OBSERVATIONS: Trevor Bauer — Mr. Old School baseball pitcher
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wearing my Milwaukee Brewers hat during their games with the Reds to put the hex on The Brew Crew. . .and it worked Monday. Trevor Bauer is a guy who not only marches to the beat of a different drummer, he is the drummer — even […]
OBSERVATIONS: Of Trevor Bauer and ‘Mr. Baseball
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, written with tears in my eyes over the loss of one of he greatest men I ever came across. . .scout Gary Hughes, a man I called Mr. Baseball, because he was. —There is a big question hanging around Cincinnati Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer — What […]
OBSERVATIONS: The character of all characters — Kevin Mitchell
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave on a day off from Reds baseball, wondering how they’ll fare in their last nine games against the Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins. To paraphrase a cliche, “Their backs are against the wall, but the blindfolds haven’t been applied.” —If Reader’s Digest ever […]
OBSERVATIONS: Trevor Bauer — Pitching as if his hair is on fire
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering if the NFL season started a day early after seeing the 19 next to Milwaukee’s name and the 29 next to Atlanta’s name. . .and the Falcons only hope they can score 29. —Trevor Bauer is one of those guys you love if he is […]
OBSERVATIONS: By any name, Concepcion is a Hall of Famer
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave wondering if I should ever shave again after seeing all the beards in baseball, like Archie Bradley, Tucker Barnhart, Bryce Harper, Charlie Blackmon and Jake Arrieta, among many, many others. —Dave Concepcion is the best shortstop of all-time who is not in the Hall of Fame. […]
OBSERVATIONS: Why not Bradley and why no intentional walk?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave on Labor Day with no labor to do because the Cincinnati Reds are off. And when has that ever happened? But they certainly need a breather to catch the breath the Pirates knocked out of them. —With absolutely no apologies necessary to Paul Simon, the 2020 […]
OBSERVATIONS: Some World Series ‘awkward’ memories
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, still stunned from a very large black bug (What kind? I’m no entomologist) that buzzed my La-Z-Boy recliner. It hit me right between the eyes, making his aim better than the Cincinnati Reds bullpen. —With the Detroit Tigers on a roll and the Chicago White Sox […]
OBSERVATIONS: The day one pitcher pitched two complete games
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave with my ears still ringing from the shriek Nadine let go when Quinn brought her a present, a dead field mouse. These are the days in baseball when most pitchers are removed from games on or near 100 pitches as managers and player agents fear the […]
The sad tale of Joey Votto (and his teammates)
By Hal McCoy This is not to dump all the misery and frustration on the head of Joey Votto. There is enough blame populating the Cincinnati Reds roster to feed a small Niger village. There was a time, not long ago, when fans didn’t take a potty break or make a sandwich run when […]