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Tag Archives: Willie Mays
Watching “Empire of Cricket”
The 2009 BBC production Empire of Cricket is highly (and I, Evander, mean highly) recommended to all baseball fans in the throes of this fallow, no-baseball, hot-stove league/Winter Meetings period. The series is comprised of one-hour episodes devoted to the … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Baseball, Cricket, England, India, Pakistan
Tagged Bodyline, Douglas R. Jardine, Farokh Engineer, IPL, Jack Hobbs, Kapil Dev, Pajama Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar, T20, W. G. Grace, Willie Mays
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Jackie Robinson to Be Played by Chadwick Boseman
The film 42 will star up-and-coming Chadwick Boseman in the role of Jackie Robinson. Robinson plays himself opposite Ruby Dee in The Jackie Robinson Story, along with the flamboyant Joel Fluellen. (Dee also stars in the World War II-set The … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Yankees
Tagged Jackie Robinson, Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees, Robinson Cano, Willie Mays
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Mike “King” Kelly, Nineteenth-century Baseball Star, Makes the News
He was one of the early superstars, sold to the Boston Beaneaters for a whopping ten grand. Before there were songs about Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Willie Mays, there was one about the exploits of “King” Kelly. An autographed … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket
Tagged Boston Beaneaters, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Mike "King" Kelly, Willie Mays
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The Man
I want to thank my writing partner Martin for his dispatch from Finland. I was wondering if he’d give us a Wilsonian allusion: Edmund that is. And he did! . . . Although Martin is The Man, I want to … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball
Tagged Hank Aaron, Joe DiMaggio, Literature, Mickey Mantle, St. Louis Cardinals, Stan Musial, Ted Williams, Willie Mays
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William DeKova White
I can hardly wait to read Uppity by Bill White. Easy prediction: Baseball fans of this blog will love it. White played for three teams, all National League: the Giants (both in New York and San Francisco, which undoubtedly has … Continue reading
The Great Bronx Willie Mayonnaise
My neighborhood in Fort Apache the Bronx, is not the best in the world. But it has its interesting aspects, as all New York neighborhoods do. A couple of years ago, I ran into a school friend named Steven, who … Continue reading
