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, 29 March 2016 / Published in Features

Questions For Hal: Volume 2

Volume 2 of readers' questions far and wide...for our resident hall-of-fame baseball writer, cigar broker, and former magistrate of the kangaroo court (from the man cave) for the Baseball Writers of America. For your entertainment and edification...in today's Press Pros inside feature.
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Tuesday, 22 March 2016 / Published in UD, UD Feature

Hal: An En-Doring Afternoon For UD Baseball Against Toledo

On a bright, and windy, day UD's offense finally broke out: Dayton 14, the University of Toledo 6, the most runs scored by the Flyers in one game this season, aided and abetted by four home runs. Read more from Hal McCoy in today's Press Pros inside feature.
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Saturday, 19 March 2016 / Published in Features

McCoy: Flyers Fall Flat, No Excuse Against The ‘Cuse

For the Flyers, it was much pain in the paint. They missed at least a dozen shots within a foot of the rim and they couldn’t buy a rebound with cash, check, money order or credit card.
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Sunday, 13 March 2016 / Published in Features

Questions For Hal McCoy, 2016: Volume 1

For another year we offer Press Pros readers the opportunity to direct questions on the Reds, all things baseball, cigars and even vintage beers to our resident hall-of-famer, Hal McCoy. Read for your enjoyment in today's Press Pros inside feature.
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Wednesday, 09 March 2016 / Published in UD, UD Feature

Hal: Cline On The Incline On UD’s Pitching Staff

Gone With The Wind...Nick Weybright's second inning homer turned out to be the difference, as the Flyers scored 11 times and rode a freshman's first winning start to pad their winning streak (2). Read Hal McCoy in today's Press Pros feature on Dayton baseball.