OBSERVATIONS: Reds GM Krall trying to patch it up
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave awaiting the baseball trade deadline, wondering who goes and who stays and the big question, “Why?” —Cincinnati Reds general manager Nick Krall deserves some credit for attempting to patch up his Les Miserables bullpen. . .even if it is with duct tape. Nearly every contending team […]
They will always be the Indians (Tribe) to me
By Hal McCoy Cleveland Guardians. Roll it across your tongue and see what you think. To me, it doesn’t taste good or feel good. After more than a year of thinking it over, the Cleveland baseball team decided, under heavy pressure, to drop Indians as its nickname. And they came up with Guardians. Personally, I […]
OBSERVATIONS: From David Bell to Cool Papa Bell
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, ready to make a bold statement. Borrowing the words from The Monkees, “I’m a Believer.” Yes, Reds fans, I believe the Reds are going to win the National League Central. Nick Castellanos will win the MVP, Jonathan India will be Rookie of the Year and David […]
OBSERVATIONS: The ‘Longest Day’ in Milwaukee County Stadium
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, still embarrassed after Joey Votto spotted me wearing a Washington Nationals hat on a Zoom interview. (Author’s Defense: I have hats for nearly every MLB team and interchange them daily.) —The current Cincinnati Reds-Milwaukee Brewers Showdown Series takes me back 22 years to the day I […]
OBSERVATIONS: ‘Nick the Stick’ should be a keeper
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering if I’m watching a video game or is that Kyle Schwarber hitting another home run. Wonder what he would do if this year’s baseballs were not de-juiced. Yeah, sure they are. —Can we call Nick Castellanos ‘Nick the Stick?’ We certainly can. As somebody once […]
OBSERVATIONS: Pitchers who were/are must-see attractions
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from the Man Cave, shivering in my La-Z-boy wondering where summer went after only one day. —There are certain pitchers in my lifetime that are don’t-miss attractions, guys you want to watch deliver every pitch. For me it was Bob Feller, Sandy Koufax, Juan Marichal, Bob Gibson, Tom Seaver, Greg […]
OBSERVATIONS: Hey, Mr. Doubleday, please come back
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, getting ready to stay up until the wee hours to see the Cincinnati Reds on the west coast and see if what they are doing is live or Memorex (Look it up on Google, kids). —Dear Abner Doubleday: It is fortunate you are not around to […]
OBSERVATIONS: Votto better be ready for St. Louis
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, some voices from St. Louis and from a past Reds manager: —When the Cincinnati Red return to St. Louis in mid-September, Joey Votto can expect a raucous reaction in Busch Stadium III, maybe even hostile. As one might expect, Votto’s expletive-dripping rant against Cardinals fans after […]
OBSERVATIONS: A big, big day for Johnny Bench’s back-up
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave on a hot summer morning, sitting on the patio reading Cobra, the lengthy but fascinating autobiography of Dave Parker. He originally asked me to write it for him but I declined because I was writing my own book ‘The Real McCoy.’ —As the Cincinnati Reds punished […]