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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Tuesday, 01 October 2024 / Published in Features, Home Features

McCoy: Despite His Warts and Foibles, Rose Is A Hall Of Famer

My relationship with Pete Rose was complicated, a love-hate proposition for him. But I always loved and respected the Hit King, despite his warts and foibles and failures off the field.  Even at his age, I never thought he'd leave us.
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Wednesday, 10 July 2024 / Published in Features, Home Features

McCoy: Is That Baseball The Reds Are Playing?

To the fan who wrote yesterday asking for more coverage on the Reds, here's a sample with which everyone in Cincinnati has grown familiar. Casey Stengel (above) once famously said, "Can't anyone here play this game?" He could have said it about the Reds.
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Sunday, 09 June 2024 / Published in Features, Home Features, MAC, MAC Feature

McCoy: Fort Recovery Couldn’t Recover In State Finals

The agonizing reality of baseball...Jumping out to an early 2-0 lead, Fort Recovery never scored again after the first to be overcome by Berlin Hiland in the final two innings. Hal McCoy writes for Press Pros.
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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......