Seems like he never gets it right on major organizational moves and trades.
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Seems like he never gets it right on major organizational moves and trades.
Can we give him some slack for the Oester report...that deal was in place.
He blew the Krivsky report.
Frankly I think the jury may still be out on the Dye trade.
Am I missing any other blunders (major) that he made?
He blew the Dan O'Brien hiring--saying Krivsky had been hired.
He repeatedly called the Griffey to Reds deal dead.
He repeatedly said there was no way Griffey would accept being traded from the Reds, and that we ignorant readers should "get off it." This because he thought Griffey had a no-trade clause, which he didn't. He was a 10-5 player, which for some reason, Hal can't distinguish between.
And there have been others which I can't recall at the moment...
Then explain to me how he got in the writers' portion of the Hall of Fame?
I'm really tired of people running Hal McCoy's name through the mud. He's been an incredible writer for over three decades, and he's one of the best human beings you'll ever meet. I was a journalism student at OSU, and he constantly took the time to reply to my emails, give me tips, and invited me up to the press box at GABP. He's a 100% class act. He's made a few mistakes, yes. So has Marty. So did Joe. So has Vin Scully. I'm not saying he should never be criticized, but I am saying some of the heat he catches around here is entirely unfair.
He tries to be first to report things that are not true?
I guess we can put Peter Gammons and Ken Rosenthal in the same category? Reporters go by their sources. If someone inside the White Sox organization said this about a Bailey for Dye deal while being off the record, sure the White Sox are going to deny it to the media if talks are still ungoing. You don't think the Reds aren't doing the same thing with their trade discussions? It is part of the game.
Like I said, come the end of the week I think we'll all have to owe Hal McCoy a big apology.
Slow news day at Redszone?
Maybe, since he doesn't see well anymore, he thinks it's one of his reliable sources when actually it's an Evil SERP operative. Just a theory.
I really liked it during the Fastball.com days when he told us that Delino DeShields was going to be the 2nd baseman for the Reds.
Good writers don't spend their careers at the Dayton Daily News.
I liked it when he said that Eduardo Perez had his big toe cut off instead of his big toenail.
He was repeating what John Allen said.
Hal has gotten some things right. Also, he clearly called the Dye trade a rumor.
I don't get why people are piling on Hal. Would you rather have someone not report anything until the Reds issue a press release? Would you rather have not had any information about the possible Dye-Homer trade? Makes for a boring offseason. Hal is good at scooping up legitimate rumors in the offseason. I'm glad he is still reporting for the Reds, and I think when he retires, we are going to get a lot less information in the offseason.