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A Letter from a Fan
Occasionally, out of the ether, a missive arrives that tells us that our writing hasn’t fallen on deaf ears. We were delighted to receive an email from Parth Taneja, a law student in Washington, D.C. The letter (slightly edited for length … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, Right Off the Bat Book, Right Off the Bat Podcasts
Tagged Ken Burns
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Is This the End of the West Indies as a Cricketing Entity?
For reasons that were at once predictable and shocking, the past week has seen developments that it’s not being grandiose to say may lead to the end of the West Indies cricket team. In a dispute over money (isn’t it … Continue reading
What the Hell Happened to England?
How about this for an opening sentence, following England’s third defeat in a row to India in their current one-day five-match series? By the end of a game that had all the competitive elements of a day of seal clubbing, there … Continue reading
The Curious Game of Cricket
In a recent New Yorker review of a non-sports film, David Denby, in passing, dismissively refers to “the British and their curious game of cricket.” This mostly baseball fan (Evander) felt a twinge of insult. Perhaps Mr (nota: no period … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Right Off the Bat Website, T20 Cricket
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Coming up Sixes
Today, August 23, 2014, marks the 66th birthday of DH (that’s also Designated Hebrew) Ron Blomberg. Happy Birthday, Ron! This is also the day Joe Torre’s (right: here pictured closer to 1966) number 6 was retired by the New York … Continue reading
Cricket in the Movies
For your summer delectation, the Guardian today has selected five movies that feature cricket. As the comments following the article attest, many movies have been missed, but it’s good to see cricket playing some kind of role in the moving pictures.
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The Beards to Be (Not) Feared
The more observant baseball fans among you will know that a lot of store is put in hairiness or the lack of it. The Yankees are notoriously clean shaven; their perennial rivals the Boston Red Sox, by contrast, are riotously hirsute. … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, England, South Africa
Tagged Brian Wilson, Hashim Amla, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mooen Ali, San Francisco Giants, W. G. Grace
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What the Hell Happened to India?
Reader: Consider two cricket teams—India and England—both alike in dignity. Both sides are in transition: even though their star players may have departed to the skyboxes and commentary positions, both teams are blessed with plenty of youthful talent—to wit, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya … Continue reading
Citi Field Goes Vegan
As the previous post suggests, on Friday, August 15th, Evander and I (Martin) took the F Train from the Right Off the Bat Media Complex in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, intercepted the Number 7 train at Roosevelt Avenue, and hightailed it to … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Stadiums
Tagged Chicago Cubs, Jane Austen, Johanna McCloy, Literature, New York Mets, Two Boots Pizza, veganism, Veggie Happy
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The Three Stooges at the Mets
Stuart Cohn (left), a long-suffering Mets fan (is there any other?), Yankees aficionado Evander Lomke (center), and cricket interloper Martin Rowe (right)—the latter two the founders of this self-same blog—in the inevitable selfie at Citi Field on Friday, August 15th. The Metropolitans … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Stadiums, Yankees
Tagged Chicago Cubs, Citifield, Eric Campbell, New York Mets, New York Yankees
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