Hal Mccoy

As Meat Loaf sang it, “Now don’t be sad, ‘cause two out of three ain’t bad.” The Cincinnati Reds were sad, though, because they let a three-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers slip through the fingers of their second-tier relief pitchers. Rhett Lowder turned... See more

The Cincinnati Reds don’t carry magic wands, but surely there must be pixie dust on their bats. And the magic goes on and on and on and on. The Reds trailed by a run to the Detroit Tigers with two outs and a runner on base in the ninth inning Friday night... See more

Elly De La Cruz launched a 414-foot two-run home run in the top of the first inning and Tampa Bay executives could have told fans to vacate the premises, lock the Tropicana Field doors and sweep out the aisles and concourses. When the Cincinnati Reds scor... See more

Brandon Williamson grew up 154 miles from Target Field in Fairmont, Minn., and spent his youth attending games and rooting for the Minnesota Twins. And with close to 500 of his closest friends from close to his hometown, Williamson made the Twins wonder w... See more

Dinah Washington wasn’t singing about the Cincinnati Reds in her classic song, “What a Difference a Day Makes.” And the second line of her song, “Twenty-four little hours,” certainly didn’t apply. It was only 16 hours after the Reds crushed four home runs... See more