ASK HAL: Why Do Adults Fight Over Baseballs?
By Hal McCoy Q: I once observed a middle-aged man push an 8-year-old girl aside to secure a foul ball and why such enthusiasm over a $5 baseball? — DAVE, Miamisburg/Centerville/Beavercreek. A: Your concept of the price of a baseball is as out of date as a brass spittoon. They cost $25. And every fan […]
OBSERVATIONS: Where Will The Reds Finish?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave with my fingers exercised and anxious to fly over the keys when Opening Day finally arrives. —A REDS OCTOBER?: Who ya gonna believe? Nobody, until the deed is done. Most Las Vegas betting emporiums list the Chicago Cubs to win the National League Central, followed by […]
OBSERVATIONS: Reds Off To Rowdy Start
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, in Arlington, Texas to cover three Ohio State baseball games for Press Pros Magazine. —SOME POSITIVES: The news out of Goodyear, AZ, an oasis in the Sonoran Desert where the Cincinnati Reds reside for six weeks, continues to be uplifting. After a day off Tuesday, the […]
OBSERVATIONS: Reds Newcomers Make Immediate Impact
By Hal McC But oy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and liking what I see from new Cincinnati Reds Austin Hays and Brady Singer. . .so far. —IT DOESN’T COUNT: The Cincinnati Reds probably wish Monday’s game counted, wish it was a regular-season game rather than a meaningless spring exhibtion game. The Reds romped, […]
OBSERVATIONS: Is Elly’s Start A Harbinger?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave as the excitemant mounts as Opening Day creeps closer and closer and I plan to be sitting in the Great American Ballpark press box that day. —CRUZ CONTROL: Cincinnati Reds manager Tito Francona, The Great Motivator, had a 20-minute heart-to-heart discussion with Elly De La Cruz […]
OBSERVATIONS: Did the Reds Do Enough to Contend?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and, no, my laptop is not going on the cruise with me next week. I fear that after a couple of days at the blackjack table I might havve to hock it. But this UO is extra-long to make up for the upcoming week’s hiatus. —DID […]
OBSERVATIONS: Why Not Trevor Bauer?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, anxiously awaiting the Wright State University ‘First Pitch’ baseball dinner Friday night because one of my favorite baseball people, Clint Hurdle, is the keynote speaker. —TRACING TREVOR: MLB teams constantly search for starting pitchers and throw cash in bundles bigger than hay bales to any guy […]
OBSERVATIONS: What’s In A Reds’ Nickname?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave counting down the days on my fingers and my toes and Nadine’s fingers and toes until spring training. —WHAT’S IN A (NICK)NAME: Somebody asked who was the player Pete Rose nicknamed ‘Eye Chart.’ I vaguely remembler him doing that, but the player’s name escapes me. There […]
OBSERVATIONS: Reds Snubbed In Player Rankings
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave before departing for the Agonis Club to listen to bracketologist Joe Lunardi talk about the up-down-and-around college basketball scene. —THE BIG SNUB: Did you know that Vincent Van Gogh sold only one painting in his lifetime? If Van Gogh played professional baseball, he’d play for the […]