Some Pre-Playoffs Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, chair reclined, cigar in hand, ready for baseball’s post-season. As Willie Stargell once said, “They don’t say, ‘Work ball.’ They say, ‘Play ball.’” —LOOK OUT, LA: The Cincinnati Reds stagger into Los Angeles carrying cement blocks, the barely-made-it third wild card team matched against the defending […]
Some Late-Week Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and while it’s only for the last spot in the National League playoffs (the sixth spot), the last-week battle between the Mets, Reds and Diamondbacks is nerve-wracking and invigorating. —ABS (A BAD SYSTEM): Forever and ever I have been adamantly opposed to the Automated Balls & […]
Some Sunday Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering what team that is playing in Great American Ball Park these days. Take away my crystal ball, it’s all fogged up and full of cracks. Most everybody outside the Cincinnati Reds clubhouse had them as burnt toast a couple of weeks ago. And I’m guilty […]
Some Early-Week Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, finding it hard to believe only two weeks remain in baseball’s regular season, until I see college football on every TV channel on Saturdays. —THE SURGEON’S SCALPEL: Baseball’s biggest mystery is why so many pitchers end up injured, especially when they are totally babied these days. […]
Some Pre-Weekend Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSRVATIONS from The Man Cave with a word of advice to the Cincinnati Reds: Don’t take the Sacra-Vegas Athletics lightly this weekend. It’s the old, “On any given day. . .” —ONE THAT GOT AWAY: In early August of 2019, the Cincinnati Reds signed a pitcher name Kevin Gausman off waivers. […]
Some Sunday Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while watching Kyle Schwarber swing a bat, making me want to drop my Nadine-made margarita and grab a bat. Well, almost. —CLOSE PROXIMITY: It is approximately 25 miles from 1618 Pinecrest Drive in Dayton to 6339 Todhunter Road in Middletown. The Pinecrest address is where Michael […]
Some Sunday Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wasting away in Mancaveville with the west coast late-night Cincinnati Reds exasperations. —The ‘Manfraud’: As a frequent guest on his great Lexington, Ky. sports talk show, awesome host Alan Cutler, ‘The Cut Man,’ he loves it when I refer to the baseball commissioner as Rob Manfraud. […]
Some pre-weekend Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, trying to put this thing together when my Havenese, Parker, keeps bringing me her ‘squeaker’ toy to play tug of war and fetch. —THE STREAKERS: Remember when two naked streakers ran across the Shea Stadium outfield and when New York Mets manager Yogi Berra was asked […]
Some Sunday Observations…
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave beginning to believe the ‘e’ in Reds stands for errors. —THE TRUE BLUE CREW: The Milwaukee Brewers always find a way to win, like finding loose change under a sofa cushion. Even though they are in MLB’s smallest market, the Brewers are on their way to […]