Some mid-week Observations…
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering how a team that lost 100 games last season and has been more than 10 games under .500 most of this year can win 11 straight road games as the Miami Marlines have done. Baseball. Ya gotta love it. —ALL-$$$ TEAM: They’ve named the All-Star […]
A Farcical Night For Reds
By Hal McCoy For those who missed the Vaudeville-like comedy baseball of the Savannah Bananas in Great American Ball Park a few days ago, well, they showed up again Tuesday night wearing Cininnati Reds uniforms. It was thought it had already gone from bad to worse for the Reds the past few days, but Tuesday […]
Reds Get Junk-ed, 5-1
By Hal McCoy That wasn’t Philadelphia’s Zack Wheeler pitching against the Cincinnati Reds Monday night in Great American Ball Park. The Reds just made him resemble Wheeler during a 5-1 loss to the Miami Marlins. It was Bark in the Park Night and Miami pitcher Janson Junk pitched like a junkyard dog in holding the […]
Reds Lose To Wheeler-Dealer
By Hal McCoy If Chase Burns desires to be a dominant major league pitcher, the Cincinnati Reds rookie should have been furiously scribbling in a notebook Sunday afternoon in Citizens Bank Park. He witnessed Pitching Perfection from Philadelphia’s Zack Wheeler during the Reds 3-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. Wheeler was one pitch from a […]
Some Post-Fourth Observations
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, trying to convince Parker and the Milghty Quinn that the fireworks are over and the world isn’t ending. —TELL ‘EM HERBIE: Kirk Herbstreit is a Centerville native, a former Ohio State football star, a top-shelf TV football analyst. . .and a gargantuan Cincinnati Reds fan. On […]
Homers Sink Lodolo,Reds
By Hal McCoy Cincinnati Reds pitchers stifled the high-powered Philadelphia Phillies lineup to five hits Saturday afternoon in Citizens Bank Park. Unfortunately for the Reds, three of those five hits left the premises, three home runs that accounted for every run in a 5-1 Phillies victory. After scoring 17 runs in their previous two games, […]
Something ‘Racy’ Today
By Hal McCoy Columbus, OH.— A county fair features cotton candy, corn on the cob, FFA livestock shows, live singing, amusement rides. . .and harness racing. As Ohio’s fairs move from county to county during the summer, up and coming sulky stars follow the calendar. and fans follow the horses and their drivers. And some […]
Reds Win A Wild One
By Hal McCoy It is rare that Cincinnati Reds pitcher Andrew Abbott gives up four runs and nine hits in 3 1/3 innings and the Reds win. But they did. It is rare that the Reds give up six runs and 14 hits and still win. But they did. It is rare that the Reds […]
Some Holiday Observations…
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave after spending the off day at Scioto Downs in Columbus and bet $20 on one race and won $144. Thank you, driver Brent Miller. —TIPPING OR NOT: The discussions over whethr the Boston Red Sox detected Cincinnati Reds pitcher Chase Burns tipping his pitches rages on. […]