Some All-Star Break Observations…
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, so glad the All-Star carnival/circus is over and we can get back to Real Baseball. —DREAM ON: How delightful would it be to see Middletown native Kyle Schwarber in a Cincinnati Reds uniform? Even in those ugly black City Connects. They wouldn’t have to give away […]
Some early-week Observations…
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave wandering aimlessly in the backyard, wondering where baseball went. I’m not a fan of the All-Star game. —ATLANTA’S TWO MURPHYS: Isn’t it bad enough that one Murphy who played for the Atlanta Braves is snubbed. Dale Murphy should have been inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame […]
Francona Wins 2,000th Game
By Hal McCoy It was the Colorado Rockies being the Colorado Rockies Sunday afternoon in Great American Ball Park as they unknowingly contributed mightily to the 2,000th career victory of Cincinnati Reds manager Tito Francona. They made an error that led to the go-ahead run and an error to contribute to an insurance run as […]
Reds Walk One Off, 4-3
By Hal McCoy If any proof was needed that the Colorado Rockies are one of the all-time worst baseball teams, solid evidence was displayed Saturday afternoon in Great American Ball Park. The Rockies did everythng possible to gift-wrap an easy win for the Cincinnati Reds. The Reds didn’t take the ribbon off the package until […]
Rockies beat Reds ‘Intentionally’
By Hal McCoy To borrow Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s famous quote, for Cincinnati Reds outfielder Austin Hays it was, “A day which will live in infamy.” Hays hit into a double play and struck out four times to strand seven base runners as the Reds lost Friday night to the gosh-awful Colorado Rockies, 3-2. And Elly […]
Some Pre-Weekend Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, watching the maturation of Elly De La Cruz over the last month. Instead of attemption to drown baseballs in the Ohio River, he has become a magician, using a bat as his wand to spray singles and doubles up the middle and the opposite way. He […]
Reds Bats Come Alive
By Hal McCoy Somebody left a wake-up call in the Cincinnati Reds bat rack a couple of days ago. After scoring five runs total during a four-game losing streak, the Reds scored 13 Wednesay and Thursday to win two games and gain a split of the four-game series against the Miami Marlins. On Thursday’s Happy […]
Abbott Shows Why He’s An All-Star
IBy Hal McCoy When the Cincinnati Reds scanned the pre-game stats sheet and saw that Miami starting pitcher Sandy Alcantara was an eight-game loser with an astronomical 7.01 earned run average, they salivated. And on their side was All-Star pitcher Andrew Abbott and his 7-1 record and 2.15 ERA. It was the perfect scenario for […]
Some mid-week Observations…
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering how a team that lost 100 games last season and has been more than 10 games under .500 most of this year can win 11 straight road games as the Miami Marlines have done. Baseball. Ya gotta love it. —ALL-$$$ TEAM: They’ve named the All-Star […]