OBSERVATIONS: A third-place team is atop the world
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after a fun-filled weekend of sports, except for us always downtrodden Cleveland Browns fanss. —PHIL ‘ER UP: Let me get this right. ^A team that fired its manager, Joe Girardi, 51 games into the season, is going to the World Series. ^A team that won only […]
OBSERVATIONS: This was no ‘mistake on the lake’
By HAL McCOY UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, still debating. . .Yankees or Astros? Yankees manager Aaron Boone saved my career by imploring me not to quit in 2003 when I lost most of my eye-sight. But I am not a Yankee Doodle Dandy. Astros manager Dusty Baker is one of my all-time favorites, […]
OBSERVATIONS: Baseball at its finest right now
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATION from The Man Cave, bleary-eyed after staying up until 2 a.m. to watch the San Diego Padres send the Los Angeles Dodgers back north up Interstate-5 to put away their uniforms for the rest of the season. R.I.P. to a team that won 111 games, while the Padres won 89. […]
OBSERVATIONS: The heartaches of following ‘The Tribe’
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, shared recently with Fricker’s executive Jim Manley, radio executive Jim ‘J.R.’ Richards, Press Pros Magazine publisher Sonny Fulks and Bob Woodward. . .no, not THAT Bob Woodward, this is a long-time radio executive living in Cleveland. The cigar smoke in the M.C. would choke a herd […]
Yankees overpower – – – – dians in Game One, 4-1
By Hal McCoy The one thing the Cleveland Guardians fear from the New York Yankees is the home run, especially from Aaron Judge. Judge did not hit a home run Tuesday night in Yankee Stadium, he struck out three times. But Harrison Bader and Anthony Rizzo did hit homers. And the Yankees used them to […]
OBSERVATIONS: Aroldis Chapman writes his own dismissal
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while watching baseball morning, noon and night. What a treat. —CHAPMAN REPORT: The Cuban Missile has been grounded. Former Cincinnati Reds closer Aroldis Chapman did everything but turn in his resignation to the New York Yankees this week. The Yankees had a mandatory workout in preparation […]
OBSERVATIONS: Browns bitten by poor play-calling
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, pausing to throw my Cleveland Browns sweat shirt and hat into the trash can. But I can still wear my Cleveland – – – – dians gear, right. . .even if the shirt and hat both have Chief Wahoo on them? —BROWN-OUT (Over and out): Need […]
What will the Reds do for 2023?
By Hal McCoy DAYTON DAILY NEWS The season to forget for the Cincinnati Reds is over, something to be hidden in the attic like a Nehru suit or platform shoes. For the second time in franchise history, the Reds lost 100 games and deservedly so. Management dumped veteran players overboard last off-season and at the […]
– – – – dians outlast Rays in 15 heart-stopping innings
By Hal McCoy They are the youngest team in the major leagues. They have the third lowest payroll ($67.8 million) in the major leagues. They have 14 players developed within their organization. They were given just a seven per cent chance to win their division before the season began. And the Cleveland Guardians say, “So […]