McCoy: It Is One And Done For UD Flyers In A-10 Tournament
By Hal McCoy Brooklyn, N.Y.— It was an awful night for Knights in White Satin Thursday in the Atlantic 10 tournament. All four top seeds, all wearing white uniforms, felt the deep string of defeat and elimination. The third-seeded University of Dayton joined No. 1` seed Richmond, No. 2 Loyola Chicago and No. 4 Massachusetts […]
OBSERVATIONS: Atlantic 10 Coaches Give Holmes The Hose
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, overdosing so much on college basketball that I wonder if it’s Notre Forest against Wake Dame or George Bonaventure against St. Mason. Or is it Sam International against Florida Houston? —A ‘CO’ WHAT?: Give me a break. Give me two breaks. What were they thinking? Clearly, […]
OBSERVATIONS: Some Votto Facts, Figures And Folderol
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, nodding in my agreement with somebody who wrote: “I used to be able to do a cartwheel, but now I tip over putting on my underwear.” —JOEY THE JAY: It was good to see Pal Joey get a chance with his hometown Toronto Blue Jays. And […]
OBSERVATIONS: Was This Why The Reds Signed Candelario?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, refusing to let the old man in, even though he’s knocking at my door. I’m looking out my window and smiling. —WHY, WHY, WHY?: One has to wonder, “What was he thinking?” Most likely he wasn’t thinking at all because he may have destroyed his just-started […]
OBSERVATIONS: Garvey Just Wants To Be George Washington
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, nursing tennis elbow from pumping out so many of these, along with University of Dayton basketball stories and the beginning of this year’ss Ask Hal column. . .but what else do I have to do? —POLITICAL FIRST BASEMAN: During his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers […]
OBSERVATIONS: What? Another Reds Infielder On The Horizon
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, about to have lunch with former Cincinnati sports writers Bill Koch and Jack Brennan to talk about old times. . .very, very old times. —ANOTHER INFIELDER: The Cincinnati Reds are more overstocked with infielders than a shoe store in Arizona with rain galoshes. There is Jonathan […]
McCoy: The Reds’ Two ED’s — Eric and Elly
By Hal McCoy They both carry the initials E.D. One formerly carried the heavy burden of cloud-high expections. One now carries the same burden. One reached those burdensome goals, the other is about to see if he can reach those lofty clouds. They are Eric Davis and Elly De La Cruz. Both own baseball’s version […]
OBSERVATIONS: Reds Montas Off On Right Foot
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, overdosing on college basketball and spring training baseball. . .with the best yet to come — March Madness. —THE MONTAS MONTAGE: His first name is Francelis and his last name is pronounced Moan-Toss. He is 30 years old, was born in Sainagua, Dominican Republic and he’ll […]
OBSERVATIONS: Greene ‘Splitting’ Time With A New Pitch
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, still enjoying the down-the-stretch college basketball season, but happy to see some baseball home runs as well as some swings-and-misses, especially from Hunter Greene. —GREENE DOES THE ‘SPLIT:’ Hunter Greene, seeking to add a third or fourth pitch to his fastball-slider repertoire, unveiled his new split-fingered […]