Lastros are now the Blastros
By HAL McCOY Just call them the Houston Blastros and be done with it. Not long ago, when the Houston Astros lost more than 100 games three years in a row, they earned the altered nickname of the Houston Lastros. That is ancient history. Down two runs in the eighth inning in Game 2 of […]
There is no Kryptonite for Kershaw
By HAL McCOY Because Superman is not on any major league roster, Clayton Kershaw probably is the best baseball pitcher on the planet. There is no Kryptonite to stop this guy. The Houston Astros discovered Kershaw’s invincibility Tuesday night in Game One of the World Series when the herky-jerky left hander was practically perfect in […]
Baseball close to a ‘McScrooge’ World Series
By HAL McCOY Baseball is just a pair of losses away from a Scrooge McDuck World Series that would involve the game’s two richest franchises — the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Money talks. Real loud. After losing the first two games in Houston, the Yankees completed a three-game sweep in New […]
Dodgers dominate, Cubs on the brink
By HAL McCOY When the Chicago Cubs win a game at home in Wrigley Field, fans leave the park singing a catchy tune called, “Go Cubs Go.” They weren’t singing that song Tuesday night. Maybe they should have been singing one of the two tunes sung by huge Cubs fan Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam […]
Toddfather, CC, The Judge put it to Astros
By HAL McCOY Those who watched Todd Frazier collect his paychecks from the Cincinnati Reds know that when The Toddfather hit a home run it wasn’t with a classic, baseball card swing like Ken Griffey Jr. So many time when Frazier hit one out of the park it came with a lunging, one-handed swing with […]
Using Lackey lacks sense, Turner hits walkoff homer for Dodgers
By HAL McCOY Managers continue to change tactics and modus operandi for the postseason from what they did during the regular season that was successful for them. And it continues to explode in their faces. They keep using starting pitchers in relief roles and time and time again it fails. And it certainly failed Sunday […]
‘Little Big Man’ Altuve, Keuchel silence Yankees
By HAL McCOY The Littlest Man in Minute Maid Park, the littlest man in major league baseball, was the biggest man in Houston Friday night in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. The Houston Astros list second baseman Jose Altuve as 5-foot-6, but they must have measured him while he was standing on […]
Cubs send Nats home after ugly game
By HAL McCOY The Curse On Dusty Baker continues, following him no matter where he manages. And if you watched Game Five of the National League Division Series Thursday night you have to wonder if he is asking, “What did I ever do to anger the baseball gods?” His Washington Nationals lost the fifth and […]
Ex-Red Gregorius helps send Tribe home
By HAL McCOY The Cleveland Indians planned to party like it was 1948, but the New York Yankees forced them to put away the party favors. The Tribe hoped to win their first World Series since 1948, but they not only didn’t even make the World Series, they didn’t make the American League Championship Series. […]