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Tag Archives: Baltimore Orioles
Predicting the 2013 Baseball Season
The 2013 baseball season, which opens on April Fools’ Day, promises to make a fool of all prognosticators. Nothing new in this. How could one imagine the Fall Classic when spring has barely sprung? To make things even a little … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Book, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
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Earl Weaver, Dead at 82, R.I.P.
Though a great strategist in and of what today is called small ball, his favorite play bluntly remained “the three-run home run.” His all-time winning percentage is .583. He led the Baltimore Orioles to three American League championships in his … Continue reading
Playoffs So Far: It Gets Weirder
This is truly one of the most bizarre postseasons I (Evander) have seen since playoffs-baseball was introduced in the major leagues in 1969. The idea was formulated after the so-called Year of the Pitcher in 1968, when interest due to … Continue reading
Playoffs So Far: More Unpredictability
The 2012 playoffs have so far featured a botched infield fly rule call against the hard-luck Atlanta Braves and a number of other surprises. The biggest has to be the first postseason game since 1933 in Washington, D.C. The Nats … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Book, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
Tagged Aroldis Chapman, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, Coco Crisp, Detroit Tigers, Dusty Baker, Hiroshima Toyo Carp, Major League Baseball, Mexican League, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Prince Fielder, Scott Rolen, St. Louis Cardinals, Stephen Strasburg, Washington Nationals
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A Most Unusual 2012
On the eve of the finish of the 2012 Major League Baseball regular season, I (Evander) thought I ought to highlight a few of the unusual aspects of this most unusual season. As of today, only one American League club, … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
Tagged American League, Armando Galarraga, Baltimore Orioles, Carl Yastrzemski, Detroit Tigers, Don Larsen, Felix Hernandez, Joe Mauer, Literature, Major League Baseball, Matt Cain, Miguel Cabrera, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philip Gregory Humber, Texas Rangers, World Series
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The Unhappy Recap, Part 3
This is part 3 on “The Mets Dark Years” by former National Baseball Hall of Fame researcher and librarian Russell Wolinsky. The Management Following the death of team owner Joan Payson in 1975, Mets management slipped into an era of … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Website
Tagged Baltimore Orioles, Bob Gibson, Charles Shipman Payson, Cincinnati Reds, Claudell Washington, Darryl Strawberry, Dave Kingman, Davey Johnson, Dick Young, Earl Weaver, Ed Kranepool, Ellis Valentine, Frank Cashen, Frank Robinson, Fred Wilpon, George Bamberger, George Foster, Jerry Koosman, Jesse Orosco, Joan Payson, Joe Torre, John O. Pickett Jr., Keith Hernandez, Lorinda de Roulet, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, M. Donald Grant, Mike Scott, Mookie Wilson, National Baseball Hall of Fame, Neil Allen, Nelson Briles, Nelson Doubleday Jr., New York Mets, Pete Falcone, Shea Stadium, St. Louis Cardinals, Tom Seaver
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NYC Subway Series Round 2
The suddenly hot Mets, as hot as the weather this first day of summer (which is when I, Evander, always feel the season truly starts—in fact, the season doesn’t really take shape till mid-August), and the suddenly not-so-hot Yankees (unlike … Continue reading
Weird Game
The Baltimore Orioles bested the Boston Red Sox today in Fenway Park. How weird was this game? It took more than six hours to complete. Orioles designated hitter Chris Davis went 0 for 8. Then, he was summoned to pitch! … Continue reading
Tough-luck Buck
Buck Showalter was a fine minor-league first baseman in the Yankees farm system. He had the poor luck of being at that position when Don Mattingly was bashing all those home runs. Showalter was then given the job of managing … Continue reading
They’d Name a Candy Bar after Me
When Reggie Jackson of the Baltimore Orioles boasted ca. 1976 that “They’d name a candy bar after me if I played in New York” he wasn’t kidding. I (Evander) remember a 1977 Yankee Stadium opening-day field littered with thousands of … Continue reading
