OBSERVATIONS: There Are No ‘Fat’ Heads on the Reds Roster
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, watching the Cincinnati Reds get two hits over the last six innings and still beat the Cubs, 6-5, and wondering if we’re seeing Team Destiny. —NO BIG HEADS: Pulitzer Prize columnist Jim Murray, my Patron Saint of Words, typed this 62 years ago, in 1961. “The […]
OBSERVATIONS: What Shohei Ohtani Did, Rick Wise Did Better
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from the Man Cave, bleary-eyed from Friday night west coast baseball but ready for another dose tonight. —WORDS TO THE WISE: The TV folks are going off the deep end over Shohei Ohtani’s doubleheader performance the other day, as well they should. He pitched a complete-game one-hitter in the first […]
OBSERVATIONS: Should The Reds Trade Jonathan India? (YES)
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, using a day off from Reds games to visit the dermatologist so he can empty his zapper gun all over my ancient body. —INDIA-A-Go-Go: There is a strong report floating in cyberspace. It says that Cincinnati Reds general manager Nick Krall informed all MLB teams that […]
OBSERVATIONS: Like Danny Graves, Rodon’s ‘Hand Signals’ Draw Rebuke
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from the Man Cave, wondering if Elly De La Cruz went to Chris Sabo’s School of Baserunning: Run until you are safe or out? —REACTIONARY ‘SALUTES’: That’s quite a fuss New York Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodon kicked up for showing fake admiration for Gotham fans. As he came off the […]
OBSERVATIONS: Dissection of a Six-Game Losing Streak
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, staring at the refrigerator that is full of Yuengling and Shiner Bock that I am not driinking during my diet. . .and it is painful. ALL FOR ONE: Why does it seem that when one man slips into a slump, it runs through the clubhouse like […]
OBSERVATIONS: Reds Will Win NL Central By Five Games
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave: Hoping to become a mere shadow of myself. I’m down 11 pounds, only 17 to go. . .but dang, get rid of your DQ stock. —SOME CONSOLATION: When I posted my ‘Eat Crow’ column, admitting my ignorance for predicting the Cincinnati Reds would lose 100 games […]
OBSERVATIONS: Reds Get Snubbed, Only Diaz An All-Star
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, awaiting games with Carly Simon-like anticipation every day, wondering what The Mid-Size Red Machne will do next. Maybe this team might eventually size up, but there will never be another Big Red Machine. Maybe they can become The Big Red Machine 02 or The Big Red […]
OBSERVATIONS: Reds Are The Fastest Team On The Basepaths
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Cave after a boring day off because there was no Cincinnati Reds game, although I did watch the Pirates beat the Padres through the thick smoke sent to us, with love, from Canada. —RUN REDS, RUN: Anybody who has watched the Cincinnati Reds speed around the bases like […]
OBSERVATIONS: Any Have Any Pitchers The Reds Can Have?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, reading an anthology of baseball columns written by Damon Runyon, which ran on forever because he writes about the game, the weather, the celebrities in the stands, gamblers, descriptions of the ball parks, what the guys in the press box were saying, what the vendors were […]