OBSERVATIONS: So why did the Reds dump Dusty Baker?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave wondering every day if it can get any worse. . .then I watch a Cincinnati Reds game and it gets worse. ~To borrow an ugly phrase from Cincinnati Reds COO Phil Castellini, “Be careful what you wish for.” Except in this context, it involves Dusty Baker […]
OBSERVATIONS: ‘What’s a harried, undermanned manager to do?’
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave on a beautiful day when Ernie Banks would say, “It’s a beautiful day, let’s play two.” And the Reds right now would say, “It’s a beautiful day, let’s play none.” ~Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price began the 2018 season 3-and-15. . .and was terminated. Bench coach […]
OBSERVATIONS: Let’s hear it for Robin Roberts
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave prepared for a couple more late nights watching the Cincinnati Reds play in Denver as they hunt for win No. 4 before April expires. ~Any baseball fan who knows a bunt from a punt is familiar with Bobby Thomson’s ‘Shot Heard ‘Round the World,’ his walk-off […]
OBSERVATIONS: Wainwright is not fond of GABP
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after watching the Cincinnati Reds win their first game in exactly two weeks, but didn’t it seem like two months? Wasn’t Atlanta in the distant past? ~Adam Wainwright would like to stand over a dynamite plunger in Great America Ball Park and push hard, then smile […]
OBSERVATIONS: Pham gives the Reds the ol’ flim flam
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering why I lost so much sleep watching the Cincinnati Reds try to win night games on the west coast (or any games)? ~When Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tommy Pham was 0 for 23 to start the season, I felt sympathy and sorrow for him. When the […]
OBSERVATIONS: More unwanted ‘advice’ from Phil Castellini
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering how many Cincinnati Reds fans head for bed as soon as the other team scores a run? During their current six-game losing streak, the Reds have not led in a game, not once. ~Since Cincinnati Reds COO Phil Castellini made his foot-in-mouth-disease controversial comments on […]
OBSERVATIONS: Time to ‘tear up’ baseball’s unwritten rules
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, preparing for several short nights of sleep after watching the Cincinnati Reds play on the west coast. ~Isn’t it time to burn baseball’s ‘unwritten rules,’ except how do you burn something that isn’t written. And how can they be ‘rules’ if they’re not written? It is […]
OBSERVATIONS: How to further alienate Reds’ fans
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, where cigars go to die, beer bottles get emptied (not necessarily by me) and lots of bull is tossed around. And speaking of bull- – – -. . . ~As if the Cincinnati Reds don’t have enough image problems and public relations issues with the fan […]
OBSERVATIONS: Jose Rijo’s memories of 1990
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, singing to myself, low and off key, the best baseball song ever. . .”Put me in coach, I’m ready to play. . .today. Put me in coach, I’m ready to play. . .today. Look at me, I can be. . .center field.” Thank you, John Fogarty. […]