OBSERVATIONS: When Jack Morris pitched 10 shutout innings in a World Series Game 7
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave not knowing whether to laugh or cry about Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash removing Blake Snell from Game 6 when he was pitching like Bob Gibson or Tom Seaver or Sandy Koufax or Warren Spahn — all guys who would have punched Cash in the face […]
OBSERVATIONS: So who exactly is El Cohete Cubano?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATION from The Man Cave awaiting Game 6 of the World Series and another of those infernal ‘Bullpen Games’ by the Dodgers. On to Game 7. —When the 2020 World Series epitaph is written, there will be one perplexing question: Who is Randy Arozarena? For starters, his nickname is El Cohete […]
World Series: Why no day games and seven o’clock starts
By Hal McCoy The finish of Game 4 of the World Series was tumultuous and should be put in a time capsule — the winning run scored by a guy who fell on his face between third and home while the other team threw the baseball around like an unpinned hand grenade. Most of my […]
OBSERVATIONS: He who has the ball last, wins
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after witnessing two can-you-believe it-games. . .one football, one baseball. —What an incredible, incredible, incredible game. No, no, no. I don’t mean the Tampa Bay-Los Angeles World Series game. Yes, that was incredible. What was Incredible, with a capital I, was the Cleveland Browns 37-34 Hollywood […]
OBSERVATIONS: Some ‘personal’ Joe Morgan stories
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave as I sit with no baseball to watch and nobody can pay me enough to watch The Debate or the New York Football Giants. —Joe Morgan was afraid he would kill me, or at least maim me. And he was probably right. There were times on […]
OBSERVATIONS: Why Waite Hoyt retired from the booth
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave wondering how Tampa Bay is going to win a game after watching their dismantling by the potent Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1. But, as they say, that was only one game. . .but a real strong statement. —Once upon a time, back in baseball’s dark […]
OBSERVATIONS: ‘Sweet Lou’ predicted Reds ’90 World Series win
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave awaiting the start of the World Series, pulling for Tampa Bay but realizing the LA Dodgers have more potent pieces. The Dodgers win in six and if that doesn’t put the whammy-jinx-hex on ‘em, nothing will. —Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts made a bold comment […]
OBSERVATIONS: Some last thoughts on the ’20 Cincinnati Reds
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave as I sit here on my 80th year of life and wondering how in the hell I got here, but it has been one extremely fortunate and glorious ride. I am so thankful for my wonderful wife, Nadine, my great family and all you fabulous readers […]
OBSERVATIONS: Another ‘feel good’ tale from baseball’s playoffs
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after a belly-stuffing Western Omelette breakfast at Mom’s Restaurant in Franklin, where eggs fight each other to jump into a skillet. —The ‘Feel Good’ stories just keep surfacing during baseball’s post-season. And is there a better one than that owned by Atlanta relief pitcher Tyler Matzek? […]