OBSERVATIONS: The night Gary’s Real McCoy let me down
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, refusing to watch all those replays of past World Series and NCAA tournaments because I’ve been there, done that, and I know the outcomes. —Chatted on the telephone this week with long-time friend and legendary scout Gary Hughes. I hate talking on the phone, but what […]
OBSERVATIONS: Would you like $4,775 a day? Sure, you would
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, watching our puppy, Quinn, go bonkers when I mention the word, ‘walk,’ when he has only taken four of them. And he goes nuts with happiness when we take off his bulky Invisible Fence collar. —Those many, many Americans who have lost their jobs and […]
OBSERVATIONS: Say no to seven-inning doubleheaders, please
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, sitting here in my tattered terry-cloth robe that reeks of cigar smoke. I normally would be sitting in the Great American Ball Park press box eating ice cream, drinking iced tea and watching a baseball game. —When the coronavirus finally goes into hibernation and baseball resumes, […]
OBSERVATIONS: So who voted for Adam Dunn? (Me)
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, going stir crazy, not from being locked up, from stirring cups of coffee and cups of coffee and cups of coffee. —Confession time. What better thing to do than to cleanse the mind during these days of avoiding corona — the virus, not the beer. Corona […]
OBSERVATIONS: Miami Valley loses a strong sports voice
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while contemplating leaving the house for the first time since Sunday morning to take Paige and Quinn for a walk around the block. I love you, neighbors, but don’t come to see Quinn for the first time. Not now. —The Miami Valley lost a strong radio […]
OBSERVATIONS: A World Series game with no strikeouts
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, hunkered down with a refrigerator full of Yuengling Lager, Shiner Bock, Heineken and two boxes of Montecristo White Label Churchills. What more do I need? Not toilet paper. —This statistic floored me, almost like the day I fell down the steps last November and broke my […]
OBSERVATIONS: From the coronavirus-free Man Cave (I think)
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from the Man Cave, hiding from the coronavirus behind a lit Monte Cristo White Label Churchill. With no sports I talked to my wife and discovered she doesn’t like cigar smoke. Who knew? —With the toilet paper shortage, thanks to near riots in Costco, Los Angeles journalist Mike Downey suggests […]
It is sad, sad, sad, but it was necessary
By HAL McCOY It had to be done. It had to happen. It couldn’t be avoided. That, though, doesn’t make it hurt any less. The coronavirus did what most college basketball teams couldn’t do. It ended the magical mystery ride of the University of Dayton basketball season. Many experts, including this non-expert, thought the Flyers […]
OBSERVATIONS: Reds media guide has ‘gone to the dogs’
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after listening to Nick Senzel hit a leadoff home run to open Monday’s exhibition game against the Chicago White Sox, wondering if the poor guys can spend an entire season without visiting the doctor as much as he visits the bat rack. —The 2020 published Cincinnati […]