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 […]
McCoy: What to do with Suarez when ‘The Moose’ returns?
By Hal McCoy Eugenio Suarez’s batting average is a microscopic .177 and he has struck out 133 times in 390 at bats. Those are numbers that would get most major leaguers benched. . .and maybe get that player a ticket to Triple-A for a refresher course. But there are a couple of outlier numbers that […]
Bullpen blows another ‘sure win’ for the Reds
By Hal McCoy The Cincinnati Reds were one strike away from their fifth straight victory Saturday night in Citi Field. That strike never came. A two-out, two-strike single in the bottom of the ninth by Dominic Smith off relief pitcher Sean Doolittle tied the game and sent it into extra innings. And it was only […]
OBSERVATIONS: Reds GM Krall trying to patch it up
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave awaiting the baseball trade deadline, wondering who goes and who stays and the big question, “Why?” —Cincinnati Reds general manager Nick Krall deserves some credit for attempting to patch up his Les Miserables bullpen. . .even if it is with duct tape. Nearly every contending team […]