OBSERVATIONS: De La Cruz Is Batting Third. . .And That’s Right
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, only 10 days before Opening Day, but who’s counting? I am. I no longer have to count on my fingers and toes, just my fingers. —ORDER-LY FASHION: As I’ve written many times, during my 52 years of covering the Cincinnati Reds, only one manager ever asked […]
OBSERVATIONS: Stephenson To Miss Start Of Season, Trevino ‘nicked’
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, dizzy from watching college basketball morning, noon and Knight, er, night. Bob Knight is no longer with us, but John Feinstein’s book about him, ‘A Season On The Brink,’ is the best basketball book you’ll ever read (And Feinstein passed away this week). —JOSE CAN YOU […]
OBSERVATIONS: ‘The Hall’ Leaves Oliver Twisting
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, getting fired up for my 52nd year of covering MLB by watching spring training exhibitions every day on TV (Who are these guys?). —OLIVER’S TWIST: One of the nicest, classiest MLB player, make that the nicest, classiest human being, I ever met is Al Oliver. At […]
OBSERVATIONS: Who has a ‘vested’ interest?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, waiting for Auburn or Duke or even Southern University to win the NCAA basketball tournament, because then it is time for baseball. —THE STYLISH SHIRTS: Where have all the sleeveless vest MLB uniforms gone? To me, they were the classiest, but teams no longer wear them […]
OBSERVATIONS: Where Will The Reds Finish?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave with my fingers exercised and anxious to fly over the keys when Opening Day finally arrives. —A REDS OCTOBER?: Who ya gonna believe? Nobody, until the deed is done. Most Las Vegas betting emporiums list the Chicago Cubs to win the National League Central, followed by […]
OBSERVATIONS: Reds Off To Rowdy Start
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, in Arlington, Texas to cover three Ohio State baseball games for Press Pros Magazine. —SOME POSITIVES: The news out of Goodyear, AZ, an oasis in the Sonoran Desert where the Cincinnati Reds reside for six weeks, continues to be uplifting. After a day off Tuesday, the […]
OBSERVATIONS: Reds Newcomers Make Immediate Impact
By Hal McC But oy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and liking what I see from new Cincinnati Reds Austin Hays and Brady Singer. . .so far. —IT DOESN’T COUNT: The Cincinnati Reds probably wish Monday’s game counted, wish it was a regular-season game rather than a meaningless spring exhibtion game. The Reds romped, […]
OBSERVATIONS: Is Elly’s Start A Harbinger?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave as the excitemant mounts as Opening Day creeps closer and closer and I plan to be sitting in the Great American Ballpark press box that day. —CRUZ CONTROL: Cincinnati Reds manager Tito Francona, The Great Motivator, had a 20-minute heart-to-heart discussion with Elly De La Cruz […]
OBSERVATIONS: MLB Says Farewell To ESPN
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, getting pumped up watching spring training exhibition games on MLB Network. I’m so starved for baseball that I watched the Alabama State-Grambling game in the Andre Dawson Classic, a tournament for Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU). And what better place to play it than the […]