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Reds lose Votto for four weeks
CINCINNATI — A letdown was expected after the three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals, but not the type of letdown that hit the Cincinnati Reds Monday like a Volkswagen smashing into the Hoover Dam. The Reds are losing All-Star
Posted: 7/17/2012 12:01 AM
Votto out at least four weeks
Joey Votto will be gone — for at least four weeks, if not longer. Votto will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his left knee to repair a torn meniscus, the Reds announced in the early going to Monday night’s game. Votto
Posted: 7/16/2012 8:46 PM
Arizona D-Backs: The Danger Zone
CINCINNATI — In the euphoria of the three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals over the weekend, Scott Rolen interjected a sobering thought, even though it was he who stuck the exclamation point on the end of the series with
Posted: 7/16/2012 6:17 PM
Rolen starts rolling in second half
CINCINNATI — The veteran Scott Rolen, uncomfortably wearing a loose-fitting .188 batting average, was at third base Sunday night while the rookie Todd Frazier, comfortably sporting a spiffy .278 average, sat in the dugout. “Todd Frazier has never been...
Posted: 7/16/2012 12:56 AM
All-Stars need a post-game breather
CINCINNATI — Dusty Baker didn’t know the numbers, but he suspected it from pure memory and personal observation. His suspicions? The Cincinnati Reds who play in All-Star games start the second half with weak bats. And he said, “You should
Posted: 7/15/2012 7:11 PM
Ludwick unloads on his former team
CINCINNATI — Another knuckle-gnawer evolved Saturday between the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals and Reds left fielder Ryan Ludwick applied a knuckle sandwich to the Cardinals — a 10th-inning walk-off home run for a 3-2 victory. Ludwick worked...
Posted: 7/14/2012 9:34 PM
It's always the little things that count
CINCINNATI — Dusty Baker completed his post-game TV/media interview in his office after his Cincinnati Reds stopped the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-3, and Baker’s 13-year-old son, Darren, chirped loudly, “Hey, dad, the Brewers tied it up.” Said Baker with...
Posted: 7/14/2012 12:19 AM
I'm back -- full of even more hot air
CINCINNATI — It seems like forever since the Cincinnati Reds played a game in Great American Ball Park — and it has been 15 days, which in baseball life is forever. For five of those days, I spent vacation time
Posted: 7/13/2012 6:49 PM
The Reds needed 'The Wild Thing'
UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, seeing Charlie Sheen sitting behind the Reds dugout, wearing a Cincinnati Reds cap, as if he might come into the game as his character, closer Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn in the movie Major League.
Posted: 7/5/2012 12:48 AM
Chaos reigns as Reds, Cueto lose
UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave where the heat index was 100, a four Diet Zero night, three more soft drinks than the Cincinnati Reds were able to score runs. TAKE A MEMO, Miss Jones, to a Mr. Tony LaRussa,
Posted: 7/4/2012 2:05 AM
The Real McCoy
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Hall of Fame baseball writer Hal McCoy has retired from the Dayton Daily News after covering the Cincinnati Reds for 37 years. Hal's blog, though, will continue to be a must-read for Reds fans. He'll share his thoughts on the team this season and will file updates from Great American Ball Park. You also can catch Hal in print every Sunday in his popular Ask Hal column Get more from Hal Hal's e-mail newsletter is the only place you can get his weekly commentary on the Reds. Sign up
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Hall of Fame baseball writer Hal McCoy has retired from the Dayton Daily News after covering the Cincinnati Reds for 37 years. Hal's blog, though, will continue to be a must-read for Reds fans. He'll share his thoughts on the team this season and will file updates from Great American Ball Park. You also can catch Hal in print every Sunday in his popular Ask Hal column Get more from Hal Hal's e-mail newsletter is the only place you can get his weekly commentary on the Reds. Sign up
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