McCoy: Reds Win Third Straight
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer When the initials J.V. were mentioned in regards to the Cincinnati Reds’ first baseman, it always came up Joey Votto. No more. Right now it is Jason Vosler. It isn’t that fans will forget Joey Votto. It is just out of sight, out of mind at the moment. Votto is […]
OBSERVATIONS: Are they now the Cincinnati Vikings?
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, cautiously optmistic about the 2-and-1 start by the Cincinnati Reds. . .and then I stop to think: “Those two wins were at home over the Pittsburgh Puny Pirates. More evidence, please.” —WHERE’S LEIF ERIKSSON?: So the Cincinnati Reds suddenly think they’re the Cincinnati Vikings? It always […]
McCoy: Who’s the Reds’ best starter?
By Hal McCoy Contributing Writer The MLB world is paying close attention to Hunter Greene and Nick Lodolo, the top two starters in the 2023 Cincinnati Reds pitching rotation. They best pay even close attention to the number three starter, Graham Ashcraft. He might be the best of the three. The media is having fun […]
McCoy: Pirates take away Reds’ pomp & circumstance
By Hal McCoy There was the usual excitement for Opening Day in Cincinnati, the normal pomp and circumstance. Great American Ball Park was filled with fans, a stadium record 44,063, and they were loud and supportive to the final out. Unfortunately for the Cincinnati Reds, the final out was a strikeout by Jake Fraley with […]
OBSERVATIONS: The Young Mr. Frank Pastore
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, hunting my No. 2 pencils because only the foolhardy keep score at a baseball game with a pen. —YOUNG BUCKS: Hunter Greene, 23, is the youngest pitcher to start on Opening Day for the Cincinnati Reds since 22-year-old Frank Pastore performed the task in 1980. And […]
OBSERVATIONS: Reds filling up injured list already
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave and it is so close to Opening Day I can smell something, and it isn’t from the horses in the Findlay Market parade. —FAMILIAR REFRAIN: It has started already and the season hasn’t begun. The Cincinnati Reds injured list is growing by the day. **To nobody’s […]
OBSERVATIONS: How baseball’s new rules passed
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, watching the downpour out The Man Cave window and hoping there isn’t a California-like deluge on Opening Day Thursday. —PLAYERS GOT DUPED: With the power the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) owns, it is incredible that it permitted commissioner Rob Manfraud to pull this off. […]
OBSERVATIONS: WBC is baseball the way it should be played
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after watching one of the best baseball games I’ve ever seen, the WBC’s Japan-USA game, and I’ve covered more than 7,000 games. This one rivals Game 6 of the 1975 World Series between the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox. —BASEBALL AT ITS BEST: What the […]
OBSERVATIONS: The Good and the Bad from WBC
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, where the heater is asking for overtime because it works all day, from first NCAA tip-off to last NCAA horn, with some NIT and some World Baseball Classic sprinkled in. —A TOUGH BREAK: That was a thriller in the World Baseball Classic Saturday night, a USA […]