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 […]
McCoy: Reds Strike out 18 Times In Another Loss to Brewers
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The Cincinnati Reds said a not-so-fond farewell to the city of Milwaukee, the Brewers, Christian Yeliich, Freddy Peralta, Joey Payamps, Devin Williams and mascot Bernie Brewer. For the 10th time in 13 games the Reds lost to the Milwaukee Brewers and for the fourth time they were shut out, 3-0, […]
McCoy: Reds Hold Off Brewers’ 9th-Inning Uprising For 4-3 win.
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The Cincinnati Reds have searched and searched and searched for a way to beat the Milwaukee Brewers. And they found a way Tuesday night in American Family Field and it earned them a breath-holding 4-3 victory, only their third win in 12 games against the Brewers. But as has been […]
McCoy: Brewers Walk Off The Reds In The Ninth, 3-2
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The Milwaukee Mystique continues to flummox the Cincinnati Reds. For the ninth time in 11 games this season, the Brewers found a way and that way enabled them to score a walk-off 3-2 win Monday night in American Family Field, ending Cincinnati’s five-game winning streak. It ended in the bottom […]