Ask Hal: Votto Gets My Vote For Hall of Fame
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer Q: What percentage of manager firings would you consider justfied? — DAVE, Miamisburg/Centerville/Beaverceek. A: Pretty much zero. A manager, who never throws a pitch, never swings bat and never fields a ground ball or catches a fly ball, is usually the scapegoat when a team doesn’t win. They can’t fire […]
OBSERVATIONS: Browns Win Over 49ers One For The Ages
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, getting my afternoon NFL fare before the main event. . .Texas and Bruce Bochy vs. Houston and Dusty Baker in Game One of the ALCS. —MASSIVE UPSET: A score nobody thought was possible: Cleveland Browns 19, San Francisco 49ers 17. For the Cleveland Browns it was […]
OBSERVATIONS: San Diego Police Thought I Was Beating a Live Horse
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave sitting forlornly in the La-Z-Boy, Montecristo White Label in one hand and coffee in the other, distraught that there is no baseball today. So, the option is Coach Prime’s Coloardo Buffaloes against Stanford, but it doesn’t start until 10 p.m. —HORSING AROUND: It was 1998 and […]
OBSERVATIONS: D-Backs’ Homer Barrage Brings Back Memories
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while overindulging in post-season baseball. . .and why not mix in some NFL and some NCAA football? —HOME RUN HISTORY: When it comes to home runs, I’ve witnessed more than my share of belligerent blasts. ***I sat mesmerized in the Riverfront Stadium press box when Henry […]
OBSERVATIONS: The One Player The Cincinnati Reds Miss Most
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, rooting for the ex-Reds playing in the playoffs while the current Reds watch them, too. —MISSING NICK: Of all the players who have left the Cincinnati Reds over the past two seasons — Luis Castillo, Sonny Gray, Wade Miley, Kyle Farmer, Eugenio Suarez, Michael Lorenzen, Amir […]
Ask Hal: Not Likely That India Remains With Reds
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer Q: What is your feelings about a playoer that sits out the final game of the season in order to win a batting title? — DAVE, Miamisburg/Centerville/Beavercreek. A: It’s fool’s gold. Just ask Ken Griffey Sr. in 1976, he led Pittsburgh’s Bill Madlock bv .001. Reds manager Sparky Anderson sat […]
McCoy: Reds Were Entertaining, But What’s Next?
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The 2023 regular season is over and once again the Cincinnati Reds are peering from the outside at post-season games. But oh what a ride the Reds gave their fans before falling a half-step short. Most prognosticators from New York to Los Angeles, including this one, predicted another 100 losses […]
McCoy: UD Buried Under Flurry of Turnovers in 31-7 Loss
By Hal McCoy Morehead, KY. — On paper, it looked as if the University of Dayton football team would inflict a world of paper cuts on Morehead State University Saturday afternoon. Instead, Morehead’s Eagles stuck the paper in a shredder and shredded the Flyers on the Jayne Field grass, 31-7. The only cuts that were […]
OBSERVATIONS: Does Votto Go Or Does He Stay?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, back from a week at St. Simons Island and they pushed me on the plane kicking and screaming. —DECISION NOT VOTTO-MATIC: What now, Joey Votto? What now, Cincinnati Reds? Will he go or will he stay? Neither Votto nor the Reds have yet addressed the 40-year-old […]