OBSERVATIONS: Reds Will Win NL Central By Five Games
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave: Hoping to become a mere shadow of myself. I’m down 11 pounds, only 17 to go. . .but dang, get rid of your DQ stock. —SOME CONSOLATION: When I posted my ‘Eat Crow’ column, admitting my ignorance for predicting the Cincinnati Reds would lose 100 games […]
McCoy: What Will Reds’ Second Half Bring? Need to beat Milwaukee
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer Pete Rose might be saying with that impish grin, “So, how am I looking now?” Folks near-and-wide scoffed at him when he was afforded the chance to make the first wager when sports betting was legalized in Ohio. He bet, probably facetiously, that the Cincinnati Reds would win the World […]
OBSERVATIONS: Votto and ‘The Kids’ — 15 Years for Joey, 13 For the Rest
By Hal McCoy —UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, anxiously awaiting the re-start of baseball after wishing the season would never start after spring training because I was convinced the Cincinnati Reds would be dreadfully awful, if not worse. —OLD MAN VOTTO: Old friend Barry Greenberg of M.L. Dunn Flooring asked me an astute question […]
McCoy: Miley, Winker Gang Up On Reds during 1-0 Brewers win
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The Cincinnati Reds were afforded the opportunity to take a three-game lead into the All-Star break Sunday afternoon, but a couple of former Reds said, “Nope, not today, fellas.” Former Reds pitcher Wiley Wade Miley pitched six shutout innings and former Reds All-Star outfielder Jesse Winker drove in the only […]
Ask Hal: All-Star Murphy One of Long Line of Dayton-based MLBers
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer Q: Several Reds players have been doing post-game interviews with their hat on backwards, so isn’t this a violation of the the MLB dress code? — DAVE, Miamisburg/Centerville/Beaverceek. A: During interviews and during batting practice, players can wear their hats sideways, inside-out or wear no hat at all. Ken Griffey […]
McCoy: Elly Goes On a Rampage as Reds top Brewers, 7-5
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer If there was a higher league than MLB, Elly De La Cruz would star in it. Since there isn’t, De La Cruz continues to do unfathomable and uncanny things in the current league. It was The Elly De La Cruz Show, an Emmy winner for sure, Saturday afternoon in American […]
McCoy: Brewers Bash Abbott, Take First Game of Series, 7-3
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The Milwaukee Brewers made a high-decibel statement Friday night in American Family Field. They aren’t going away and they won’t let the Cincinnati Reds creep away from them in the National League Central standings. The Brew Crew, wearing their powder blue City Connect uniforms, bludgeoned 14 hits, seven for extra […]
McCoy: Senzel to the Rescue as Reds Complete Sweeep
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The Cincinnati Reds completed a four-game sweep of Woeful Washington Thursday afternoon, 5-4 in 10 innings, a game that Nick Senzel saved twice with double dramatics. First, he saved a walk-off win for the Nationals in the bottom of the ninth with the catch-of-the-year. With the score tied, 3-3, Riley […]
OBSERVATIONS: Should the Reds Trade for Pitching or Stand Pat?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave wondering how many times I can shake my neck without getting a crick while watching all the different ways the Cincinnati Reds win games. —TRADE OR STAND PAT: The clock is ticking closer and closer for Cincinnati Reds General Manager Nick Krall. Should he stand pat […]