’re seeing Team Destiny. —NO BIG HEADS: Pulitzer Prize columnist Jim Murray, my Patron Saint of Words, typed this 62 years ago, in 1961. “The […]
McCoy: Reds Hold Off Cubs, 6-5, Increase NLC Lead to 1 1/2 Games
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer On a rare night when Andrew Abbott was off his game, the ever-efficient Cincinnati Reds bullpen came to his rescue Monday night in Wrigley Field. Abbott lasted only three innings and gave up four runs, but the Reds scored six in the first three innings off Marcus Stroman and made […]
McCoy: Reds Ravage Dodgers, 9-0, Reclaim First Place
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The Cincinnati Reds came out swinging from the opening bell Sunday afternoon in Dodger Stadium and they connected with regularity and intensity en route to a 9-0 demoltion of the Los Angeles Dodgers. They scored seven runs and hit three home runs in the first three innings in front of […]
McCoy: Reds hold LA to Two Hits But Lose 3-2 On Two Muncy HRs
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The Cincinnati Reds good fortune with pitcher Luke Weaver ran out Saturday night in a 3-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in front of 51,015 in raucous Dodger Stadium. In Weaver’s previous 10 starts he pitched to a hideous 8.79 earned run average, but the Reds were 9-1 in […]
OBSERVATIONS: What Shohei Ohtani Did, Rick Wise Did Better
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from the Man Cave, bleary-eyed from Friday night west coast baseball but ready for another dose tonight. —WORDS TO THE WISE: The TV folks are going off the deep end over Shohei Ohtani’s doubleheader performance the other day, as well they should. He pitched a complete-game one-hitter in the first […]
OBSERVATIONS: Should The Reds Trade Jonathan India? (YES)
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, using a day off from Reds games to visit the dermatologist so he can empty his zapper gun all over my ancient body. —INDIA-A-Go-Go: There is a strong report floating in cyberspace. It says that Cincinnati Reds general manager Nick Krall informed all MLB teams that […]