OBSERVATIONS: The ‘Longest Day’ in Milwaukee County Stadium
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, still embarrassed after Joey Votto spotted me wearing a Washington Nationals hat on a Zoom interview. (Author’s Defense: I have hats for nearly every MLB team and interchange them daily.) —The current Cincinnati Reds-Milwaukee Brewers Showdown Series takes me back 22 years to the day I […]
Sonny Gray ‘makes room’ for Tony Santillan
By HAL McCOY Sonny Gray pitched seven strenuous but solid innings Wednesday afternoon in Kansas City. A few hours later, he landed on the injured list with a rib cage strain. With the All-Star break coming up after a four-game series in Milwaukee, Gray was not scheduled to pitch before the break. By placing Gray […]
Even Mother Nature won’t helps the Reds against the Padres
By HAL McCOY Not even Mother Nature cooperated to try to help the Cincinnati Reds extricate the anvil they carry on their backs against the San Diego Padres. With the Reds trailing the Padres, 7-5, in the sixth inning Tuesday night in Great American Ball Park, a loud and heavy thunderstorm attacked the area. After […]
OBSERVATIONS: ‘Nick the Stick’ should be a keeper
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, wondering if I’m watching a video game or is that Kyle Schwarber hitting another home run. Wonder what he would do if this year’s baseballs were not de-juiced. Yeah, sure they are. —Can we call Nick Castellanos ‘Nick the Stick?’ We certainly can. As somebody once […]
OBSERVATIONS: Pitchers who were/are must-see attractions
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from the Man Cave, shivering in my La-Z-boy wondering where summer went after only one day. —There are certain pitchers in my lifetime that are don’t-miss attractions, guys you want to watch deliver every pitch. For me it was Bob Feller, Sandy Koufax, Juan Marichal, Bob Gibson, Tom Seaver, Greg […]
Padres unleash power to pummel Reds, 8-2
By Hal McCoy The Sleeping Giant has awakened and the Cincinnati Reds are feeling the brunt. The San Diego Padres loaded up in the off-season via free agents and trades for pursuit of the Los Angeles Dodgers. But when the Reds came to town, the Padres were reeling under the load of a 4-and-13 record […]
OBSERVATIONS: Hey, Mr. Doubleday, please come back
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, getting ready to stay up until the wee hours to see the Cincinnati Reds on the west coast and see if what they are doing is live or Memorex (Look it up on Google, kids). —Dear Abner Doubleday: It is fortunate you are not around to […]
OBSERVATIONS: Votto better be ready for St. Louis
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, some voices from St. Louis and from a past Reds manager: —When the Cincinnati Red return to St. Louis in mid-September, Joey Votto can expect a raucous reaction in Busch Stadium III, maybe even hostile. As one might expect, Votto’s expletive-dripping rant against Cardinals fans after […]
OBSERVATIONS: A big, big day for Johnny Bench’s back-up
By Hal McCoy UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave on a hot summer morning, sitting on the patio reading Cobra, the lengthy but fascinating autobiography of Dave Parker. He originally asked me to write it for him but I declined because I was writing my own book ‘The Real McCoy.’ —As the Cincinnati Reds punished […]