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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Players and Officials We’d Like to See in the Hall of Fame
Here comes a bakers-dozen-plus-one list (additionally, two not quite on the shortlist, but who ought to be considered) of figures I (Evander) would like to see in The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Let the barroom brawl begin. … Continue reading
Full Extension in Midsummer
I (Evander) just had to share this photo (which can be enlarged by clicking on it) of Daniel Descalso of the Saint Louis Cardinals. Note the gloved ball, though changed frequently in Major League Baseball, is not pristine by any … Continue reading
Farewell, Hideki Irabu
Thanks to my (Evander) good friend Phil (d/b/a Dr. Pizza, Pizza Prima, highly recommended, I’m not just saying that) for sharing a ticket to Hideki Irabu’s first game against the Detroit Tigers in 1997, I got to see the phenom … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Yankees
Tagged Detroit Tigers, Frank Tepedino, Hideki Irabu, Literature, New York Yankees
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England Go One Up
Open the Door, and Let ‘em In England have gone one-up in the Test series against India after a comprehensive victory at Lord’s cricket ground last Monday. There’s lots to say about the match itself, and you can read reports … Continue reading
Unhappy Meals
I (Evander) earlier reported on what may have been the worst call of the season. The San Diego Padres scored a 1-0 win against the Seattle Mariners when home-plate umpire Phil Cuzzi lost count of the count, and batter Cameron … Continue reading
Wooden O
It is difficult to believe we are well into the second-half of the baseball season. Some of my (Evander’s) earlier predictions look OK. Others look pretty bad. Of course, we have a lot more season to go. Remember: When the … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Website
Tagged Catfish Hunter, Literature, Oakland Athletics, Reggie Jackson, Sal Bando
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Fire in Babylon
An article in the New York Times today reports on the opening of Fire in Babylon, a 2010 documentary about the all-conquering West Indies cricket team of the mid-1970s and 1980s. The story of that team and the back-story of … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Right Off the Bat Book, West Indies
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Let the Contest Begin
That sound you hear of hands rubbing together in glee, accompanied with a twinkle in the eye, from cricket fans worldwide is one of anticipation at the series of matches between England and India that start this Thursday at Lord’s Cricket … Continue reading
All Things Must Pass
We signed books in Kingston at Half Moon Books as well as Inquiring Minds in New Paltz yesterday, helping (in our small way) to support traditional, fine independent book shops while, at the same time, selling our first Kindle edition … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, Right Off the Bat Book, Right Off the Bat Podcasts, Yankees
Tagged Joe DiMaggio, Literature
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New Right Off the Bat Video
Video of our booksigning at Book Court on July 7, 2011, can be seen here.
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