OBSERVATIONS: Trevor Bauer — Pitching as if his hair is on fire
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering if the NFL season started a day early after seeing the 19 next to Milwaukee’s name and the 29 next to Atlanta’s name. . .and the Falcons only hope they can score 29. —Trevor Bauer is one of those guys you love if he is […]
OBSERVATIONS: By any name, Concepcion is a Hall of Famer
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave wondering if I should ever shave again after seeing all the beards in baseball, like Archie Bradley, Tucker Barnhart, Bryce Harper, Charlie Blackmon and Jake Arrieta, among many, many others. —Dave Concepcion is the best shortstop of all-time who is not in the Hall of Fame. […]
OBSERVATIONS: Why not Bradley and why no intentional walk?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave on Labor Day with no labor to do because the Cincinnati Reds are off. And when has that ever happened? But they certainly need a breather to catch the breath the Pirates knocked out of them. —With absolutely no apologies necessary to Paul Simon, the 2020 […]
OBSERVATIONS: Getting the cold shoulder from Roger Clemens
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, chasing Quinn, my nine-month old Havanese puppy. He has my pen in his mouth. Guess he wants to be a writer like his master because he loves pens. He has chewed at least a dozen into twisted and unusable hunks of plastic. —Marla Ridenour is a […]
OBSERVATIONS: Some World Series ‘awkward’ memories
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, still stunned from a very large black bug (What kind? I’m no entomologist) that buzzed my La-Z-Boy recliner. It hit me right between the eyes, making his aim better than the Cincinnati Reds bullpen. —With the Detroit Tigers on a roll and the Chicago White Sox […]
OBSERVATIONS: The day one pitcher pitched two complete games
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave with my ears still ringing from the shriek Nadine let go when Quinn brought her a present, a dead field mouse. These are the days in baseball when most pitchers are removed from games on or near 100 pitches as managers and player agents fear the […]
The sad tale of Joey Votto (and his teammates)
By Hal McCoy This is not to dump all the misery and frustration on the head of Joey Votto. There is enough blame populating the Cincinnati Reds roster to feed a small Niger village. There was a time, not long ago, when fans didn’t take a potty break or make a sandwich run when […]
OBSERVATIONS: Bullpenners and characters (Borbon, Carroll, Eastwick, McEnaney)
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave wondering if the Cincinnati Reds will at least get a ‘Participation Trophy’ this year after investing $170 million in player improvement. Watching them, I just want to scream, “Smallball, smallball, smallball.” Doubt if they know what that means. —Big Red Machine manager Sparky Anderson’s idea of […]
OBSERVATIONS: Of Thom Brennaman and Fernando Tatis Jr.
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while sitting in my La-Z-Boy thinking about Thom Brennaman and Fernando Tatis Jr. —It is difficult to defend Reds/Fox broadcaster Thom Brennaman for his open mic homophobic slur during Wednesday’s Cincinnati Reds-Kansas City doubleheader. And this is no attempt to spread butter over the incident. He […]