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Tag Archives: Derek Jeter
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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How Sweet It Is
The Detroit Tigers demolished the New York Yankees to win the American League pennant for the eleventh time in their (the Tigers’s) storied history: the team of Ty Cobb and Hank Greenberg and Al Kaline among many other greats. The … 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
The Suzuki Steal
Wait . . . hold on . . . what the hell just happened? How on earth did Mr. Seattle say sayonara to the Mariners and arrive at the New York Yankees on Monday and play a game (and win) … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Yankees
Tagged Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Hideki Matsui, Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle Mariners
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Derek Jeter Plays Winter Ball in Panama
There is, or more accurately was, a long-standing tradition of major-league talent playing winter ball throughout Latin America. But with salaries what they are and more-sophisticated training year round, the practice, I (Evander) thought, was less prevalent: certainly among the … Continue reading
Nogoodnik Howie Spira Speaks
A name from the dim past of the 1980s has resurfaced. Selected by the late George Steinbrenner to dig up dirt on his high-paid star, Dave Winfield, Spira now bares all in an interview with New York radio station WINS. … Continue reading
Jorge Posada Redeemed
Who knew back in May it would be Jorge Posada to deliver the hit to propel the New York Yankees to the Eastern Division title? Pinch hitting for phenom Jesus Montero, who ultimately may take the veteran’s position as the … Continue reading
Congratulations Derek Jeter on 3,000 Hits
There have been 17,000 men in the big leagues, with literally hundreds of millions sharing this fantasy. Twenty-seven out of the seventeen-grand have amassed 3,000 hits. Until today. In ultra-dramatic fashion, with a mighty home run, Derek Jeter became ballplayer … Continue reading
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