OBSERVATIONS: Early-Season Reds Report
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave still hacking my head off after bringing home a persistent cough from Europe. —REDS REPORT: It is a small sample, only 31 games, but it is apparent the Cincinnati Reds are better than advertised. That isn’t to say they’ll finish above .500, they won’t, but they […]
Reds Drop West Coast Finale
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer As much difficulty as the Cincinnati Reds have had in playing baseball in San Diego’s Petco Park, the San Diego Padres haven’t been invincilble on their gorgeous home grounds. The Padres hadn’t won a series at home all season, until the Reds showed up. They rectified that Wednesday afternoon with […]
Reds Finally Shed the Padres Demons
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer For one night, the Cincinnati Reds expunged the demon San Diego Padres, who have given them nothing but futility and frustration for four years. They hadn’t won a game in Petco Park in four years, going 0-and-9. And they lost 13 of their last 14 overall to the Padres overall. […]
Reds fall again in San Diego
By Hal McCoy The beautiful city of San Diego is a preferred tourist destination, but the Cincinnati Reds would prefer not to hear San Diego uttered in a sentence. The Reds are not tourists, they are businessmen on a business trip when they visit San Diego. And business is not good for them. For the […]
OBSERVATIONS: I’m Back and I’m Playing Hurt
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and where was I before I was rudely interrupted by an 18-day Viking cruise up the Danube (It’s not blue) and the Rhine (Hungary, Austria, Germany, The Netherlands. It could have been a fantastic trip had it not rained more than half the time and the […]
OBSERVATIONS: What is a Trash Panda?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after watching The Cincinnati Reds lose a game to Philadelphia in the ninth and win a game from Philadelphia in the ninth. As Yogi Berra once said, “It ain’t over ’til it’s over.” —WHAT A NO-NO: The Chattanooga Lookouts, Cincinnati’s Class AA affiliate, had a no-hitter […]
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 […]