OBSERVATIONS: Getting the cold shoulder from Roger Clemens
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, chasing Quinn, my nine-month old Havanese puppy. He has my pen in his mouth. Guess he wants to be a writer like his master because he loves pens. He has chewed at least a dozen into twisted and unusable hunks of plastic. —Marla Ridenour is a […]
OBSERVATIONS: Some World Series ‘awkward’ memories
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, still stunned from a very large black bug (What kind? I’m no entomologist) that buzzed my La-Z-Boy recliner. It hit me right between the eyes, making his aim better than the Cincinnati Reds bullpen. —With the Detroit Tigers on a roll and the Chicago White Sox […]
OBSERVATIONS: The day one pitcher pitched two complete games
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave with my ears still ringing from the shriek Nadine let go when Quinn brought her a present, a dead field mouse. These are the days in baseball when most pitchers are removed from games on or near 100 pitches as managers and player agents fear the […]
The sad tale of Joey Votto (and his teammates)
By Hal McCoy This is not to dump all the misery and frustration on the head of Joey Votto. There is enough blame populating the Cincinnati Reds roster to feed a small Niger village. There was a time, not long ago, when fans didn’t take a potty break or make a sandwich run when […]
OBSERVATIONS: Bullpenners and characters (Borbon, Carroll, Eastwick, McEnaney)
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave wondering if the Cincinnati Reds will at least get a ‘Participation Trophy’ this year after investing $170 million in player improvement. Watching them, I just want to scream, “Smallball, smallball, smallball.” Doubt if they know what that means. —Big Red Machine manager Sparky Anderson’s idea of […]
OBSERVATIONS: When is a closer not a closer?
UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while shaking my head over and over and over again when I think about the seven games the Reds have lost in the last few innings. They should call it ‘The Lost Season’ and put a trademark on it. —What has Tony LaRussa wrought? Something rotten, unless your name […]
OBSERVATIONS: Of Thom Brennaman and Fernando Tatis Jr.
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while sitting in my La-Z-Boy thinking about Thom Brennaman and Fernando Tatis Jr. —It is difficult to defend Reds/Fox broadcaster Thom Brennaman for his open mic homophobic slur during Wednesday’s Cincinnati Reds-Kansas City doubleheader. And this is no attempt to spread butter over the incident. He […]
OBSERVATIONS: The hardest thrower in the history of baseball
UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave wondering how in the name of Stan Musial will the St. Louis Cardinals play 60 games without collapsing in exhaustion after playing beaucoup doubleheaders? —For those who saw the classic baseball movie ‘Bull Durham’ and the wild-throwing pitcher Nuke Laloosh, well, there was a real-life Nuke Laloosh. In […]
OBSERVATIONS: Chris Sabo was a special breed
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave enjoying some cantaloupe grown in Covington, OH by Sonny Fulks, farmer/photographer/Gettysburg aficionado and mastermind behind PressProsMagazine.com —Chris Sabo, one of the all-time best competitors to put on a Cincinnati Reds uniform, was also one of my favorite characters. Manager Pete Rose dubbed him Spuds McKenzie because […]