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Barbados Bound
ROTB co-author, Martin Rowe writes: No trip to Barbados would be complete for the cricket-lover without due homage being made at the storied Kensington Oval in Bridgetown to the great Sir Garfield Sobers, surely the greatest all-round cricketer that the … Continue reading
Parth Taneja at Right Off the Bat Headquarters
We (Evander [left] and Martin [right]) were delighted to welcome Right Off the Bat’s Number One Fan, legal eagle Parth Taneja (center), to ROTB HQ in Brooklyn, NY. Parth traveled all the way from Washngton, DC, to share his enthusiasm for the Right … Continue reading
Posted in One-Day Cricket, Right Off the Bat Book
Tagged Hot Stove League, Kevin Moran, Parth Taneja
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The Cricket World Cup: A Preview, Part 3
We’ve already reviewed (in parts 1 and 2) the top eight teams in the competition. What makes the World Cup so fun (or monumentally boring and drawn-out, depending on your perspective) is the presence of, in the 2015 version, six second-tier … Continue reading
The Cricket World Cup: A Preview, Part 2
Hot on the heels of the The Cricket World Cup: A Preview, Part 1, here comes the second installment, featuring the four other top teams. South Africa It’s fair to say the biggest hurdle that South Africa has to overcome is … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, England, One-Day Cricket, Pakistan, South Africa, West Indies
Tagged Alastair Cook, Chris Gayle, Dale Steyn, Darren Sammy, David Miller, Dwayne Smith, Faf du Plessis, Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, Ian Bell, Jacques Kallis, Joe Root, Mohammad Irfan, Mooen Ali, Morne Morkel, Shahid Afridi, Steven Finn, Stuart Broad, Vernon Philander, World Cup
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The Cricket World Cup: A Preview, Part 1
Every four years, the world’s top cricket teams gather to play a series of one-day internationals (ODIs)—the 50-over form of the game—to determine who is the best. It’s the nearest thing that cricket gets to a competition that the entire … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, India, New Zealand, One-Day Cricket, Sri Lanka
Tagged Angelo Mathews, Brendon McCullum, Corey Anderson, David Warner, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Williamson, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Michael Clarke, Mitchell Johnson, Rahul Dravid, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ross Taylor, Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Watson, Steven Smith, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag, World Cup
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Good-bye, Mr. Sunshine
Ernie Banks is gone. He was the first African American to play for the Chicago Cubs, and has forever since been “Mr. Cub.” A Hall of Fame inductee (1977), Banks is best remembered for his boundless enthusiasm: Let’s Play Two! … Continue reading
Hat Size: $303K
It was 80 years ago today that MLB taught Japan to play. Well, not exactly. But the 1934 barnstorming tour including the likes of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Jimmie Foxx, did begin a process of popularizing baseball in the … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball
Tagged Babe Ruth, Bob Feller, Eiji Sawamura, Japan, Jimmie Foxx, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Major League Baseball, Ted Williams, Ty Cobb
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Geopolitics Aside
The stunning announcement today concerning the opening of full diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba likely carries large implications for professional baseball, both within these two countries and for the internationalization of the sport (and business) based on … Continue reading
The United States of Jeter
A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps. And then the lighting of the lamps. As summer unofficially ends, the 2014 MLB season concluded with a terrific run of postseason playoff games, it seemed the majority of them decided by a run … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
Tagged American League, Bruce Bochy, Dave Righetti, Derek Jeter, Joe DiMaggio, Kansas City Royals, Literature, Madison Bumgarner, National League, New York Yankees, Pablo Sandoval, San Francisco Giants, Wild Card, World Series, Yankee Stadium
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