By jimmy

April 22, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this

dear hal your insight and knowledge of the game has informed me nay highly entertained me for years.i for one can not even fanthom a day without hal.you are great not good at your profession. you deserve a statue on the plaza or in the reds hall of fame museum.i feel that as well as a sports writer you are truly a fan of the game and the reds. isay this because of the passion i hear when you talk about the reds.i hope that you continue todo this for along time to come.with age comes wisdom and i am wise enough to know that we your fans are so luckly that you never left for greener pastures.iadmire you as a truth sayer as well as a savy sports writer.i guess what itrying to say is you are a man of integrity a rare jewel these days. love you keep up the most excellent work your friend jimmy from middletown

By jimmy

April 22, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this

dear hal your insight and knowledge of the game has informed me nay highly entertained me for years.i for one can not even fanthom a day without hal.you are great not good at your profession. you deserve a statue on the plaza or in the reds hall of fame museum.i feel that as well as a sports writer you are truly a fan of the game and the reds. isay this because of the passion i hear when you talk about the reds.i hope that you continue todo this for along time to come.with age comes wisdom and i am wise enough to know that we your fans are so luckly that you never left for greener pastures.iadmire you as a truth sayer as well as a savy sports writer.i guess what itrying to say is you are a man of integrity a rare jewel these days. love you keep up the most excellent work your friend jimmy from middletown

By jimmy

April 22, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this

dear hal your insight and knowledge of the game has informed me nay highly entertained me for years.i for one can not even fanthom a day without hal.you are great not good at your profession. you deserve a statue on the plaza or in the reds hall of fame museum.i feel that as well as a sports writer you are truly a fan of the game and the reds. isay this because of the passion i hear when you talk about the reds.i hope that you continue todo this for along time to come.with age comes wisdom and i am wise enough to know that we your fans are so luckly that you never left for greener pastures.iadmire you as a truth sayer as well as a savy sports writer.i guess what itrying to say is you are a man of integrity a rare jewel these days. love you keep up the most excellent work your friend jimmy from middletown

By Rick D in Chicago

April 22, 2008 12:35 PM | Link to this

Hal, Again, please don’t consider retiring for one second. Although I’m in Chicago I enjoy reading your blog and articles - spelling or grammatical mistake be damned. Keep up the hard work!

By Doug

April 22, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this

Hal,ignore idiots. Last spring I had a great time at a Reds-Twins game dong trivia with other fans. My question was who are the two hall of famers in the park today? No one knew until I said Marty and YOU!!!!!!!!!!! Keep up the great work ( If you could call it that). We all love you.

By Mainspark

April 22, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this

To paraphrase a a profane tirade by then-Cubs manager Lee Elia in the early 1980s, 99 percent of the people go out and work for a living. The rest troll the Internet, looking for opportunities to take cheap shots at those who, in the course of being productive, on occasion make a minor mistake

By Mainspark

April 22, 2008 9:07 AM | Link to this

To paraphrase a a profane tirade by then-Cubs manager Lee Elia in the early 1980s, 99 percent of the people go out and work for a living. The rest troll the Internet, looking for opportunities to take cheap shots at those who, in the course of being productive, on occasion make a minor mistake

By John

April 22, 2008 12:15 AM | Link to this

Hal McCoy is one the best of the best. He’s as knowledgeable as they come and tells it like it is without ever throwing anyone under the bus. We’re blessed to have him!

By Mr. Redlegs

April 21, 2008 10:50 PM | Link to this

Good Godalmighty, if ever there was a sample case for the government shutting off the Internet to the public all it would need is a random review of Cincinnati fans across the Reds, Bengals of U of Cinti. It’s not just one sack-o-dirt like Marc—the people like him are way too common nowdays. Look at poor John Fay’s blog at the Enquirer, look at the random Reds fans blogs, look here. Pathetic. Cincinnati fans can never, ever stick their nose in the air at Cubs fans, Cardinals fans, Browns fans, Raiders fans—any fans whatsoever. When you write and think and say the things you do on these blogs, you’re a loathsome, classless, clueless lot of human beings. Hopefully your children will grow up to know better, but the odds are against it. Stupid begets the stupid. It’s sports, it’s a baseball game, it’s a typo. In totality, a game doesn’t register a 0.01 in importance. And to vent such worthlessness to a person—regardless of credentials—who has a disability? Beware of lightning strikes.

By Ted

April 21, 2008 10:21 PM | Link to this

Sometimes you have to ignore the jerks. This spring I sent my 2 cent opinion about the Reds going to Arizona. Hal, you personally sent me an e-mail asking for permission to use my quote in a future column. That e-mail excited me more than being quoted in the paper. A “Hall Of Fame” writer took time to write to send me a e-mail! Keep writing your blog you continue to make my day.

By Joe

April 21, 2008 10:06 PM | Link to this

Hal McCoy, HOF sportswriter. We’re damn lucky to have someone like him.

By Greg

April 21, 2008 8:15 PM | Link to this

Marc is a moron. Anyone who reads this blog knows this. But I’m sure that Mr. McCoy appreciates Marc’s hollow apology. Marc should do all of us a favor and quit posting.

By John

April 21, 2008 6:54 PM | Link to this

Hal, Don’t you dare think of retirement. You are our main man in keeping us up to date with the Reds. John in Trotwood

By Cy Cueto

April 21, 2008 6:43 PM | Link to this

Hal Marc is clueless, I am proud to be a Reds fan and read your blog & news articles. For you to pick up on new technology after all the years in the business is amazing, across the country many of your peers are not doing the same…. Congrats to you! Growing up in LA as a Reds fan was crazy, wish we had the internet in the 70’s, I would have loved your insight then, had to settle for Jim Murray’s rants on the Dodgers and sports in general, between the two of you my love for baseball has been undeniable. Have a great day & let Trolls like Marc go pee themselves.

By Marc

April 21, 2008 6:15 PM | Link to this

Yikes. I have no excuse. I apologize, Hal, to you and your family, readers and friends. What I wrote was wrong and I had no reason to write it. You deserve respect from all your readers. I know it’s probably too late, but again, I apologize for the rude, classless comments I posted.

By Dan H

April 21, 2008 6:03 PM | Link to this

Hal, people like Marc,don’t deserve any type of acknowledgement. However, that remark was so tasteless I had just had to add my 2 cents. The guy is just the opposite of a class act like Aaron Boone whom I remember you writing about his help and encouragement towards you! I’m glad you took Boone’s advice and continue to blog and write in your unique style about the Reds. Keep up the great work!! As for Marc he can go and @#$%^&.

By Ian

April 21, 2008 5:56 PM | Link to this

I check Hal’s blog religiously and rarely see mistakes. Hal is one of the greatest baseball writers of all-time. Look forward to your next blog Hal.

By redsfansince72(jim)

April 21, 2008 5:39 PM | Link to this

Dear Hal, I have read your articles for a very long time. Please dont let one idiot blogger even make you think you have to think of retiring. Just like they say, you cant please everybody. there are bad apples that you cant change. You fo a great job reporting on the Reds and I know many that like your work. So dont let anybody ruin your day. Your a Hall of Fame writer in my book. :) PS: if you can share a idea of the Reds trading for Matt Kemp of the Dodgers, I would appreciate it before the Dodgers leave town. ;)