OBSERVATIONS: ‘Heaven’ has a great 2020 baseball team
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave watching Dusty Baker in the dugout with his mask on and wondering, “Where’s the toothpick?” Dusty is the first manager to take five different teams to the post-season — San Francisco, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Nationals, Houston Astros. And he is still looking for his […]
OBSERVATIONS: Whitey Ford — the man who dubbed Pete Rose ‘Charlie Hustle’
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, listening to the Talking Heads babble on about the greatness of the Rays-Yankees 2-1 game. What was it? Another Baseball-2020 game: Home runs (all three runs came on solo home runs), strikeouts and walks. MLB-TV’s Harold Reynolds called it an epic battle that will go down […]
OBSERVATIONS: Some ‘sidelights’ from the ’75 World Series
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, jinxing the Oakland Athletics by wearing a green A’s cap while watching the game. But I’m happy for Houston manager Dusty Baker. Wonder how much the Atlanta Braves would pay me to keep my Braves cap in the closet? —This memory popped into my mind while […]
OBSERVATIONS: Ryan Weathers. . .like father, like son
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave still dizzy from watching three of my four teams lose Tuesday in the LDS: Oakland, Miami and San Diego. Tampa Bay did win, but Meat Loaf didn’t sing ‘One Out of Four Ain’t Bad.’ —When it comes to drama and the unexpected, baseball produces better than […]
OBSERVATIONS: No more jokes about the Cleveland Browns
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave waiting to watch four playoff baseball games in one day, knowing by the end of the day I’ll be blurred by navy blue, teal, brown, orange and green. . .but no red. —The Cleveland Browns no longer are the NFL’s joke. They no longer play in […]
OBSERVATIONS: ‘Don’t call me Mr. Gibson’
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after the usual great meal at The Oakwood Club, happy that I no longer travel because three of my favorite restaurants on the road are no more — The Saloon in Chicago, Donovan’s Steakhouse in Phoenix and the Original Old Bookbinder’s in Philadelphia. —Another in the […]
OBSERVATIONS: For the Reds it is just three words: ‘They Made It’
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, pontificating over what might or might not lie ahead for the Cincinnati Reds as they begin their trip to virgin territory. —For most (or all?) Cincinnati Reds fans, it matters not how they made the game, but just that they made it. If not for the […]
Observations: The one important thing. . .they made it
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, pontificating over what might or might not lie ahead for the Cincinnati Reds as they begin their trip to virgin territory. —For most (or all?) Cincinnati Reds fans, it matters not how they made the game, but just that they made it. If not for the […]
OBSERVATIONS: Votto calls this Reds team ‘The Best’
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave wondering what in the hell just happened. . .the Reds rose from the dead and are in the playoffs. —Joey Votto, ‘The Last Man Standing’ with the Cincinnati Reds, is the only player left from former Reds’ playoff teams. He played on three previous playoff teams, […]