Tag Archives: West Indies

Frank Worrell: Cricket’s Jackie Robinson

Posted on June 22, 2011 by

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 →

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England Crash Out

Posted on March 27, 2011 by

Until this morning, the England cricket team had provided the crowds at the World Cup cricket tournament with heart-stopping, nail-chewing, fingers-in-front-of-the-eyes entertainment for six matches in the row. All well and good, except the team lost almost as many games … Continue reading →

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Go, Go Pakistan

Posted on March 23, 2011 by

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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India Defeats West Indies

Posted on March 21, 2011 by

India beat West Indies decisively. Next up is Australia.

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Pinch Hitting at the World Cup

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

In baseball parlance, pinch hitting is when a fresh batter (also known as the hitter) replaces another, always from the reserves on the bench, for the purpose of increasing offense. I have been pinch hitting with one huge difference: I … Continue reading →

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Maintaining Calm at World Cup 2011

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

It’s not looking too great for “the home team”. (In baseball, the home team is the one you root for no matter which home they are visiting.) England has been playing nonstop since October, and the fatigue is showing. The … Continue reading →

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The World Cup So Far

Posted on March 11, 2011 by

So, we’re just over half way through the global one-day cricket shindig known as the World Cup, and there have been few surprises. The Associate Member nations—the second-tier cricketing teams that once every four years get to play with the … Continue reading →

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The Color of Cricket and Baseball

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

As we argue in Right Off the Bat, the image of cricket as an English game or of baseball as an American pastime is deeply inaccurate. Both are global sports, attracting people from all corners of the world, whether to … Continue reading →

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Shut me up, fellas.

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

Every cricket World Cup, a number of Associate Member (a.k.a. second tier) cricket teams (a.k.a. “minnows”) get to swim with the big fish. This time around, Canada, The Netherlands, Kenya, and Ireland will be duking it out with Australia, India, … Continue reading →

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