OBSERVATIONS: ‘Manfred Ball’ reaches Dayton
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave anxiously awaiting the call of, ‘Play ball,’ or do umpires still do that? ~The Dayton Dragons open their 2022 season Friday night in Day Air Ballpark and the Rob Manfred Influence will be on full display. The MLB commissioner continues to use minor league baseball as […]
OBSERVATIONS: Reds finally make a sensible but costly move
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after watching the incredible North Carolina win over Duke and almost. . .almost. . .feeling sorry for Coach K (I’m tired of looking up how to spell his name). ~The Cincinnati Reds have made some mind-boggling, scalp-scratching decisions since the end of last season. But they […]
OBSERVATIONS: Have you heard? They’re moving second base
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, trying to watch an exhibition baseball game on the TV with two dogs in my lap because I’m snacking on Dorothy Lane chocolate chip cookies. . .and a bite of my chocolate chip cookies is something neither Paige nor Quinn will successfully beg from me. And […]
OBSERVATIONS: Is Greene ready or is he still too green?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after wasting most of my Sunday afternoon watching a Kansas tornado and a pair of glass slippers shatter before my very eyes. —He is only 22 and his minor-league record is 14-16. After starting 5-0 with a 1.98 earned run average at Class AA Chattanooga last […]
OBSERVATIONS: What does a baseball team get for $7.5 million?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, pulling for Saint Peter’s because I have no real rooting interest after all my brackets have filled up a paper shredder. —What do you get for $7.5 million these days? Not much if you are a major league baseball team. For the Cincinnati Reds it is […]
OBSERVATIONS: The day a great umpire died on the field
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after hiding in the bathroom this afternoon when TV reported a funnel cloud near Hoke Road, a half-mile from my house. Thirty minutes later the sun was shining as if it was the Fourth of July. —Whenever one of our teams loses a close game, be […]
OBSERVATIONS: Are pitchers coddled during spring training?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after watching Saint Peter’s arrive at the pearly gates of college basketball. —We old geezers remember the cartoon-page characters Mutt Jeff. . .the very tall Mutt and the very short Jeff. On Opening Day of spring exhibition games, the Cincinnati Reds started two Mutts against the […]
OBSERVATIONS: ‘What’s in her wallet?’ Not Reds tickets
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave absolutely amazed by the whopping negative feed backfrom Cincinnati Reds fans. . .and one woman is doing something about it. Keep reading. —Sue Deister is mad as hell and she isn’t going to take it any more. Incredibly, after the Cincinnati Reds traded Sonny Gray, Jesse […]
OBSERVATIONS: No more ghost runners, no more seven-inning doubleheaders
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, bleary-eyed and butt-numb from watching all the bouncing basketballs morning, noon and night. . .and loving every second. —Baseball is back, battered and bruised, but not broken and beaten, despite the worst efforts on both sides. The best thing about the entire mess from a fan’s […]