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Monthly Archives: December 2013
The Supremacy of Dale Steyn
One of the perennial questions that baseball and cricket fans like to ask themselves is how to measure the greatness of a player. In the case of pitchers, does their greatness lie in a low earned-run average, or the number … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, Right Off the Bat Website, South Africa, Test Cricket
Tagged Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander, WHIP
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South Africa Resurgent
The English team has been crushed; the Indian side are rebuilding; and the Australians are seeing some light at the end of their long, dark tunnel. For the general-interest fan, these make for interesting times about the also-rans of international … Continue reading
Farewell King Kallis
First there was Rahul Dravid (in 2012); then there was Ricky Ponting (2012); and then Sachin Tendulkar (2013). Now Jacques Kallis—the greatest all-rounder of his generation—has retired from Test cricket. Tendulkar (15921), Ponting (13378), Kallis (13289), and Dravid (13288)—giants of … Continue reading
The Urn Returns Down Under
It was, perhaps, only a matter of time. In 2013, the England cricket team flattered to deceive: barely holding on to draw the series with New Zealand in New Zealand; beating the Kiwis soundly—but without much conviction—when they came to England; and then … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England
Tagged Graeme Swann, Jonathan Trott, Mitchell Johnson, The Ashes
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Masahiro Tanaka in the New Year
The major-leagues’ sweepstakes for twenty-five-year-old Masahiro Tanaka, who had an incredible 24-0 record for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the 2007 Japan Pacific League in 2013, is on. Teams figuring to bid high (a lot of money) and far … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
Tagged 2007 Japan Pacific League, Albert Pujols, Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Clayton Kershaw, Japanese baseball, Josh Hamilton, Literature, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Masahiro Tanaka, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Robinson Cano, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
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Smoky Joe Wood, Mort Cooper, Dick Wakefield, and Other Random Notes on Players at the Winter Solstice
As 2013 comes to a finish and activity at ROTB HQ reaches a fevered pitch (poor pun intended), I (Evander) would like “to close” (not Mariano-style) the year with Random Notes on fine, even great, baseball players who are by … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Website
Tagged Al Kaline, American League, Arky Vaughan, Bob Feller, Bobby Shantz, Cal Ripkin, Cleveland Indians, Cy Williams, Dave Winfield, Dean Chance, Derek Jeter, Detroit Tigers, Dick Wakefield, Doc Gooden, Gil McDougald, Herb Score, Jack Hamilton, Joe Medwick, Joe Sewell, Johnny Allen, Johnny Vander Meer, Literature, Luke Appling, Major League Baseball, Mariano Rivera, Mort Cooper, Most Valuable Player Award, National Baseball Hall of Fame, National League, New York Yankees, Sandy Koufax, Smoky Joe Wood, Spud Chandler, Tony Conigliaro, Travis Jackson, Vida Blue, World Series
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The New Breed Is Old Hat
Robinson Cano could not leave $70 million on the table. That is roughly the difference between what the storied New York Yankees offered their star second baseman and what the Seattle Mariners are paying. The Mariners have set Cano for … Continue reading
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