Some Pre-Weekend Observations (Read it with sunglasses)
LBy Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave anxiously waiting for the Cincinnati Reds season to end so I can concentrate on the Cleveland Browns — in other words, going from one disappointment to another disappointment. —A FASHION FAUX PAS: Nobody loves sunglasses more than I and eight pairs live in one of my […]
Reds’ Loss Stranger Than Fiction
By Hal McCoy The Cincinnati Reds were one lazy fly ball away from beating the St. Louis Cardinals Thursday afternoon in Great American Ball Park. Then pure pandemonium and an incomprehensible 10-9 defeat. Muttering the final score is pure simplicity. This game had more twists and turns than the Monaco Grand Prix. The biggest play […]
Stewart Keeps Making Statements
By Hal McCoy The national pundits and the Las Vegas oddsmakers say that St. Louis Cardinals second baseman JJ Wetherholt is way ahead in the National League Rookie of the Year considerations. They say Sal Stewart is a distant second. What are they watching? Stewart’s numbers are not only Rookie of the Year worthy, he […]
Some Mid-Week Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from the Man Cave, wondering if the Cincinnati Reds should both taking bats to home plate. They seem to carry them to the batter’s box for no apparent reason. —TALK TO HER: For the Cincinnati Reds, what a difference a Dane makes. Right now, they need eight more Dane Myers. […]
Reds’ bats deathly silent
By Hal McCoy It has reached a point where the Cincinnati Reds starting pitchers can sue the team’s offense for non-support and the case won’t be thrown out of court. The offense hit nadir Tuesday night in Great American Ball park, a 3-0 shutout at the hands of five St. Louis Cardinals pitchers. The Reds […]
Myers, Elly Save A Split
By Hal McCoy Dane Myers owns a bat with ears. And she listens. The Cincinnati Reds were within one out of losing both ends of Monday’s doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals in Great American Ball Park. After losing Game One, 2-1, the Reds trailed by a run with two outs in the ninth inning […]
Messy Finish As Reds Lose, 7-1
By Hal McCoy The Cincinnati Reds offense continues to run on a lean mixture. When a team’s first six batters in the order go 1-for-20, the team loses. When a team has one more hit (four) than it makes errors (3), the team loses. When a relief pitcher puts eight straight batters on base, the […]
Some Sunday Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and as always, I happened to tune in Saturday’s St. Louis-Chicago Cubs game and saw something I’d never seen before. . .well, something nobody had ever seen before. Read on. —JOSHUA WAS FIT: It was Joan Baez who sang, ‘The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.” […]
Sunday Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and as always, I happened to tune in Saturday’s St. Louis-Chicago Cubs game and saw something I’d never seen before. . .well, something nobody had ever seen before. Read on. —JOSHUA WAS FIT: It was Joan Baez who sang, ‘The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.” […]