Born in Indiana and educated in Georgia, Greg Hoard came to Cincinnati in the winter of 1979 as a columnist for the Cincinnati Post sports department, and joined the Cincinnati Enquirer in 1984 as the beat writer for the Cincinnati Reds. He has received numerous awards for his work.In 1990, he left journalism for television. Hoard worked for WLWT-TV from 1990 through 1993 as sports director and spent 12 years as sports director at WXIX-TV.His written work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News, Baseball America, Baseball Digest and NFL Game Day. He has appeared on ESPN and NBC’s The Today Show.Greg is the author of three books: Joe, Rounding Home and Heading for Home; Gary Burbank, Voices in My Head; and, most recently, Hannan’s Way, An Unlikely Trek Through Life. He is currently working on a baseball memoir, parts of which he will share here.
Second Coming, Second Leaving....A mere six years after he was ushered out as a player prematurely, Tony Perez returned as the manager of the Reds for the start of the '93 season. A mere six weeks into it, 44 games, he was fired! Read Greg Hoard's Part II on Reds hall of famer Tony Perez in today's PPM inside feature.
A baseball card started it...Columnist Greg Hoard writes about his recollection of a 1957 Al Kaline baseball card, and how years later on a glorious spring training day he was blessed to meet Kaline in person. This past week baseball, and baseball fans, lost Al Kaline. Greg Hoard remembers him now with one of his best.