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 […]
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 […]