OBSERVATIONS: Pick Five Pitchers From Column Eleven
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, writing about baseball — and other stuff — while the snow flurries fly. But it is only 45 days until the Cincinnati Reds play their first exhibtion game in Goodyear, AZ against the Cleveland Indi. . .oops, Guardians. —THE LINE IS LONG: When the Cincinnati Reds […]
OBSERVATIONS: I Beg To Differ With Red Smith
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, waiting for the Micigan-Washington national championship football game, expecting Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. to display why he should have won the Heisman Trophy. —SEEING RED: Former New York Times columnist Red Smith is one of an elite few sports scribes to win a Pulitzer Prize. […]
OBSERVATIONS: Who Do The Cleveland Browns Need? Me
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, not happy about the arrival of winter weather other than an opportunity to wear my new warm and snuggy pea coat. Did you know that pea coats were worn on American ships by sailors as early as 1720? Mine isn’t that old. —BROWN-OUT: A memo to […]
McCoy: UD Flyers Make Another Strong Message
By Hal McCoy Davidson, NC — That was not a message in a bottle the Dayton Flyers delivered Wednesday night. It was a message delivered with an electronic megaphone cranked up at full volume. The Flyers, paying no attention to Davidson’s seven-game winning streak, 10-3 record and 7-0 record at home in Belk Arena, took […]
OBSERVATIONS: It Doesn’t Take Sherlock To Know That Holmes Is Good
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after an omelette at Mom’s Restaurant in Franklin, where the omelettes and pancakes are as big as the lies told by the guys at the ‘featured’ table. —UD’S SHERLOCK (HOLMES): The more one sees of DaRon Holmes II, the more one appreciates him, not only for […]
OBSERVATIONS: What’s Next For The Reds. . .If Anything?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave with some words to live by in 2024 from my great friend in Sarasota, Tom Melzoni: “This is not the year to get everything you want. This is the year to appreciate everything you have.” Amen. . .and a happy, healthy and prosperous new year to […]
McCoy: Reds Infield Remains Overpopulated
By Hal McCoy A checklist on what the Cincinnati Reds have done so far this off-season to improve the team can be scribbled on a 2 1/2 by 3 1/2-inch pocket notepad, with a lot of empty pages. They’ve made one noteworthy move, but it is only noteworthy in that it is something that requires […]
OBSERVATIONS: Trader Jack McKeon Belongs In ‘The Hall’
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wishing you all a happy and prosperous 2024 with a promise to keep this up until my head hits the laptop. —READY FOR JACK: It is time, past time, to consider Trader Jack McKeon for the baseball Hall of Fame. The man is a vibrant 93 […]
OBSERVATIONS: Flacco Goes From Couch Potato to Sweet Potato
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, staring at the Christmas tree, wishing it would take itself down and wishing the trinkets would put themselves away. —JUST PLAIN JOE: From couch potato to sweet potato, Joe Flacco could run for mayor in Cleveland and win in a landslide. Until a few weeks ago, […]