McCoy: Another Reds Bullpen Blow-up
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer Nick Lodolo pitched the game of his life and suffered the disappointment of his baseball life Saturday afternoon in Citizens Bank Park. But that’s life with the Cincinnati Reds bullpen. Alexis Diaz and Ian Gibaut gave up three runs in the bottom of the ninth and the Philadelphia Phillies walked […]
OBSERVATIONS: Are they juicing the baseball again?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, missing college basketball, but enjoying the start of the MLB season and pitchers struggling with the clock. Some even have resorted to the old quick pitch, but it usually draws a warning because the hitter is afforded the chance to get set in the box. Hey, […]
McCoy: Cubs End Reds’ Streak, 12-5
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer For the first four games of the 2023 season, the Cincinnati Reds bullpen was dead, solid and nearly perfect — three earned runs in 16 1//3 innngs and no damage done. That all changed and evaporated Tuesday night in Great American Ball Park. The bullpen completely collapsed during a 12-5 […]
McCoy: Reds Win Third Straight
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer When the initials J.V. were mentioned in regards to the Cincinnati Reds’ first baseman, it always came up Joey Votto. No more. Right now it is Jason Vosler. It isn’t that fans will forget Joey Votto. It is just out of sight, out of mind at the moment. Votto is […]
OBSERVATIONS: Are they now the Cincinnati Vikings?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, cautiously optmistic about the 2-and-1 start by the Cincinnati Reds. . .and then I stop to think: “Those two wins were at home over the Pittsburgh Puny Pirates. More evidence, please.” —WHERE’S LEIF ERIKSSON?: So the Cincinnati Reds suddenly think they’re the Cincinnati Vikings? It always […]
McCoy: Who’s the Reds’ best starter?
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The MLB world is paying close attention to Hunter Greene and Nick Lodolo, the top two starters in the 2023 Cincinnati Reds pitching rotation. They best pay even close attention to the number three starter, Graham Ashcraft. He might be the best of the three. The media is having fun […]
McCoy: Pirates take away Reds’ pomp & circumstance
By Hal McCoy There was the usual excitement for Opening Day in Cincinnati, the normal pomp and circumstance. Great American Ball Park was filled with fans, a stadium record 44,063, and they were loud and supportive to the final out. Unfortunately for the Cincinnati Reds, the final out was a strikeout by Jake Fraley with […]
OBSERVATIONS: The Young Mr. Frank Pastore
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, hunting my No. 2 pencils because only the foolhardy keep score at a baseball game with a pen. —YOUNG BUCKS: Hunter Greene, 23, is the youngest pitcher to start on Opening Day for the Cincinnati Reds since 22-year-old Frank Pastore performed the task in 1980. And […]
OBSERVATIONS: Reds filling up injured list already
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and it is so close to Opening Day I can smell something, and it isn’t from the horses in the Findlay Market parade. —FAMILIAR REFRAIN: It has started already and the season hasn’t begun. The Cincinnati Reds injured list is growing by the day. **To nobody’s […]