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About rightoffthebatbook

Co-author of the book, "Right Off the Bat: Baseball, Cricket, Literature, and Life"

Mike Night for the Ultimate Dodger Dog

Posted on August 3, 2014 by rightoffthebatbook

L.A. Dodgers-broadcasting legend Vin Scully plans on returning to the mike in 2015. This would be his sixty-sixth straight season with the Dodgers. Robust at eighty-six, Bronx native Scully does things the traditional way—as could only be expected. He solos … Continue reading →

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Baseball Date: July 11, 1914

Posted on July 13, 2014 by rightoffthebatbook

While most of the West is meditating on the centennial of World War I, I (Evander) have been preoccupied with the upcoming centennial (2015) of W. C. Fields’s entry into the film world. But more relevant than both anniversaries to … Continue reading →

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21st-c. Ball and the Fans

Posted on May 7, 2014 by rightoffthebatbook

Is “the umpire blind”? Herewith the first important reviewable play in 21st-c. MLB, which means in the history of North American baseball and possibly anywhere. The video—available as part of the above link describing the game between two of the … Continue reading →

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ROTB at the Louisville Slugger Museum

Posted on April 28, 2014 by rightoffthebatbook

Nathan Stalvy, curator of the Louisville Slugger Museum (maker of the bats for MLB), loves our book!  

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Going Multipurpose

Posted on April 22, 2014 by rightoffthebatbook

Silly me. I (Evander) thought that the point of the third-generation baseball stadium, with all those great sight lines, was baseball only. How wrong. Whenever money’s involved…. The 2009-occupied Yankee Stadium will host what most of the human race calls … Continue reading →

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Cricket to Baseball to Cricket

Posted on April 21, 2014 by rightoffthebatbook

I (Evander) am not sure how instructive this one-minute time-lapse video is, as officials prepared Down Under (Sydney Cricket Ground) for the 2014 opening day of Major League Baseball. But one does get a relative sense of distance (the boundary, … Continue reading →

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“Million Dollar Arm”

Posted on April 14, 2014 by rightoffthebatbook

Last June, ROTB blogged on Rinku Singh (b. 8/8/88!) and Dinesh Patel. Now, the film—from Disney. The Hollywood take, not the Bollywood version. (Though some would persuasively argue that the biggest-and-smartest money lay in cricket—the IPL—on the Indian subcontinent: not … Continue reading →

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Notes toward a Supreme Fiction: My Sport Could Beat up Your Sport

Posted on April 12, 2014 by rightoffthebatbook

As this is the 500th blog generated by the Right Off the Bat project, in the spirit of collegial, international, and inter-sport collaboration, we thought we’d put our heads together (ouch) in doing some outside-the-box thinking . . . and … Continue reading →

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2014 Major League Predictions

Posted on March 31, 2014 by rightoffthebatbook

In time-honored fashion, and this being the ROTB Project blog-number 499, here come my (Evander’s) guesses for the 2014 Major League Baseball season. (“Predictions” is such a silly word. Who could? Well, I! in this 2-year-old podcast.) American League East: … Continue reading →

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Brendon Goes Big

Posted on February 17, 2014 by rightoffthebatbook

New Zealand’s cricket side has always punched above its weight—putting in performances that belie its small population and lack of financial resources relative to Australia. It currently ranks a lowly eighth (out of ten) in the ICC World Test Rankings, … Continue reading →

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