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Cuban missile out of mission control
CINCINNATI — Succinctly said and true to the bone: “This is the end of a bad week.” Bad? Bad to the bone. Bad day at Black Rock. As bad as it gets. The speaker was Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker
Posted: 6/24/2012 5:58 PM
Cueto, wrist bands equal victory
CINCINNATI — Dusty Baker was tugging on a pair of sweat bands, white with reds stripes, and smiled as he asked, “You know wha is one of the hard things about a losing streak for me? It’s running out of
Posted: 6/23/2012 8:16 PM
Dusty is running out of combinations
CINCINNATI — Dusty Baker was tugging on a pair of sweat bands, white with reds stripes and smiled as he asked, “You know what a hard thing is about a losing streak for me? It’s running out of color combinations
Posted: 6/23/2012 5:32 PM
Running out of color combinations
BAKER SAID HE loves having Reds Hall of Fames hanging around, as many are doing this weekend for the induction of Sean Casey and Dan Driessen. “It’s fun seeing Davey Concecpion, playing against him,” he said. “He was always loose
Posted: 6/23/2012 2:45 PM
Bray's homecoming pretty homely
CINCINNATI — Bill Bray is back and J.J. Hoover is gone — a sort of good news, bad news scenario that gladdens and saddens Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker at the same time. He is ecstatic that Bray is back,
Posted: 6/23/2012 12:23 AM
No room at the inn for Hoover
CINCINNATI — Bill Bray is back and J.J. Hoover is gone — a sort of good news, bad news scenario that gladdens and saddens Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker at the same time. He is ecstatic that Bray is back,
Posted: 6/22/2012 6:49 PM
Masterson is Mr. Masterful
UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave while watching the Cleveland Catastrophe when the Cincinnati Reds crash-dived into Lake Erie, a three-game sweep by the Indians after just last week the Reds swept three from the Tribe in Great American Ball
Posted: 6/20/2012 10:42 PM
Suddenly the Reds have a Cuban Crisis
UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, knowing I’m going to catch what-for from my wife Nadine for forgetting to water the flowers and the tomato plants at dusk before settling in for the Reds-Indians argument Tuesday night. Can you water
Posted: 6/19/2012 11:47 PM
Different kind of fireworks
UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave (Home Alone Division) with my wife Nadine and three of her friends in Chicago on a girls’ getaway and I know my wallet is going to take a heavy-handed hit. Fans expected that there
Posted: 6/18/2012 11:57 PM
Different kind of fireworks
UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave (Home Alone Division) with my wife Nadine and three of her friends in Chicago on a girls’ getaway and I know my wallet is going to take a heavy-handed hit. Fans expected that there
Posted: 6/18/2012 11:57 PM
The Real McCoy
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Hall of Fame baseball writer Hal McCoy has retired from the Dayton Daily News after covering the Cincinnati Reds for 37 years. Hal's blog, though, will continue to be a must-read for Reds fans. He'll share his thoughts on the team this season and will file updates from Great American Ball Park. You also can catch Hal in print every Sunday in his popular Ask Hal column Get more from Hal Hal's e-mail newsletter is the only place you can get his weekly commentary on the Reds. Sign up
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Hall of Fame baseball writer Hal McCoy has retired from the Dayton Daily News after covering the Cincinnati Reds for 37 years. Hal's blog, though, will continue to be a must-read for Reds fans. He'll share his thoughts on the team this season and will file updates from Great American Ball Park. You also can catch Hal in print every Sunday in his popular Ask Hal column Get more from Hal Hal's e-mail newsletter is the only place you can get his weekly commentary on the Reds. Sign up
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