OBSERVATIONS: So why did the Reds dump Dusty Baker?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave wondering every day if it can get any worse. . .then I watch a Cincinnati Reds game and it gets worse. ~To borrow an ugly phrase from Cincinnati Reds COO Phil Castellini, “Be careful what you wish for.” Except in this context, it involves Dusty Baker […]
OBSERVATIONS: Wainwright is not fond of GABP
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after watching the Cincinnati Reds win their first game in exactly two weeks, but didn’t it seem like two months? Wasn’t Atlanta in the distant past? ~Adam Wainwright would like to stand over a dynamite plunger in Great America Ball Park and push hard, then smile […]
Reds’ losing streak reaches 11. . .and counting
By Hal McCoy The Cincinnati Reds’ trip up Schitt’s Creek without paddles continued its slow voyage Saturday in Great American Ball Park — another game, another defeat. The futility reached 11 straight defeats, a 5-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, dropping the Reds to 2-13, eight games behind the first place Cardinals in the […]
Greene hits 100-plus 38 times, but Reds don’t hit at all
By Hal McCoy Hunter Greene was indestructible, dazzling and dominating Saturday night in Dodger Stadium. . .for five innings. It was not enough. In the sixth inning, Trea Turner unloaded a two-run home run and it led to a 5-2 win for the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Cincinnati Reds. Greene received zero comfort and […]
OBSERVATIONS: How to further alienate Reds’ fans
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, where cigars go to die, beer bottles get emptied (not necessarily by me) and lots of bull is tossed around. And speaking of bull- – – -. . . ~As if the Cincinnati Reds don’t have enough image problems and public relations issues with the fan […]
OBSERVATIONS: Jose Rijo’s memories of 1990
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, singing to myself, low and off key, the best baseball song ever. . .”Put me in coach, I’m ready to play. . .today. Put me in coach, I’m ready to play. . .today. Look at me, I can be. . .center field.” Thank you, John Fogarty. […]
OBSERVATIONS: Reds finally make a sensible but costly move
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after watching the incredible North Carolina win over Duke and almost. . .almost. . .feeling sorry for Coach K (I’m tired of looking up how to spell his name). ~The Cincinnati Reds have made some mind-boggling, scalp-scratching decisions since the end of last season. But they […]
OBSERVATIONS: Is Greene ready or is he still too green?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after wasting most of my Sunday afternoon watching a Kansas tornado and a pair of glass slippers shatter before my very eyes. —He is only 22 and his minor-league record is 14-16. After starting 5-0 with a 1.98 earned run average at Class AA Chattanooga last […]
OBSERVATIONS: The day a great umpire died on the field
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after hiding in the bathroom this afternoon when TV reported a funnel cloud near Hoke Road, a half-mile from my house. Thirty minutes later the sun was shining as if it was the Fourth of July. —Whenever one of our teams loses a close game, be […]