OBSERVATIONS: Does anybody care about MLB’s lockout?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering how long it will be before baseball owners and the MLBPA bury the game, because it is already on life support with the fans. —Settle in, folks, this one is going to be a long winter’s nap, a snooze that might last through the spring, […]
OBSERVATIONS: Is it time for fans to stage their own lockout?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after sitting in front of my laptop watching Wright State get it right against Purdue Fort Wayne in the Horizon League opener. —What’s it all about, Alfie, this baseball lockout? It’s about billionaire owners squabbling with multi-millionaire players over, what else, mostly cash, large piles of […]
OBSERVATIONS: Has the sporting world gone mad?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave wondering how soon baseball owners will slap the locks on the clubhouse doors? —The sports world is absolutely stark-raving bonkers. It is a world full of carpetbaggers and those carpetbags are overstuffed with millions of dollars: —Brian Kelly abandoned his Notre Dame football players, a team […]
OBSERVATIONS: Some Thanksgiving tidbits to chew on
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, offering some short pre-Thanksgiving appetizers: —After watching Gonzaga dissect UCLA on the Bruins’ home court, it isn’t likely the Zags will lose a game this season, unless the Milwaukee Bucks are slipped onto the schedule. —One thing for certain, Tampa Bay quarterback Tom Brady and Father […]
OBSERVATIONS: Time for another ‘controversial’ Hall of Fame vote
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after paying $100 for a couple of turkey breasts and holding back from giving the store manager the bird. Whatever happened to turkey for ten cents a pound? Yeah, I know. Get off my lawn. —Qualified members of the Baseball Writers Association of America (ten years […]
OBSERVATIONS: Is Hunter Greene Ready for ‘The Show?’
UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave trying to figure out what to do until baseball returns. . .and that’s if it does return without a work stoppage. And the odds are that there will be a lockout. —You probably missed it, but the Cincinnati Reds signed a pitcher, not quite the magnitude of Noah Syndergaard […]
OBSERVATIONS: India wins Rookie of Year (And, YES, I voted for him)
By HAL McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, typed in my new office-style executive swivel chair, which Office Depot put together for me for an additional $15. —As he said early in spring, Jonathan India wanted to win the Jackie Robinson National League Rookie of the Year Award. Mission accomplished. . .and almost unanimously. […]
OBSERVATIONS: Who’s next to say good-bye to the Reds?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from the Man Cave, waiting for the next trade announcement from the Cincinnati Reds that they’ve traded Luis Castillo for three new MacBook Pro laptops. —This is sad to say, but painfully true. If fans want to see Triple-A baseball next year, you don’t have to drive to Columbus, Toledo […]
Observations: Trading Barnhart a salary dump for the Reds
By HAL McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after watching Aaron Rodgers, missing three receivers, beat unbeaten Arizona. As Stephen A. Smith says, “He’s a bad man.” And ol’ SAS should know something ‘bad.’ —The Cincinnati Reds traded Tucker Barnhart today for a minor league infielder. . .and there are a couple of bad […]