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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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Wednesday, 21 December 2016 / Published in Hal McCoy, Hal McCoy Feature, UD, UD Feature

Aye Aye, Commodores: Mikesell’s Big Night Leads Flyers Past Vandy

St. Henry native Ryan Mikesell had his most complete game as a Flyer, a double-double, to help lead Dayton past the SEC's Vanderbilt Commodores. Hal McCoy was there and writes the story for today's Press Pros inside feature.
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Tuesday, 13 December 2016 / Published in Features

Hal At Large: ‘The Reds’, And A Funny Way Of Rebuilding

Reds management is talking exciting baseball as they try to rebuild the team and a dwindling fan base. However, nothing they did at the winter meetings is a harbinger of more exciting days to come...or, more fans!
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Tuesday, 13 December 2016 / Published in Hal McCoy, Hal McCoy Feature

Hal At Large: ‘The Reds’, And A Funny Way Of Rebuilding

Reds management is talking exciting baseball as they try to rebuild the team and a dwindling fan base. However, the only draw is Joey Votto (above), and nothing they did at the winter meetings is a harbinger of more exciting days to come...or, more fans!
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Sunday, 11 December 2016 / Published in Features

Hal: UD Puts Out Another Tennessee Fire….

There was plenty of reason for concern, but the Dayton Flyers handled a tough East Tennessee State with ease. Hopefully, an omen for a very happy holiday season.
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Saturday, 10 December 2016 / Published in Hal McCoy, Hal McCoy Feature, UD, UD Feature

Hal: Flyers Put Out Another Tennessee Fire…

Defense on his mind...UD's Kyle Davis snuffed out the scoring threat of East Tennessee's T.J. Cromer defensively, and the Flyers racked up an impressive holiday season win over the Buccaneers. Read our hall of fame report from Hal McCoy in today's Press Pros inside feature.
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