OBSERVATIONS: Who’s next to say good-bye to the Reds?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from the Man Cave, waiting for the next trade announcement from the Cincinnati Reds that they’ve traded Luis Castillo for three new MacBook Pro laptops. —This is sad to say, but painfully true. If fans want to see Triple-A baseball next year, you don’t have to drive to Columbus, Toledo […]
Observations: Trading Barnhart a salary dump for the Reds
By HAL McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after watching Aaron Rodgers, missing three receivers, beat unbeaten Arizona. As Stephen A. Smith says, “He’s a bad man.” And ol’ SAS should know something ‘bad.’ —The Cincinnati Reds traded Tucker Barnhart today for a minor league infielder. . .and there are a couple of bad […]
The ‘tale’ of Pete Rose’s collision with Ray Fosse
EDITOR’S NOTE: With the passing of Ray Fosse, I’ve resurrected a piece I did a few years ago on The Big Collision at home plate… McCoy: Rose’s All-Star Collision Heard ‘Round The World by Hal McCoy | Features Rose’s unforgettable crash with Cleveland catcher Ray Fosse to score the winning run…but how many of the […]
OBSERVATIONS: At least the Reds were fun to watch…until September
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from St. Simons Island, where I fled for a week’s vacation just hours after the Cincinnati Reds were kicked out of the playoffs. . .and now what? Please don’t make me watch the St. Louis Cardinals. Oh yeah, college football and the NFL. Bring ‘em on. —It was fun while […]
OBSERVATIONS: A little football and a lot of baseball
By HAL McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave wondering if a rainout or two might help the Cincinnati Reds in their wild card chase. Hey, if you don’t play ‘em, you can’t lose ‘em. —The University of Dayton football team has an, uh, interesting game Saturday afternoon at Welcome Stadium against Presbyterian College. It […]
OBSERVATIONS: Some say, ‘Bring back Trader Jack’
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave wondering how the suddenly Popsicle stick bats the Cincinnati Reds are swinging lately will handle LA’s Buehler, Scherzer and Kershaw. . .and that’s no law firm. But they do win most of their cases. —It was always easy to find Trader Jack McKeon. Just follow the […]
OBSERVATIONS: Rookie of the Year (India? Stephenson? Gutierrez?)
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering about my National League Rookie of the Year ballot. I can vote for three, so should it be 1. Jonathan India, 2. Tyler Stephenson and 3. Vladmir Gutierrez, or should it be 1. Tyler Stephenson, 2. Jonathan India, 3. Vladimir Gutierrez, or 1. Vladimir Gutierrez, […]
OBSERVATION: They picked one wrong team for first Field of Dreams game
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering where summer went after seeing both the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals play exhibition games. . .and fans had to pay for that awfulness? And Ohio State plays for keeps in just a few hours (At my age, time zips by at warp speed, so […]
Another side to rejuvenated Joey Votto
By Hal McCoy When somebody says somebody is willing to give the shirt off his or her back, they are being apocryphal, it is just a figure of speech. That isn’t the case with Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto and he proved it Wednesday night in Atlanta’s Truist Park. After the game, Votto walked […]