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.
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Saturday, 08 June 2024 / Published in Features, Home Features, MAC, MAC Feature

McCoy: Fort Recovery’s ‘Recovery Act’…Indians Play For Div. IV Title

That special feeling...Fort Recovery savors the final out in an impressive 3-1 win over Hillsdale in Saturday's Division IV semi-final game at Canal Park in Akron. Hal McCoy writes the story for Press Pros.
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Wednesday, 05 June 2024 / Published in Features, Home Features

McCoy: The Quirks And Nuances Of Ball Parks

The state baseball tournament is played this weekend in Canal Park, one of our favorite venues for such an affair, because the park dimensions (above) reminds us of some of the old-time parks that were asymmetrical, different, and a little kooky. A stroll down memory lane with Hal McCoy......
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Tuesday, 28 May 2024 / Published in Features, Home Features

McCoy: Huffing and Puffing Away On Cigars

From a man known for two things...his hall of fame career in covering the Cincinnati Reds, and his passion for smoking cigars.  Hal McCoy's shares his journey from Marsh Wheelings to Monte Cristo White Labels.
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Thursday, 02 May 2024 / Published in Features, Home Features, OSU, OSU Feature

McCoy: Ohio State Survives Slugfest

Who are you going to talk to after Ohio State and Akron combine for 33 runs, 32 hits and use 15 pitchers during the Buckeyes 18-13 win? Certainly you don't talk to a pitcher, but in this case one stood out, Ohio State relief pitcher Colin Purcell.
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Wednesday, 17 April 2024 / Published in Features, Home Features, OSU, OSU Feature

McCoy: Ohio State-Wright State Play Wild One

Ohio State scores 11 runs in the first two innings, but has to hold off Wright State after the Raiders barged back to tie it. forcing the Buckeyes to score an unearned run in the eighth inning to score a 14-13 non-league victory. Henry Kaczmar (pictured) scored the go-ahead run on Matthew Graveline’s sacrifice fly.