OBSERVATIONS: Some days Reds are worth watching
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, where my oh-so-caring wifemate, Nadine, is limiting me to one cigar a day. So naturally I rummage through my stash to find the longest, fattest one I can find. And many thanks to my own Three Kings — Jose Rijo, Nick Whitt and Larry Hansgen — […]
OBSERVATIONS: I’m back. . .with a trial run
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Sun Room, a trial run from here because the La-Z-Boy in The Man Cave puts too much of an ouchy pinch on the surgically repaired hip. Bear with me, dear readers. I plan to return to monitoring our Class AAA Cincinnati Reds on Monday, so this is keyboard […]
OBSERVATIONS: A final ‘farewell’ to a dear friend
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, anxiously awaiting resumption of the season by the Cincinnati Reds, mostly to see how the team and the front office handles the rest of the year. It certainly can’t be too much fun when the goals are to avoid 100 losses and to scramble out of […]
OBSERVATIONS: More new ‘rules’ coming to MLB next year
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while catching up on ‘Longmire’ episodes during the All-Star break. It seems there are more murders in Wyoming’s Absaroka County than on a Saturday night in Chicago. . .and Longmire solves ‘em all. —If you watched St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Giovanny Gallegos pitch against the […]
OBSERVATIONS: Hey, Reds, don’t trade Luis Castillo
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, watching an MLB game and waiting for somebody to hit a home run. Isn’t that what the current version of baseball is all about? —If the Cincinnati Reds want to restore some of the shattered faith they have evoked from their fan base, they can take […]
OBSERVATIONS: Some favorite Paul O’Neill ‘stories’
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after watching the Cincinnati Reds come up with four walk-off wins in a week against very good teams and wondering, “Where has this been all season?” —One of my all-time favorite Cincinnati Reds player was Columbus-born outfielder Paul O’Neill. . .except on the day he waxed […]
OBSERVATIONS: Here’s one for Manfraud to mull over
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, so happy Fourth of July fireworks are over so I don’t have to coax Paige and Quinn out of my office closet. And I’m convinced a majority of the fireworks-igniters have no idea what the Fourth of July represents. —If baseball commissioner Rob Manfraud wants to […]
OBSERVATIONS: Bullpen, bullpen, my kingdom for a bullpen
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering if those female hosts on MLB-TV’s ‘Quick Pitch’ can wear any less clothes. If they wear much less the show can be called ‘Naked and Afraid Baseball.’ —When is a baseball team totally embarrassed? When it raises the white surrender flag and sends in a […]
OBSERVATIONS: This brawl was not GMA (general milling around)
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave as the Cincinnati Reds season drones on and on and on. Is there such a thing as combat pay for baseball writers? —A baseball ‘fight’ normally is what I call GMA, general milling around with no punches thrown. Usually it is just a bunch of words […]