Observations: Aiming Some Recognition To Ex-Reds Skipper
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, suffering a swollen left ear from doing so many cellphone interviews on the Pete Rose situation. And I know the checks are in the mail. —PRAISE FOR DAVE: Dave Bristol managed the Cincinnati Reds in the late 1960s and does not receive enough credit for being […]
McCoy: Reds Finally Beat Chisox…
By Hal McCoy The Cincinnati Reds borrowed a line Thursday afternoon from the movie Network: “I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore.” After losing two games to the plug ugly Chicago Light Sox, the Reds played a near-perfect game and routed the 14-and-30 Sox, 7-1. They scored three runs […]
McCoy: Reds Shrivel Again…
By Hal McCoy On Pete Rose Night in front of 43,585 in Great American Ball Park, the Cincinnati Reds played like anything but the Pete Rose way. For the second straight night against the second worst team in MLB, the Chicago White Sox, the Reds were Team Futility. It was beyond embarrassing. The last place […]
Some Mid-Week Observations….
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave… —WHAT DID HE SAY?: When Bob Castellini moved into the big executive chair in Great American Park, his first media press conference was a concert of optimism. One of his quotes, as recalled by great friend Matt Steinmann, was more than naive: “We will bring championships […]
McCoy: Pete Rose Re-Instated!!!!
By Hal McCoy The last time I talked to Pete Rose on a cellphone call, a month before he died, we talked about his prospects for enshrinement in the baseball Hall of Fame. “They’ll probably make me eligible and put me in after I’m six feet under,” he said. And I said, “Pete, I hate […]
McCoy: Extra Innings Bad For Rosie Reds
By Hal McCoy Extra-inning games for the Cincinnati Reds is pure poison, even against a pathetic team like the Chicago White Sox. With their 5-1 loss in 10 innings to the 13-and-29 White Sox, the Reds are 0-and-5 in extra innings. And to make it worse, even though they get a ghost runner on second […]
McCoy: An Ode To Pete Rose…Love Him Or Despise Him
By Hal McCoy After the 1975 Cincinnati Reds exhaustingly outlasted the Chicago Cubs, 18-11, in mid-June, Pete Rose kicked off his spikes in the Wrigley Field visitor’s clubhouse and yelled over to Joe Morgan, “Hey, Joe, are we bad-ass or what?” That they were. The Big Red Machine. The Great Eight. That 1975 team won […]
McCoy: Reds Shut Out. . .Again
By Hal McCoy If the Cincinnati Reds learned anything during a 6-0 loss to the Houston Astros Sunday afternoon, they learned that Chase Petty is not ready to face the bright klieg lights shining on an MLB mound. Before the game, Petty promised that things would be different from his major league debut April 30 […]
Observations: Reds Make Final $3 1/2 Million Payment To Griffey
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering in my infertile mind if Shohei Ohtani and/or Aaron Judge could be humanoid robots. —PAID IN FULL: The Cincinati Reds removed about $3.6 million from their payroll the last few days. No, they didn’t cut Jose Trevino or Gavin Lux or Jake Fraley, players making […]