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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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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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Saturday, 04 June 2016 / Published in MAC, MAC Feature

Hal McCoy: Deja Vu For The Indians

Mistakes on the bases and in the field came back to haunt Ft. Recovery in Friday's semi-final loss to reigning state champion Newark Catholic. Read more from Hal McCoy in today's Press Pros inside feature.
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Friday, 03 June 2016 / Published in MAC, MAC Feature

Hal McCoy: Versailles Outpitched In Semi-Final Loss To Berlin….

Hoping For A Better End...Jared Niekamp and the Tigers were looking for one more game, but a tough Berlin pitcher took the Huntington Park mound Friday on a string of 102 straight innings without giving up an earned run, a state record. He brought unhappy closure to the Tigers' season. Read more from Hal McCoy.
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Thursday, 02 June 2016 / Published in Features, Hal McCoy

Hal: Grass Roots Baseball That’s Good For The Soul….

There were many things that were delightful: No egos, no bat-flipping, no strutting and preening, no loud and obnoxious walk-up music that says, “Hey, look at me, I make millions and you don’t.” A delightful, first view of the OHSAA state baseball tournament from hall of famer Hal McCoy.
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