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 […]
Ask Hal: What’s In The Future For Joey Votto?
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer Q: Should commissioner Rob Manfred be more concerned about having three teams winning more than 100 games than with having three teams losing more than 100? — DAVE, Miamisburg/Centerville/Beavercreek. A: I have not heard him express any concern about 100 wins/losses either way. Sure, he would like competitive balance, but […]
OBSERVATIONS: A Reds Eulogy. . .Or, ‘Wait ‘Til Next Year
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from our own little slice of paradise, St. Simons Island, where I ate enough seafood to qualify as a crustacean. —A EULOGY: Call this an obituary, if you must, but I’m calling it a positive eulogy. When this baseball season began, every baseball pundit between Boston and Seattle predicted the […]
OBSERVATIONS: Another must-read Posnanski baseball book
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from the beach house kitchen while enduring an all-day downpour on St. Simons Island, Ga. Hence, some off-the-cuff observations —ANOTHER GREAT READ: A few years ago, I read a book by former Cincinnati Post sports columnist Joe Posnanski called, ‘The Baseball 100.’ I said it was the best baseball book […]