McCoy: Reds Blow Five-Run Lead in Coors
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer Graham Ashcraft discovered Wednesday afternoon what many major league pitchers have discovered — no lead is safe, no matter how big, in Coors Field, the world’s largest batting practice facility. Ashcraft was breezing along with a 5-0 lead when the Colorado Rockies came to bat in the bottom of the […]
McCoy: Williamson Pitches a Gem
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The pitching-thin Cincinnati Reds could not have placed a pitcher making his major-league debut in a more difficult and precarious situation. “Hey, kid. We’re calling you up and you’re pitching in Coors Field.” Yes, Coors Field, where baseballs fly great distances and the ball bounces around the outfield expanse like […]
OBSERVATIONS: Please Stop the Dugout Goofiness
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, still coughing after our cruise and for that. . .thank you, Europe. But I am the first on my block to obtain the spiffy black City Connect hat the Cincinnati Reds will wear Friday night. —DECORUM IN THE DUGOUT, PLEASE: This most likely will be unpopular […]
McCoy: Rockies Rip Greene, Reds Fall, 9-8
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The mystery that is Cincinnati Reds pitcher Hunter Greene added another chapter Monday night in Coors Field. The kid with a wealth of talent hasn’t been able to harness it so far this season and he was at his worst against the Colorado Rockies in a 9-8 defeat. In four […]
McCoy: Reds Run Out of Magic in Miami
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer It was not a memorable Mother’s Day for Alan Busenitz. Who? Busenitz is the latest in a long gray line of pitchers the Cincinnati Reds signed to minor league contracts this year before spring training and have suddenly appeared on the big league roster. He pitched the previous four years […]
McCoy: Fraley Rescues Reds Again
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer What else can Jake Fraley do to help the Cincinnati Reds win baseball game? Well, what magic did he produce Saturday afternoon in Miami’s loanDepot Park? How about another three-run home run to go with the three-run home run he hit Friday night to give the Reds a 7-4 victory […]
McCoy: Fraley Ignites Reds Comeback
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The Cincinnati Reds were down two runs entering the seventh inning Friday night in Miami. . .and judging by the way things have unfolded this season, they had the Miami Marlins right where they wanted them. They scored two in the seventh to tie it and Jake Fraley unloaded a […]
Verlander Silences Reds, 2-1
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The Cincinnati Reds were force-fed the reason why the New York Mets are paying Justin Verlander $43.3 million this year. The 40-year-old future Hall of Fame pitcher staggered in the first inning, then retired 17 of 18 batters from the second through the seventh inning. And his practically peerless pitching […]
Reds Hold Off Mets, 7-6, after leading 7-1
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The best news for the Cincinnati Reds Tuesday night came before the first pitch. . .scheduled pitcher Max Scherzer was not going to pitch. Neck spasms forced the man the New York Mets are paying $43.3 million this year to miss his turn. And the Reds celebrated by abusing Scherzer’s […]