OBSERVATIONS: ‘The Rest of the Story on Ken Griffey Sr.
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering when the analysts will get around to comparing shoe sizes, hat sizes, neck sizes, waist sizes and hair-length sizes between Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes. They’ve compared everything else. —For those of us who have been around for several decades, we remember The Paul Harvey […]
OBSERVATIONS: Las Vegas picks Reds to win NL Central
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while waiting for the Cleveland Browns to shock the world and win the Super Bowl. . .and that might not be until 2025, if then. —Jimmy Shapiro of BetOnline sent this startling note: The Cincinnati Reds are favorites to win the National League Central. Say what? […]
A Merry (Steve) Christmas to all Reds fans
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave wondering why Santa Claus delivered a lump of coal, even though I left him cookies and bourbon and he parrtook of both. —This is a Christmas Story for Cincinnati Reds fans. . .a Steve Christmas story. A fan has to be bleeding Cincinnati red, and bleeding […]
With no DH, Reds’ outfield is overpopulated
By Hal McCoy The rumors keep surfacing, not from the halls of the Cincinnati Reds front office, but from other teams all over the map. The Reds are listening to offers for Sonny Gray. They are listening to offers for Luis Castillo. They are listening to offers for Eugenio Suarez. They are listening to offers […]
OBSERVATIONS: One of the Reds all-time worst trades? Paul O’Neill
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave keeping fingers crossed that Ol’ Man COVID-19 doesn’t disrupt Ohio State’s run t0 the Big Ten title and a trip to the CFP. —Most folks firmly believe the worst trade the Cincinnati Reds ever made was sending Frank Robinson to Baltimore for less trinkets than the […]
Bell believes pitching remains the Reds’ main strength
By Hal McCoy Trevor Bauer is gone. So forget him. Anthony DeSclafani is gone. So forget him. Sonny Gray isn’t gone. . .yet. If rumors of a trade come to fruition, forget him, too. So where does that leave the Cincinnati Reds pitching rotation for 2021? That leaves three gargantuan holes to be filled? Where […]
Bell gives ‘stamp of approval’ to Joey Votto for next season
By Hal McCoy For those who want Joey Votto dumped down in the batting order, dumped on to the bench or dumped into the laps of another team, well, none of it is likely to happen. To the contrary, Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell is excited and ecstatic over what he saw at the end […]
OBSERVATIONS: Was Adam Dunn the ‘Three True Outcomes’ pioneer?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave with fingers crossed on both hands hoping the University of Dayton basketball team finally gets to play tonight against Bellarmine, er, Alcorn State, er, Eastern Illinois. . .or Eastern Anybody. —Baseball has evolved — and some say degenerated — into what is called the Three True […]
OBSERVATIONS: Trader Jack McKeon turns 90 and is still in baseball
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and it seems like Christmas every day because Amazon delivers a package or two every day. —Former Cincinnati Reds manager Trader Jack McKeon turned 90 this week and remains active in baseball as a special consultant with the Washington Nationals. Until he had triple bypass surgery […]