OBSERVATIONS: ‘The Sounds of Silence’ in UD Arena
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, exhilirated that the Cleveland Browns get to play on Monday Night Football in a big game against the Baltimore Ravens — the team that is the REAL Cleveland Browns, moved to Baltimore by Art Modell, the grinch who stole football from Cleveland. —The University of Dayton, […]
Observations: Buckeyes (Best in Big Ten) belong in conference title game
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, still trying to catch my breath after listening to the Cleveland Browns try to blow a 38-7 halftime lead. I say listen because the game was not on TV in Dayton for some reason. . .and I won’t accept any reason. Absurd. We were forced to […]
OBSERVATIONS: Points, point, points and more points. . .and four defeats
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, sitting in my La-Z-Boy while Nadine does her four miles on the treadmill. . .and when she is finished we both are in the same spots. —Dr. George Barber is neither a medical doctor nor a hair-trimmer. Dr. Barber is a basketball coach at Greenville University, […]
OBSERVATIONS: Was Adam Dunn the ‘Three True Outcomes’ pioneer?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave with fingers crossed on both hands hoping the University of Dayton basketball team finally gets to play tonight against Bellarmine, er, Alcorn State, er, Eastern Illinois. . .or Eastern Anybody. —Baseball has evolved — and some say degenerated — into what is called the Three True […]
OBSERVATIONS: Did Kent State use an eight-man defense?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while watching some so-called NFL officials try to steal a game from the Cleveland Browns with some incredibly inept spotting of the ball after running plays. Biased? Me? OK, sure I am. —Kent State University’s football history isn’t something much discussed at alumni brunches. When I […]
OBSERVATIONS: How about all those one-hitters?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after we opted out of hosting a 14-person Thanksgiving dinner. Now Nadine and I have enough food to feed the University of Dayton and Wright State University basketball teams combined. —Anybody worthy of the price of a baseball knows that Nolan Ryan threw seven no-hitter. But […]
OBSERVATIONS: Trader Jack McKeon turns 90 and is still in baseball
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and it seems like Christmas every day because Amazon delivers a package or two every day. —Former Cincinnati Reds manager Trader Jack McKeon turned 90 this week and remains active in baseball as a special consultant with the Washington Nationals. Until he had triple bypass surgery […]
OBSERVATIONS: Just how fast did Bob Feller throw his fastball?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave still speed-watching The Black List. We’re through episode 17 of the third year. Long way to go, but I love Robert Reddington. —Nowadays, if a major league pitcher can’t throw a four-seam fastball 99 or 100 miles an hour, he must need Tommy John surgery. It […]
OBSERVATIONS: Obi’s mom drove him, now she drives her own car
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, where it brought to tears myself when I saw Obi Toppin sobbing with joy after the New York Knicks select him No. 1 in the NBA draft: —What kind of son is the former University of Dayton’s ‘Dunkin Delight’ Obi Toppin? A mother’s delight. Toppin doesn’t […]