OBSERVATIONS: Did the Reds Do Enough to Contend?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and, no, my laptop is not going on the cruise with me next week. I fear that after a couple of days at the blackjack table I might havve to hock it. But this UO is extra-long to make up for the upcoming week’s hiatus. —DID […]
OBSERVATIONS: Some ‘Fourth Ballot’ Head Scratchers
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, just five days away from a Caribbean cruise and 12 days until pitchers catchers and writers report to spring training. . .and I’m not sure whch excites me more. —NOT ONE AND DONE: The mystery of the one miscreant who didn’t include Ichiro on his Hall […]
McCoy: UD Flyers Bounce Back To Beat Billikens
By Hal McCoy St. Louis, MO. — All season long, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde accompanied the University of Dayton basketball team on its road trips. And it was the nasty Mr. Hyde on the floor Tuesday night when the Flyers were decapitated during their misadventure at St. Bonaventur, a 22-point loss. Dr. Jekyll and […]
OBSERVATIONS: Why Not Trevor Bauer?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, anxiously awaiting the Wright State University ‘First Pitch’ baseball dinner Friday night because one of my favorite baseball people, Clint Hurdle, is the keynote speaker. —TRACING TREVOR: MLB teams constantly search for starting pitchers and throw cash in bundles bigger than hay bales to any guy […]
McCoy: Flyers Fall Flat Against Bonnies
By Hal McCoy Olean, NY — The Road Ogre once again grabbed the University of Dayton basketball team by the throat and choked the life out of it. St. Bonaventure, losers of three straight games, annihilated the Flyers Tuesday night in the Reilly Center, 75-53. That is no typographical error —Seventy-five to Fifty-three. Former UD […]
OBSERVATIONS: ‘All The Lies About Babe Ruth Are True’ — Teammate Waite Hoyt
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, enjoying the 30-degree heat wave and rummaging through the cupboards for my suntan lotion. —RUTHIAN TALES: In the last episode, UD point guard Malachi Smith talked about not reading any books when he promised he would. How about Babe Ruth? He claimed the only book he […]
OBSERVATIONS: What’s In A Reds’ Nickname?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave counting down the days on my fingers and my toes and Nadine’s fingers and toes until spring training. —WHAT’S IN A (NICK)NAME: Somebody asked who was the player Pete Rose nicknamed ‘Eye Chart.’ I vaguely remembler him doing that, but the player’s name escapes me. There […]
McCoy: UD Flyers Build Big Lead, Then Hold Off Saint Joseph’s
By Hal McCoy Dayton, OH — There were 18 credentials issued for NBA scouts for Friday’s Saint Joseph’s-Dayton basketball game in always raucous, always filled UD Arena. They ostensibly came to see Xzayvier Brown, whose parents obviously tried to use every seldom-used consonant in his first name. And maybe they were there to check out […]
OBSERVATIONS: Reds Snubbed In Player Rankings
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave before departing for the Agonis Club to listen to bracketologist Joe Lunardi talk about the up-down-and-around college basketball scene. —THE BIG SNUB: Did you know that Vincent Van Gogh sold only one painting in his lifetime? If Van Gogh played professional baseball, he’d play for the […]