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 […]
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 […]