http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 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 en-us hmccoy@coxohio.com 2012-01-27T16:06:46-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2012/01/27/some_humorous_tales_from_sprin.html There is no better time in baseball than spring training, especially for snowbirds who are exhausted from digging out from under snowstorms and from trudging outside in heavy coats, gloves and mufflers (Ask your grandpa what a muffler is —... 17403834@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2012-01-27T16:06:46-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2012/01/22/giving_jocketty_grades_on_his.html NOTE: This piece appeared in Sunday’s Dayton Daily News, but for those who only come to the blog and don’t see the paper I’ve posted it here. Let me know what you think. HAL Fortunately for Cincinnati Reds general manager... 17403523@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2012-01-22T12:48:12-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2012/01/20/madson_too_is_in_the_produce_b.html Ryan Madson was in Great American Ball Park Friday, getting his shoulder, arm, knees, ankles and everything else checked out before the Cincinnati Reds permitted him to sign his name to a one-year $8.5 million contract with a mutual option.... 17403481@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2012-01-20T18:46:05-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2012/01/13/how_the_reds_nearly_missed_out.html There is nothing more invigorating for a baseball fanatic on a cold, snowy January night than a trip to southeastern Ohio for the annual Portsmouth Murals baseball dinner. These are true baseball-aholics and the night is dedicated to former players,... 17403169@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2012-01-13T18:12:16-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2012/01/11/reds_agree_on_terms_with_close.html It looks as if the Cincinnati Reds have said good-bye to Coco Cordero and hello to Ryan Madson, according to several reports. Madson becomes the Reds’ closer, replacing free agent Cordero, who could not come to an agreement to re-up... 17403020@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2012-01-11T10:04:55-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2012/01/09/barry_larkin_the_humble_hall_o.html Be he ever so humble, there is nobody like Barry Larkin. On his mammoth day, the day he was introduced as the only 2012 inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame, when he should have been eating filet mignon, he... 17402937@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2012-01-09T17:10:42-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2012/01/09/larkin_elected_to_baseball_hal.html This news release just in from the National Baseball Hall of Fame: Barry Larkin Elected to the Hall of Fame — Larkin will be Inducted on July 22nd in Cooperstown along with Golden Era Committee Electee Ron Santo — (NEW... 17402925@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2012-01-09T15:17:15-05:00 bkollars@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2012/01/05/all_is_quiet_down_on_the_river.html UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from The Man Cave, a nearly permanent residence for a few days while workers tear out tiles and rug from the sun room, dining room, kitchen and living room prior to installing wood floors. Simonize, anybody? Spent a... 17402769@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2012-01-05T13:26:33-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2011/12/23/are_the_reds_trying_to_go_alli.html IF THE CINCINNATI Reds were playing Texas Hold ‘Em, it would appear that they are going all-in. General manager Walt Jocketty made his second trade in a short few days and once again acquired a pitcher for multiple players. This... 17402381@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2011-12-23T16:41:42-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2011/12/19/reds_trade_was_it_too_onesided.html After sleeping on it for a couple of nights, I still believe the Cincinnati Reds trade with the San Diego Padres for pitcher Mat Latos is a nightmare. Well, at least a bad dream. Let’s put this into a bit... 17402229@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2011-12-19T14:53:48-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2011/12/17/reds_pay_steep_price_in_fourfo.html WHAT PRICE A starting pitcher? For the Cincinnati Reds, the cost of acquiring 24-year-old starting pitcher Mat Latos from the San Diego Padres seems about as steep as Pike’s Peak. And Reds General Manager Walt Jocketty agrees, but quickly adds,... 17402168@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2011-12-17T15:42:15-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2011/12/14/uc_ohio_state_take_different_p.html UNSOLICITED OBSERVATIONS from the chilly Man Cave when the heating element blew in the heater as I watched Wright State-Cincinnati and Ohio State-South Carolina Upstate while wearing a t-shirt, long sleeve dress shirt, pullover sweater and a suede jacket (and... 17402037@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2011-12-14T22:16:16-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2011/12/13/may_i_have_my_mvp_ballot_back.html In light (as dark as it is right now) of the Ryan Braun affair, may I please have my MVP ballot back. Yes, I voted for Braun after thinking it over and changing my mind more often than my wife,... 17401973@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2011-12-13T18:06:34-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2011/12/08/pujols_gone_but_dont_forget_ca.html ALBERT PUJOLS AND his agent, Dan Lozano, say it wasn’t about the money. Yeah, and the Grand Canyon is just about being a big hole in the ground. If it wasn’t about the money, why didn’t Pujols take the $22... 17401741@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2011-12-08T16:40:20-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2011/12/05/winter_meetings_a_boring_time.html THE MOST CHALLENGING ¬— OK, most boring — three-plus days of the year for a baseball writer are the baseball winter meetings, which are going on right now in Dallas. For a baseball writer, it is three days of standing... 17401548@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/ 2011-12-05T17:18:03-05:00 hmccoy@coxohio.com