McCoy: Mistake-laden Reds Still Score 9-2 Rout of Nationals
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer Graham Ashcraft put nine runners on base in the first four innings, Jake Fraley made the third out of an inning trying to go from first to third and Jonathan India was picked off first base with the bases loaded and two outs. And they stranded 16 runners. No big […]
McCoy: Brett Kennedy (Who?) Pitches Reds to 8-4 Win Over Nats
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The magic and the karma possessed by the Cincinnati Reds continued on a steep upward plane Tuesday morning/afternoon in Washington. Strapped for starting pitchers, as they have most of the season, the Reds reached into the independent Atlantic League for help and found Brett Kennedy. And what better name to […]
McCoy: Weaver’s Pitching, Votto’s Homer Carry Reds Past Nats, 3-2
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer Luke Weaver discovered Monday night what it takes to put a ‘W’ next to his name during the Cincinnati Reds 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals. Weaver’s win, aided and abetted by a two-run home run by Joey Votto, was Cincinnati’s 17th win in its last 21 games. And they […]
OBSERVATIONS: Reds Get Snubbed, Only Diaz An All-Star
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, awaiting games with Carly Simon-like anticipation every day, wondering what The Mid-Size Red Machne will do next. Maybe this team might eventually size up, but there will never be another Big Red Machine. Maybe they can become The Big Red Machine 02 or The Big Red […]
McCoy: Hey, Abbott, You’re Good, and Stephenson Ain’t Bad
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The San Diego Padres were hit with baseball’s version of Hurricane Andrew Sunday afternoon in Great American Ball Park. Rookie lefthander Andrew Abbott was a Category 5 while pitching 7 2/3 innings, a career best, and 12 strikeouts, a career-best, as the Reds recorded a another dramatic win, 4-3. Abbott […]
McCoy: Reds Fail to Cash In Early, Fall to Padres, 12-5
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The Cincinnati Reds encountered some lethal RISPy business Saturday afternoon against pitching nemesis Michael Wacha. It enabled the San Diego Padres to hang in there until they could score 11 runs in the sixth, seventh and eigth innings and plant a 12-5 beatdown in front of 30,895 in Great American […]
McCoy: Reds Pull Off Another Pocket Full of Miracles
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer Babe Ruth wasn’t talking about the 2023 Cincinnati Reds when he said, “It’s hard to beat a team that never gives up.” But it fits these Reds like an infielder’s mitt. The Reds staged another one for the ages Friday afternoon in Great American Ball Park, another walk-off for the […]
OBSERVATIONS: Reds Are The Fastest Team On The Basepaths
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Cave after a boring day off because there was no Cincinnati Reds game, although I did watch the Pirates beat the Padres through the thick smoke sent to us, with love, from Canada. —RUN REDS, RUN: Anybody who has watched the Cincinnati Reds speed around the bases like […]
McCoy: Rallyin’ Reds Do It Again, Score Four in 10th to Win, 11-7
By Hal McCoy Contributing Wriiter No matter the dire situation, no matter the situation, the Cincinnati Reds always play with their thumbs up and nobody’s chin is ever down on the second button of his jersey. On Wednesday night in Camden Yards, the Reds scored four runs in the 10th inning to rescue another implausible […]