Reds Find Another Way To Lose To The Brewers
By Hal McCoy The sun set in the west, the oceans didn’t dry up, dogs still hate cats and the Milwaukee Brewers found a way to beat the Cincinnati Reds. Nothing ever changes, especially with the Brewers outdoing the Reds. How did this one happen, this 5-3 loss at American Family Field? Simply stated, this […]
Some Early-Week Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and have I mentioned lately that the Cincinnati Reds’ ineptitude is as transparent as lingerie hanging in a Victoria’s Secret store window? —OK, HIT ME: Nobody talked about his inner thoughts about baseball better than Pete Rose. When I interviewed him, I opened my notebook and […]
An Ugly Finish For Reds
By Hal McCoy The Pittsburgh Pirates did everything imaginable to enable the Cincinnati Reds to grab a three-game sweep. Didn’t happen. The Pirates ripped and rolled to a 9-4 win Sunday afternoon in PNC Park. There is no proof that magician Harry Houdini was wearing a Reds uniform. After all, he died in 1926. But […]
Suarez To The Rescue
By Hal McCoy Defeat was one gulp of air, one deep breath away for the Cincinnati Reds. One swing and a miss, one pop-up, one ground ball and it was a heart-shattering defeat. Then Eugenio Suarez said, “No, not today, baby.” HIs three-run home run in the top of the ninth gave the Reds an […]
Marte To The Rescue
By Hal McCoy It was the fictional Mighty Mouse who always came to a rescue, “To save the day.” Noelvi Marte is no mouse, just a dirty rat to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Marte’s two-run pinch-hit home run in the eighth inning provided the tottering Cincinnati Reds with a 6-4 victory Friday night over the Pirates […]
Reds Lose Pitching Clinic
By Hal McCoy When it comes to Milwaukee versus Cincinnati in baseball games, it is Texas vs. Rhode Island, wine vs. castor oil and Cadillac vs. Volkswagen. It’s nearly always Milwaukee as the bully on the beach, no matter what. On Monday night in Great American Ball Park, the Reds received seven shutout innings from […]
Burns ‘Chases’ Mighty Yankees
By Hal McCoy Who’s your daddy? On Father’s Day, the Cincinnati Reds continued to show that Yankee pin-stripes don’t cause them to melt into sweaty puddles on the Yankee Stadium grass. On Sunday afternoon, the Reds applied a 4-1 defeat on the Bronx Bombers to take the series two games to one. The Reds are […]
Stewart, Steer Rock Yankees
By Hal McCoy They call Yankee Stadium The House That Ruth Built, even though it’s a newer model, and the Cincinnati Reds nearly knocked it down Saturday afternoon. The Reds plundered the New York Yankees, 10-2, doubling their pleasure with a barrage of doubles. Of their 15 hits, seven were doubles and one was a […]
Reds Whiff 17 Times In 5-0 Loss
By Hal McCoy The wind was blowing 15 miles per hour in Yankee Stadium Friday night, perhaps generated by the swings and misses by the Cincinnati Reds. The Reds struck out a season-high 17 times during a 5-0 loss to the New York Yankees, the fifth time this season they’ve absorbed a shutout. Yankees starter […]