OBSERVATIONS: Who do you think of in uniform number 24?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after watching National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation for the 20th time and laughing all the way, despite knowing every funny line, especially everything that come from the mouth of Cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid). Baseball uniform No. 24 has some special meanings. . .Tony Perez to Cincinnati Reds […]
OBSERVATIONS: One of the Reds all-time worst trades? Paul O’Neill
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave keeping fingers crossed that Ol’ Man COVID-19 doesn’t disrupt Ohio State’s run t0 the Big Ten title and a trip to the CFP. —Most folks firmly believe the worst trade the Cincinnati Reds ever made was sending Frank Robinson to Baltimore for less trinkets than the […]
Bell believes pitching remains the Reds’ main strength
By Hal McCoy Trevor Bauer is gone. So forget him. Anthony DeSclafani is gone. So forget him. Sonny Gray isn’t gone. . .yet. If rumors of a trade come to fruition, forget him, too. So where does that leave the Cincinnati Reds pitching rotation for 2021? That leaves three gargantuan holes to be filled? Where […]
Bell gives ‘stamp of approval’ to Joey Votto for next season
By Hal McCoy For those who want Joey Votto dumped down in the batting order, dumped on to the bench or dumped into the laps of another team, well, none of it is likely to happen. To the contrary, Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell is excited and ecstatic over what he saw at the end […]
OBSERVATIONS: Did Nolan Ryan really throw 235 pitches in one game
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after a great meal at Sky Asian. To me, it’s a toss-up: Sky Asian or Shen’s. I say ‘yes’ to both. —The fact that Nolan Ryan allegedly threw 235 pitches in one game was rampant on Facebook last week. And it is alleged. They didn’t count […]
UD Flyers: A wild, wild winner in double overtime
By Hal McCoy For the first 20 minutes Saturday afternoon, it looked as if the University of Dayton basketball team’s trip to Atlanta was to practice its turnovers in a facility other than UD Arena. In their first three games this season, the Flyers won two, despite bundles and bundles of turnovers. And it was […]
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, […]