OBSERVATIONS: Defending Rose for his defense
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, up at 3 a.m., can’t sleep, most likely due to the humongous sandwich I ate for dinner from the Submarine House. . .The Pistol, which has grilled pepperoni, Italian sausage, provolone cheese, Swiss cheese, mushrooms, green peppers, banana peppers, onions, pepper relish and marinara sauce, all […]
OBSERVATIONS: Maris Jr. judges Judge the right way
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, patiently awaiting the end of the regular season and the start of the playoffs so I can watch some real baseball, as played by the Cleveland – – – – dians. —SPEAKING THE TRUTH: After Aaron Judge hit his 61st home run this week, tying Roger […]
OBSERVATIONS: Why the Reds are where they are
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after testing my concentration skills by watching the Cincinnati Reds and Ohio State Buckeyes at the same time and happy to report I didn’t credit Kyle Farmer with a sack or C.J. Stroud with a sacrifice fly. —POOR ANATOMY: With the dreadful, dismal and depressing 2022 […]
OBSERVATIONS: Jim Maloney’s ‘take’ on today’s game
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after watching the Cleveland Browns-New York Jets game. I turned it off with two minutes to go so I know the Browns won, 30-17. I know it was a misprint in the next day’s paper that read: “Jets 31, Browns 30.” —OLD, OLD SCHOOL: San Diego […]
OBSERVATIONS: What team is baseball’s laughingstock?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave with a full day of watching a Cincinnati Reds-St. Louis Cardinals doubleheader, watching Ohio State-Toledo and listening to the University of Dayton-Kentucky State football game. The Flyers are going after their 500th game without being shutout. There might be a shutout, but it will be Ky-State […]
OBSERVATIONS: New rules baseball can live with
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and for once I’m here to praise commissioner Rob Manfraud instead of burying him under some pitcher’s mound in Elmira. —Asking me if I like the new rules to be implemented in MLB next season is like asking a whiskey drinker if he’d like to meet […]
OBSERVATIONS: Something for Champ Summers to chew on
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, laboring over an Observations column on Labor Day. Work, work, work. —HE WAS BEECHED: It was the late 1970s and the Reds had an outfielder name Champ Summers. He always played with a large chaw of Beech-Nut chewing tobacco filling his cheek. One game Summers hit […]
OBSERVATIONS: Where do you stand on Yankees collapse?
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, thrilled that I was put on a cane to use for short walks as my fractured hip is healing fast five weeks after surgery. Thank you, Dr. Charlotte Orr. —For those who despise the Evil Empire, the American League’s Richie Rich, what happened to those New […]
OBSERVATIONS: ‘The Spaceman’ is still earning his bananas
By HAL McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSEVATIONS from back in The Man Cave, where I can now get in and out of my La-Z-Boy without calling for a crane. —It was former major league pitcher/author Jim Bouton who wrote in his infamous book, Ball Four, “You spend a good deal of your time gripping a baseball and […]