Monthly Archives: March 2011

Late Spring-training Trade

Posted on March 26, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

I’m not sure if the cricket world is filled with “trades.” In the Major League Baseball world, teams regularly trade one player for another. As reported, Curtis Granderson has an oblique-muscle injury. He thinks he is 50-50 for opening day, … Continue reading →

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Favorites Trounced in World Cup

Posted on March 25, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

A day after the much-fancied India beat the current world champions Australia, comes the shocking defeat of the equally fancied South Africans by New Zealand, perennial underdogs but smart one-day outfit. Defending a very modest total of 221, the Black … Continue reading →

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Home-run King on Trial

Posted on March 24, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

It may not be The Trial Of The Century, but here comes Barry Bonds (reporting to court in San Francisco), depending on what the trial reveals, probably about to cast a klieg light on the nastiness of achieving immortality at … Continue reading →

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Oblique Baseball

Posted on March 24, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

Not that I (Evander) am an expert on human anatomy, but until the 1990s had anyone even heard of the oblique muscle(s)? It’s the “in injury,” the fashionable injury this oblique. The Yankees already have a problem when Curtis Granderson … Continue reading →

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Australia versus India: The Big One

Posted on March 23, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

It was meant to be the final: the Australians, reigning champions and looking to win for a world-record fourth time in succession, versus the Indians, a team packed full of superstars, who have 1.2 billion people rooting for them and … Continue reading →

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Go, Go Pakistan

Posted on March 23, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

First of all, thank you to Evander for his sterling work in keeping up with the dizzying merry-go-round that is the 2011 Cricket World Cup. We’re now in the knockout, quarter-final stages. The usual eight suspects went through, and now … Continue reading →

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Ruth and Gehrig Photo Sells for 33 Grand

Posted on March 23, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

The discovery of footage of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, and the recent sale of a still photograph of the period for a fortune, call to mind the equally valuable photograph we have in Right Off the Bat of Dr. … Continue reading →

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Ally Pally and the Bobby Thomson Word Picture

Posted on March 23, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

Martin’s back! I think I drove him nuts making all those fine-tunings in Right Off the Bat second proof. No extra trees will die as a result of these alterations. But the blood pressure may creep up with the (tree) … Continue reading →

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Erin Go Bragh

Posted on March 22, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

It’s the second full day of spring and it snowed in the Bronx yesterday, huge flakes. The good news is it didn’t snow down here at World Cricket Central in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, which is obviously south of the snow … Continue reading →

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India Defeats West Indies

Posted on March 21, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

India beat West Indies decisively. Next up is Australia.

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