OBSERVATIONS: Hey, Reds, don’t trade Luis Castillo
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, watching an MLB game and waiting for somebody to hit a home run. Isn’t that what the current version of baseball is all about? —If the Cincinnati Reds want to restore some of the shattered faith they have evoked from their fan base, they can take […]
OBSERVATIONS: Of numb fingers and chattering teeth in Candlestick Park
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after staying up late to watch the Cincinnati Reds finally expunge a seven-game losing streak in San Francisco. OK, so I dozed through the seventh inning and needed Tommy Pham to slap me awake. —As most of the nation sweltered at near-record temperatures, I noticed that […]
OBSERVATIONS: ‘Hey Rob, Norm and Randy, are you ready?’
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATION from The Sun Room because it was too hot the last few days to swelter in The Man Cave, which is located in my un-air conditioned garage. —Where are The Nasty Boys when you need them? Sure, Rob Dibble, Norm Charlton and Randy Myers are in their late 50s, but […]
OBSERVATIONS: There is ‘hope’ for the 2022 Reds, right?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave on Memorial Day as we remember those who sacrificed for you and me. And thank you, thank you, thank you all veterans for your service. —Take hope, Cincinnati Reds fans. History does repeat itself (a few times) and miracles do happen (a few times). This note […]
OBSERVATIONS: Is Votto the Reds GOAT? No, No, No
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, finally recovering from a mild COVID attack and not wishing it on anybody. I feel as weak as restaurant iced tea. ~Cincinnati Magazine published a story written by Charles Dotson with the headline: “Joey Votto is the Greatest Reds Player of All Time.” Say what? The […]
OBSERVATIONS: So how are the ex-Reds doing?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after watching an 80 to 1 shot come blazing out of nowhere in the Kentucky Derby to beat my horse (Epicenter) at the wire as I tore up by $20-to-win ticket. And I don’t want to hear some old time horseplayer say, “Well, that’s horse racing.” […]
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 […]