http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ Hall of Fame baseball writer Hal McCoy is in his 36th year of covering the Cincinnati Reds, the longest tenure for any active writer covering one team. Counting spring training and postseason games, McCoy has covered more than 7,000 major-league baseball games, written close to 18,000 baseball stories and eaten enough hot dogs to give Babe Ruth indigestion. Get more from Hal Hal's e-mail newsletter is the only place you can get his weekly commentary on the Reds. Sign up en-us hmccoy@coxohio.com 2008-05-16T20:52:24-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2008/05/16/good_johnny_bad_johnny.html Johnny Cueto has been very good and very bad in different games this season. On Friday night in Great American Ball Park, he was great and he was awful in the same game. For five innings he held the Cleveland... 3936303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2008-05-16T20:52:24-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2008/05/16/tales_about_the_ohio_cup.html It is no longer the Battle of Ohio/Baseball. Once again it is the Ohio Cup. It’s a rebirth and probably means the same to the players of the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds as it did in its genesis. Nothing.... 3925703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2008-05-16T15:05:22-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2008/05/15/killing_time_whiel_it_rains.html Kent Mercker figured the Reds wouldn’t be playing tonight. “I saw Noah buying wood and nails and my dogs are gone, so I figured, ‘No game,’ ” he said. He was right. With rain predicted until close to midnight, the... 3899403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2008-05-15T16:21:05-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2008/05/14/remember_in_st_louis_when.html Let’s talk mostly about good stuff because there usually isn’t much good stuff to talk about. Let’s get this out of the way first. The negative baloney — the 6-0 lead the Reds had in the ninth inning Wednesday night... 3874303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2008-05-14T21:22:49-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2008/05/14/some_bits_and_pieces.html You’ve heard of Three Coins in a Fountain, right? How about 150,000 pennies in a locker? That’s what Josh Fogg found in his locker when he came to work in the Cincinnati Reds clubhouse Wednesday. There were 60 boxes of... 3865203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ Ken Griffey Jr. 2008-05-14T15:20:41-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2008/05/13/keppinger_fractures_knee.html Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad news. Shortstop Jeff Keppinger fractured his left knee in the second inning Tuesday night. X-rays showed the fracture and he’ll undergo a more detailed MRI Wednesday morning. Keppinger fouled a ball off the knee... 3844003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2008-05-13T21:17:16-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2008/05/13/lets_forget_josh_hamilton_ok.html Let’s forget Josh Hamilton, OK? Yes, he is good. Damn good. He is the hottest thing in Texas this side of a branding iron. But he’s gone. He is no longer with the Cincinnati Reds. Concentrate on what the Reds... 3843703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2008-05-13T20:57:43-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2008/05/13/stories_from_the_clubhouse.html It wasn’t Ken Griffey Sr. being a Little League dad. He didn’t rush to Cincinnati from Orlando on Tuesday because he heard his kid wasn’t playing. In fact, Senior didn’t know it when he walked through the clubhouse door and... 3839203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2008-05-13T16:48:56-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2008/05/13/do_i_owe_corey_patterson.html Do I owe Corey Patterson an apology? Do we all owe Corey Patterson an apology? For one day? Yes. The guy was a one-man sewing machine Monday night, piecing together four hits, including a bunt single to start a four-run... 3826203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2008-05-13T10:17:45-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2008/05/12/the_florida_marlins_are_in.html The Florida Marlins are in town and it got me to thinking — which is an accomplishment in itself. How do the Marlins do it? What is their magic potion? They arrived in Cincinnati with the best record in the... 3813003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2008-05-12T19:10:03-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2008/05/11/lost_in_new_york.html For a report on Seattle’s interest in Ken Griffey Jr., so much interest that one of the Mariners’ executives was in New York watching Griffey, check out the previous blog entitled: “Seattle checking out Griffey.” For a report on the... 3786503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2008-05-11T17:58:04-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2008/05/11/seattle_looking_at_griffey.html If the Cincinnati Reds truly are interested in trading Ken Griffey Jr., well it appears the Seattle Mariners are more than interested. Seattle’s Duane Schafer, a special consultant to the general manager, is in New York this weekend and his... 3783103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ Ken Griffey Jr. 2008-05-11T11:55:19-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2008/05/10/a_lost_and_found_weekend.html 3773903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2008-05-10T20:27:01-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2008/05/10/it_is_bruce_bailey_time.html They served steak and eggs in the Shea Stadium media dining room this morning. Then Matt Belisle served meatballs in the afternoon. It’s time. I’ll say it now. I’ve resisted it, saying he wasn’t ready. I’ve supported bringing up Jay... 3768803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2008-05-10T15:11:51-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2008/05/10/where_oh_where_is_my_bag.html Now it is more than 24 hours since my luggage was due to arrive in New York. We remain separated. U.S. Airways has not located this little piece of black luggage with the Kentucky Derby logo on it - probably... 3766403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2008-05-10T11:57:21-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com