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Monthly Archives: June 2011
When It Rains It Bores
In the recently concluded Test series between England and Sri Lanka, which the host country won 1–0, all but two of the fifteen days scheduled saw no rain. As one wag noted, it was amazing that cricket was invented in … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Test Cricket
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Josh Hamilton Earns His Golden Sombrero: Christmas Also Is Coming
For cricket fans who may not know or understand the term, the Golden Sombrero concerns a succession of “hitting” failures within a single game: The batter in question strikes out at least four times. Josh Hamilton was the 2010 American League’s … Continue reading
Veterans Administration
Rahul Dravid, known as “The Wall” for the solidity and imperviousness of his defensive technique, has just scored his thirty-second century for India in his 152nd Test match. He is thirty-eight years old. This summer, Sachin Tendulkar, also thirty-eight, will … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, India, Test Cricket
Tagged Michael Hussey, Rahul Dravid, Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar, Simon Katich, V. V. S. Laxman
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Peter Falk and Derek Jeter: Just One More Thing, Ma’am
It’s been a tough news day. First, it was reported that Yankees superstar Derek Jeter’s quest for the magical number of 3,000 hits in his career (he is six shy; cricket fans, out of 17,000 players who have made it … Continue reading
Right Off the Bat Is Available from Amazon in Three Days
Amazon will (finally) begin filling orders for Right Off the Bat on June 26! (Who said “Never on Sunday”?) We thank all readers of this blog and our other fans for your support. Soon, you will see what all the … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, Right Off the Bat Book
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Frank Worrell: Cricket’s Jackie Robinson
Every baseball fan knows the Legend of Jackie Robinson: how he was the first man to integrate baseball; how he was vilified and slandered, and yet maintained his discipline and strength and classiness to the end; and how his story … Continue reading
The Politics of Cricket Continue
It is one of the contentions of our book Right Off the Bat that cricket and baseball have long had similar histories of political interference—usually around race and ethnicity—and have both been the focal points of conflict and the means … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, England, Sri Lanka
Tagged England, Jackie Robinson, Kumar Sangakkara, Politics, Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka
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Sterling and Suzyn at Wrigley
At first it was just another lead-in to a Yankee broadcast on WCBS–but when I, Bill, heard “Yankees versus Chicago Cubs” I did a double-take. Don’t think I ever heard a game like this before. Memories of long-ago broadcasts, TV … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball
Tagged Chicago Cubs, Jack Brickhouse, John Sterling, Lou Boudreau, New York Yankees, Suzyn Waldman, Vince Lloyd, Wrigley Field
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Broken Bat
There once was a TV show called Broken Arrow, and I believe it was on the ABC network (when stuff like The Big Three Networks mattered to the Mad Men of the Nielsen ratings). Today, players and even fans need … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Yankees
Tagged Mike Piazza, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Roger Clemens
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Liberation Bibliography
Help liberate our book from the printer and order Right Off the Bat . When will you become part of the solution and not part of the problem? Today! Now! In advance of publication, only here, straight from the Paul … Continue reading
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