OBSERVATIONS: Why did the Reds trade Farmer?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave wondering why I waste a valuable three hours watching the Cleveland Browns and contemplating tossing my Browns hoodie and Brown hat into the fireplace. It would be the only fire the Browns show. —BOW TO BOWDEN: It isn’t often I agree with Jim Bowden, especially when […]
OBSERVATIONS: And so the Reds did. . .nothing
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, anxious to see if the Cleveland Browns can beat the Cincinnati Bengals for the sixth straight time. . .or if the Bengals can beat the Browns for the first time in six tries. It is all in your point of view. —CENTRALLY SPEAKING: Baseball’s winter meetings […]
OBSERVATIONS: Graves named to Reds ‘Hall’
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, with a Yuengling in one hand, a Montecristo White Label Churchill in the other hand and three dogs in my lap, I’m trying to put together this latest edition of UOfromTMC. —OH, DANNY BOY: Danny Graves is of the opinion, “Once a closer, always a closer.” […]
OBSERVATIONS: The day Dunlop caught 27 strikeouts
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering why I waste valuable time watching the Cleveland Browns when I could do something more pleasant, like cleaning the toilets. —K ‘EM ALL: When Jack McKeon managed the Cincinnati Reds, if you saw him on the road at mass or in a restaurant, you also […]
OBSERVATlONS: Time to forgive and not forget Pete Rose
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and pitchers and catchers report to spring training two days after Super Bowl LVII (And what in the name of Pete Rozelle is LVII?). —Pete Rose made another request for forgiveness in a letter recently to baseball commissioner Rob Manfred. It smacks of groveling at the […]
OBSERVATIONS: Why the Reds fired Dusty Baker
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and while I’m a big fan of Philadelphia’s Kyle Schwarber, I’m a bigger fan of Houston manager Dusty Baker. He has taken Houston from the Disastros to the Astros and I’m pulling for them to win the World Series. —THE DUST-UP: This not new news and […]
What will the Reds do for 2023?
By Hal McCoy DAYTON DAILY NEWS The season to forget for the Cincinnati Reds is over, something to be hidden in the attic like a Nehru suit or platform shoes. For the second time in franchise history, the Reds lost 100 games and deservedly so. Management dumped veteran players overboard last off-season and at the […]
OBSERVATIONS: Why the Reds are where they are
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after testing my concentration skills by watching the Cincinnati Reds and Ohio State Buckeyes at the same time and happy to report I didn’t credit Kyle Farmer with a sack or C.J. Stroud with a sacrifice fly. —POOR ANATOMY: With the dreadful, dismal and depressing 2022 […]
OBSERVATIONS: Some days Reds are worth watching
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, where my oh-so-caring wifemate, Nadine, is limiting me to one cigar a day. So naturally I rummage through my stash to find the longest, fattest one I can find. And many thanks to my own Three Kings — Jose Rijo, Nick Whitt and Larry Hansgen — […]