OBSERVATIONS: The One Time A Manager Asked Me For Advice
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while reading a couple of baseball books and wearing a Savannah Bananas cap and a t-shirt that says, “I Act Like I’m OK, But Deep Down I Need Baseball.” Yep, I’m ready. —WHO, ME???: It was the first day of spring training in 1990 and new […]
OBSERVATIONS: Mostly About Baseball. . .But Other Stuff, Too
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave as the excitement and anticipation mounts. . .real baseball Saturday — Reds versus Guardians. And now that I have watched the movie ‘Major League,’ my yearly pre-season ritual, it is time to play ball. And let’s start this segment with some stuff from Mr. Baseball, Bob […]
OBSERVATIONS: A ‘Rose’ By Any Other Name. . .Still Pete Rose
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man being very careful. After writing my previous UO I started to post it and deleted it. Gone. Everything. Call me stubborn or dedicated (I didn’t want to re-write it), so I spent 45 minutes searching every nook and corner of my laptop. Incredibly, despite my laptop idiocy […]
OBSERVATIONS: Some Baseball Tales. . .And Much Other Stuff
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, looking out the window and seeing three inches of snow and, hey, c’mon, it’s baseball season. —THAT WAS SPECIAL: More about Don Gullett, the former Cincinnati Reds pitcher who passed away earlier this week. And may I borrow a line from the song, ‘Hall of Fame,’ […]
OBSERVATIONS: A Sad Day. . .Don Gullett Passes Away
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and pardon me while I write this with a handkerchief in one hand and tears running down my cheeks. —GULLY IS GONE: It is the time of my life, at my age (83), when I shudder when the house phone rings. Seldom is it good news. […]
OBERVATIONS: A Book About The Pastoral Cape Cod League
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, giddy as always when it is time for pitchers and catchers to put button on their uniforms, pull on their spikes, grab their gloves and begin working on ther sun tans. FOLLOWING THE FIREBIRDS: With spring training camps opening their gates this week, how about something […]
McCoy: Spring Training, Baseball Is Upon Us
By Hal McCoy Spring training is not a popular period for most professional baseball players. I have never heard a player say, “I love spring training.” To them it is mostly six weeks of monotonous drudgery, boring workouts, long bus rides with box lunches and a succession of meaningless games day after day after day. […]
OBSERVATIONS: India Still Could Be On The Trading Block
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from the Man Cave after watching UD lose to VCU in game that resembled a docworkers brawl. —A TRADE COMING: The Cincinnati Reds and Jonathan India avoided one of those often contentious arbitration hearings that often leaves bruised and hard feelings. In an attempt to win their case, teams often […]
OBSERVATIONS: Who Knows Where The Reds Will Finish
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, devouring every written morsel about the upcoming baseball season. . .my 51st year trying to write about it. —FIRST OR FOURTH?: Depending upon the day, or the hour, or the minute, prognosticators are predicting a first place finish for the 2024 Cincinnati Reds or a fourrth […]