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Observations: Matt Harvey signs $14 million deal with Angels

By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after getting my first taste of MOD pizza, which has been near my home for a year but I hadn’t partaken. Recommendation? A couple of thumbs up. —If the Cincinnati Reds were serious about re-signing free agent pitcher Matt Harvey, they weren’t serious enough. Harvey agreed […]

Observations: Flyers can’t get over the hump against top teams

By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from the Man Cave watching basketball games from the Mohegan Sun Arena, wondering if all the fans decided to either stay in the casino or take a long lunch at Bobby Flay’s. —How did the University of Dayton basketball team miss scheduling Kansas, Duke and Tennessee this season? It seems […]

Observations: Reds draft Connor Joe in Rule 5 draft

By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while wondering why the Cincinnati Reds drafted Cotton-Eyed Joe in the Rule 5 draft. What? His name is Connor Joe? Never mind. —The Cincinnati Reds left Las Vegas with a mid-rotation pitcher, Tanner Roark, and a guy named Connor Joe. No, not Joe Connor. It really […]

Observations: Reds add Roark – middle-of-the-rotation guy

By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after a stomach-stuffing Mexican meal of chicken enchiladas rancheros, rice, refried beans and the requisite number of margaritas. —Something struck me as oh-so-true after the Cincinnati Reds acquired middle-of-the-rotation pitcher Tanner Roark from the Washington Nationals Wednesday. And a middle-of-the-rotation guy isn’t what Reds fan were […]

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. […]