Hal McCoy is a former beat writer for the Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio), covering the Cincinnati Reds baseball team. He was honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2002 as the winner of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award, which is awarded annually "for meritorious contributions to baseball writing." He has won 52 Ohio and national writing awards and was the first non-Cincinnati newsperson elected to the Cincinnati Journalists Hall of Fame. He also was inducted into the National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame and the Irish-American Baseball Hall of Fame. He has a stone on Dayton's Walk of Fame and the press box at Dayton's Howell Field is named the Hal McCoy Press Box. McCoy has been the Cincinnati BBWAA Chapter Chair 22 times and was the BBWAA national president in 1997. He is the third writer from the Dayton Daily News to win the J. G. Taylor Spink Award, joining Si Burick (1982) and Ritter Collett (1991). Residing in Englewood, Ohio, McCoy is an honors graduate in journalism from Kent State University.
Follow me to the title, Coach....Delphos St. John baseball coach Jerry Jackson follows pitcher Andrew Elwer to home plate as Elwer scored the clinching run Saturday in the Blue Jays' 10-0 win over Liepsic in the Division VII title game in Akron. It marked Delphos St. John's first-ever state title in baseball. Read Hal McCoy in Sunday's Press Pros.
St. Henry coach Mike Gast casts an eye on a diminishing 2-0 lead against Berlin Hiland in the fourth inning of Thursday's Division VI semi-final game at Canal Park in Akron. Three-time champion Berlin Hiland scored six runs in the fourth inning and ultimately ended St. Henry's sparkling season at 26-4. Hal McCoy writes for Press Pros from Akron.
Because of his love for horses, Dave Miller (above, in purple) quit high school to drive harness tracks and become one of the sport's legends as a Hall of Famer with more than 15,000 wins...and $300 million in purse winnings...the leading driver this season at Miami Valley. Hal McCoy writes for Friday Press Pros.....
