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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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Monday, 27 June 2016 / Published in Features

Questions For Hal: Volume 9

From here there, then and now, volume 9 of readers' questions for hall of famer Hal McCoy...on the Reds minor league prospects, Devin Mesoraco, former Red Fred Norman, and...why does Atlanta have to build another new ballpark (above)? Read more in today's Press Pros inside feature.
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Thursday, 23 June 2016 / Published in Features, Hal McCoy

McCoy “At Large”: How Long For The Reds To Be Good Again?

They're not good now, and chances are it's going to be a while. Fans get all that, while still asking the age-old question, "How long will it take the Reds to be good again?"
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Sunday, 12 June 2016 / Published in Hal McCoy Feature

McCoy “At Large”: Tired Of Soft Baseball

Call me old school, but I still want to see the take-out slide at second, collisions at home plate, umpiring without replay, and a little head-hunting only adds passion to the game. They've tinkered with the game too much...and they've tinkered with the wrong things! Read more in today's Press Pros.
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Sunday, 12 June 2016 / Published in Features

McCoy “At Large”: Tired Of Soft Baseball

Call me old school, but I still want to see the take-out slide at second, collisions at home plate, umpiring without replay, and a little head-hunting only adds passion to the game. They've tinkered with the game too much...and they've tinkered with the wrong things! Read more in today's Press Pros.
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Tuesday, 07 June 2016 / Published in Hal McCoy Feature

Questions For Hal: Volume 8

Volume 8 of questions from Press Pros readers for Hal: including conspiracy over Homer Bailey's arm surgery, do major league teams actually lose money if no one shows up for the games, and will there ever be another Big Red Machine in Cincinnati? And check out Hal's new "At Large" page on Press Pros.
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