Observations: Of Hamilton, Tulowitzki-Bailey, Ottavino-Babe Ruth
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while watching the baseball winter meetings almost non-stop and wondering if anything significant is going to happen other than rumor-mongering. —Billy Hamilton will wear Kansas City royal blue next season, The Kansas City Blur. The Royals signed Hamilton to a one-year $5.2 million deal, laced with […]
Observations: Is Baines a Hall of Famer? (No!!!)
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while wondering when a Veterans Committee will vote Mario Mendoza into the baseball Hall of Fame. —Harold Baines is going into baseball Hall of Fame, but Harold Baines is not a Hall of Famer. If he is, then so is Dave Concepcion, Dave Parker, Dale Murphy, […]
Observations: No ‘loser’ in Army-Navy football games
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while drinking a Frostop root beer, which was sold at a root beer stand near Nadine’s childhood home in Toledo. I had never heard of it, preferring Stewart’s and A&W when I was a kid. Yes, Frostop is good, but it isn’t Stewart’s. —Unless one is […]
Observations: Window closing fast on Reds acquiring good starters
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, growing a long beard waiting for the Cincinnati Reds to make their first ‘big’ off-season move, other than saving salary by not tendering outfielder Billy Hamilton. —The window for the Reds to acquire a notable starting pitcher (or two) is shutting quickly, down to a crack. […]
Observations: Zags survive on ‘The Late Show’ at the buzzer, but WSU loses at the buzzer
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while fighting frostbite because the portable heater kicks off just when the room gets warm. —For those tucked between the covers at 11 p.m. Wednesday night when The Basketball Late Show tipped off, you missed a whistlefest between No. 1 Gonzaga and 6-and-2 Washington. Gonzaga, or […]
Observations: No, Urban Meyer won’t coach the Bengals
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, remembering seeing George H.W. Bush, after his presidency, sitting behind home plate at Houston’s Minute Maid Park, wishing I could go say hello but knowing I’d be throttled and handcuffed by those four guys in dark suits and darkened sun glasses always seated behind him. —Right […]
Observations: Ohio State, Hamilton, UD, WSU, Bengals, Browns must overcome ‘diversity’
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while watching the Ohio sports world crumble — Ohio State, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Billy Hamilton, University of Dayton and Wright State University. The only thing that saved the week was attending the awesome Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert Saturday afternoon at the Nutter Center. —All the vitriol […]
Reds won’t offer Billy Hamilton a contract, making him a free agent
By HAL McCOY All that money the Cincinnati Reds say they have to spend, well, it won’t go to outfielder Billy Hamilton. Are they saving it for the big push for a free agent starting pitcher. Hamilton and the Cincinnati Reds are parting ways, but it is only the Reds who had the say. Several […]
Should the Reds go after pitching or Bryce Harper?
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after finding out that former Cincinnati Reds interim manager/bench coach Jim Riggleman landed on his feet, signing a contract to be the bench coach for the New York Mets. So how is the Reds search for starting pitching progressing? The Reds are finding tough sledding because […]