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, […]
OBSERVATIONS: Was Adam Dunn the ‘Three True Outcomes’ pioneer?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave with fingers crossed on both hands hoping the University of Dayton basketball team finally gets to play tonight against Bellarmine, er, Alcorn State, er, Eastern Illinois. . .or Eastern Anybody. —Baseball has evolved — and some say degenerated — into what is called the Three True […]
OBSERVATIONS: Did Kent State use an eight-man defense?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while watching some so-called NFL officials try to steal a game from the Cleveland Browns with some incredibly inept spotting of the ball after running plays. Biased? Me? OK, sure I am. —Kent State University’s football history isn’t something much discussed at alumni brunches. When I […]