Some Labor Day Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from the extremely hot Man Cave trying to hide the three cigar burns I put on my new La-Z-Boy in The Man Cave (And happy Nadine doesn’t read my stuff). —THE FAST ONES: Wasn’t it heart-warming to see Eugenio Suarez hit a home run during his first game after becoming […]
Some Mid-Week Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, ignoring Nadine’s suggestion that I vacate the 100° Man Cave for the air-conditioned comfort of The Sun Room. Why? When I ask if I can smoke my cigars she says, “Enjoy heat and the smoke in the garage.” It’s not a Man Cave to her, it’s […]
Some pre-weekend Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after a great night with the fans at the Great Darke County fairgrounds harness racing extravaganza. . .even after leaving with an empty wallet. —BUCKY AT HIS BEST: What an honor I had this week when I had lunch at Romer’s in Bellbrook with two legends: […]
Some Mid-Week Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after watching in amazement as the Cincinnati Reds scored one run in two games against the Triple-A Sacrament River Cats and Rafael Devers.. —PAY ATTENTION, GUYS: Lives an MLB pitcher that doesn’t spend some time on the injured list, sometimes more than once a year? And […]
Some Sunday Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, spending too many hours trying to figure out why the Cincinnati Reds are using papier mache bats these days. —JUST CALL SAL: I’m going to beat and whip this horse until it crosses the wire in first place: Sal Stewart first, JJ Wetherholt second. Sal Stewart […]
A Big Day (Cycle) For Bleday
By Hal McCoy As former catcher/broadcaster Joe Garagiola entitled his book, “Baseball Is A Funny Game.” It certainly is. . .and more. One night after suffering and enduring a 9-0 punch in the gut from the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Cincinnati Reds flipped the table upside down with an 11-5 cold-cocking of the D-Backs. And. . […]
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 […]
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. […]
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.” […]