OBSERVATIONS: The day Concepcion went ’round and ’round and ’round
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and as Martin Luther King once said, “Free at last, free at last, free at last.” Well, almost. —It was about this time of year in 1976 when the Cincinnati Reds were in Wrigley Field for a series against the Chicago Cubs. Shortstop Davey Concepcion wasn’t […]
OBSERVATIONS: Mitch McConnell makes plea for baseball
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, never believing that it would be fun peering out the back window at a cardinal (As long as it isn’t a St. Louis Cardinal). —Politics should have no place in baseball and I certainly avoid it in this space, but. . . We need baseball, right? […]
OBSERVATIONS: Where baseball is heading is not good
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, about to anwer Nadine’s call to change a light bulb in the sun room. Why? Every night before we go to sleep, I give Nadine three kisses and quickly ask, “What are we doing tomorrow?” Last night she said, “Big day. We are going to change […]
OBSERVATIONS: When you’re bored, buy some new shoes
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after watching three or four episodes every night of Breaking Bad. Breaking Bad sounds like every horse, dog or track star I’ve ever bet on. —If the shoe fits. . .buy it. How is this for boredom? I ordered four pairs of shoes (Don’t all shoes […]
OBSERVATIONS: When a ‘bad guy’ was really a ‘good guy’
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, politely saying no when Nadine asks if I want to work a jigsaw puzzle. I am against anything that contains back-to-back Z’s. —This one falls under a cliche: Never judge a book by its cover. And I hope all of you consider that when you see […]
OBSERVATIONS: The day I told a manager he was fired’
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave where I was asked what day it is and I said, “Everyday.” —One of the things I am not proud of is that I am probably the only baseball writer in history to tell a manager that he was fired. It was 1984. . .and purely […]
OBSERVATIONS: Why can’t they just leave baseball alone?
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and for the first time in my life I am hoping somebody toilet papers our house. —The newest absurdity involving Major League Baseball surfaced last week — a plan on how the game could return sooner than later. There would be no National League and no […]
OBSERVATIONS: He is not just another ‘Joe Smith’
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and I don’t have to watch the movie ‘Groundhog Day.’ I’m living it, like everybody else. —Say what you want negatively about the cheating Houston Disastros, it is deserved. But say nothing but positive things about Houston pitcher Joe Smith and his wife. Smith, a former […]
OBSERVATIONS: Has MLB and the players lost their minds?
By HAL McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while watching live harness racing from Sweden. How desperate am I? Extremely. —Some cockeyed optimist in New York suggested that the Major League baseball season could resume on May 1. If that’s true, they would need to re-start spring training in the next week or so. […]