OBSERVATIONS: Reds Loving One-Run Games
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering if, like me, the Cincinnati Reds front office is pinching itself to make sure we aren’t dreaming. —ONE, THE LONELIEST NUMBER: When the season began, it looked as if the Cincinnati Reds were destined to lose nearly every one-run game they played. They lost seven […]
McCoy: Steer ‘steers’ Reds to 5th straight win
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer Spencer Steer is a stand-in at first base for recuperating Joey Votto and Steer couldn’t stand any taller. His two-run home run over the 37-foot Fenway Park Green Monster in the seventh inning Wednesday night broke a tie and was the impetus to a 5-4 victory over the Boston Red […]
McCoy: Reds Hold Off Bosox, 9-8
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer When Trader Jack McKeon managed the Cincinnati Reds, one of his favorite sayings was, “When Mr. Opportunity knocks, you open the door and say, ‘Come on in.’” And the current Reds put that saying to good use Tuesday night in Fenway Park during a heart-thumping 9-8 win over the Boston […]
OBSERVATIONS: Reds Ready for Boston Tea Party?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering if the Cincinnati Reds rapid ascent is for real or are they temporarily a bunch of Alices in Wonderland —OFF TO BUNKER HILL: So it is all a matter of perspective, or in real estate jargon, “Location, location, locations.” After taking Memorial Day off, the […]
McCoy: Reds Sweep Cubs, Grab Third Place
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer Just call the Cincinnati baseball franchise The Relentless Reds. Suddenly, after sweeping three games this weekend from the woebegotten Chicago Cubs, the Reds find themselves in third place in the National League Central and are taking dead aim at the second place Pittsburgh Pirates. The Reds completed the sweep Sunday […]
McCoy: Reds Sniffing Third Place
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The Cincinnati Reds are so close to third place in the National League Central they can reach out and touch the St. Louis Cardinals. Had the Cardinals lost Saturday night in Cleveland, the resrugent Reds would be in third place right now, but the Cardinals beat the Guardians, 2-1, in […]
McCoy: Greene, Reds Muzzle Cubs, 9-0
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer Hunter Greene felt like a Stranger in Paradise during Friday’s matinee in Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs. When he looked at the mammoth green manual scoreboard in center field after the fifth inning, there was a ‘7’ on the Cincinnati Reds’ runs line. In seven of his previous 10 […]
McCoy: Reds Waste Weaver’s Gem
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer Luke Weaver did the best any pitcher can do while trying to beat the St. Louis Cardinals Thursday afternoon in Great American Ball Park — no runs, three hits in 6 1/3 innings of masterful pitching. On most days, perhaps 99 per cent of the time, that means a victor […]
McCoy: Wainwright Finally Wins at GABP
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer For 41-year-old St. Louis Cardinals best pitcher, Adam Wainwright, Great American Ball Park has been a personal house of horrors. In seven previous starts in GABP, the Cincinnati Reds have taken him to the woodshed — 0-and-5 with a 6.35 earned run average. And he was not on his best […]