OBSERVATIONS: Some thoughts about a ‘real’ baseball man
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and I never thought I’d ever say this, but. . .”With the state baseball is in, I wouldn’t care if they canceled the entire MLB season. I can get my fix with the Dayton Dragons, Wright State baseball, UD baseball and my grandson’s and great grandson’s […]
OBSERVATIONS: Analyst predicts NCAA title for Dayton’s Flyers
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, filling out a questionnaire asking, “Coke or Peps,’’with Royal Crown Cola, and “Wheaties or Cheerios” with Quaker Oats and “Ford or Chevrolet” with Dodge. Bet they don’t send me any more questionnaires. —ESPN college basketball analyst Mark Adams is a brave, bold and hopefully not a […]
OBSERVATIONS: Up close and personal at Wright State
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after watching Ohio State beat Illinois despite playing the final three minutes in total panic. Ain’t college basketball grand? —In all my decade of covering sports, whenever I covered a basketball game I always sat high above the floor or at a press table near center […]
OBSERVATIONS: When a $60 million baseball contract was ‘absurd’
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, awaiting the start of the USFL and the XFL. Really? Well, something has to take baseball’s place this spring. —When was a $60 million baseball contract exorbitant? Well, former Miami Herald sports columnist Edwin Pope said this in 1998: “Baseball has taken leave of its senses. […]
OBSERVATIONS: Another ‘problem’ surfaces for MLB
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, awaiting delivery of a new chair from Ashley Furniture that was due earlier this week. But we were told to, uh, “Expect delivery in late March. . .maybe.” Apparently they ran out of thumb tacks. —As if baseball doesn’t have enough problems with the lockout, absurd […]
OBSERVATIONS: Fifteen minutes they’ll never get back
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and, like a lot of ‘former’ fans, I’m missing baseball less and less. Out of sight, out of care. —If anybody with stars in their eyes who believes a baseball contract is imminent, well, close your eyes and count to 900. By the time you go […]
OBSERVATIONS: Why MLB is like Dollar General and Dollar Tree
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering why I am not suffering Super Bowl Withdrawal but I am suffering Baseball Spring Training Withdrawal. —If Dollar General and Dollar Tree operated their businesses like MLB, they’d be known as Nickle General and Dime Tree. And that’s what MLB continues to do to frustrated […]
OBSERVATIONS: On the ‘DH’ and Who Dey think the Bengals have an offensive line?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave…. —Baseball’s ruination continues down a destructive basepath. After 48 years of resistance, National League owners caved. They approved the use of the designated hitter, the player who carries a glove for no apparent reason. It probably was inevitable. With unbalanced leagues, 15 teams in each league, […]
OBSERVATIONS: Can Collinsworth be impartial? No
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, watching a crew tear up my front yard with a back hoe to fix a darkened street light. Couldn’t they just replace the bulb? —When you snap on your Smart TV Sunday to watch Super Bowl Roman Numerals, there will be a nasal-toned voice dripping orange […]