-
Recent Posts
Archives
Baseball
Cricket
Author Archives: rightoffthebatbook
The Other Babe Could Play Baseball, Too
With so many U.S. women having taken gold medals in the just-concluded Summer Olympic Games, I (Evander) wanted to call your attention to perhaps the greatest all-round woman athlete of them all. The aptly named Babe Didrikson Zaharias (she married … Continue reading
Ask Your Cricket Questions Here
If you’re a regular reader, you’ll notice that on the whole we don’t spend a lot of time explaining the rules and nuances of cricket on this site. That’s because (a) we think that you can easily get bogged down … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Right Off the Bat Book
Leave a comment
The Suzuki Steal
Wait . . . hold on . . . what the hell just happened? How on earth did Mr. Seattle say sayonara to the Mariners and arrive at the New York Yankees on Monday and play a game (and win) … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Yankees
Tagged Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Hideki Matsui, Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle Mariners
1 Comment
England vs. South Africa, First Test, Day 5
Final result. England 385 & 240. South Africa 637-2 declared. South Africa win by an innings and 12 runs. As expected, England succumbed to defeat in the first Test match today. Only Ian Bell and Matt Prior put up any real resistance to the … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, England, South Africa, Test Cricket
Tagged Dale Steyn, Hashim Amla, Ian Bell, Matt Prior
Leave a comment
England vs. South Africa, First Test, Day 4
End of day score. England 385 and 102-4. South Africa 637-2 declared. As I (Martin) suspected yesterday, South Africa put their large, hobnailed boot on England’s neck and only lifted it in order to kick the supine body in the … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, England, South Africa, Test Cricket
Tagged Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, Sachin Tendulkar
Leave a comment
England vs. South Africa, First Test, Day 3
End of day score. England 385. South Africa 403/2. Every now and again in Test cricket a team experiences not merely a bad day but total demoralization. Because the Test match may go on for five days, a side can not … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, England, South Africa, Test Cricket
Tagged Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis
Leave a comment
England vs. South Africa, First Test, Day 2
End of day score. England: 385 all out. South Africa 86-1. The great glory of Test cricket is that a side can be dominant at the end of one day’s play and by the end of the next day’s play … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, England, South Africa, Test Cricket
Leave a comment
England vs. South Africa, First Test, Day 1
End of day score: England 275-3. The hero for England was Alastair Cook, who scored his twentieth century at the age of only twenty-seven. Cook is not an exciting batsman; I (Martin) think even he would admit that. But he’s … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, England, South Africa, Test Cricket
Tagged Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen
1 Comment
Finally, the Big One
Tomorrow (Thursday), it begins: the Test series that all cricket fans have been waiting for—England vs. South Africa in three mouthwatering matches to determine which is the best side in the world. Although the series should have been five games, … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, England, South Africa, Test Cricket
Leave a comment
Once round the Sun for Right Off the Bat
Our blue sphere has made one revolution round the sun, and in the words of James Joyce, “by a commodious vicus of recirculation back to” today, July 12, 2012, Martin and I have thus officially completed one year in print—between … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Book, Yankees
Tagged All-Star Game, American League, Justin Verlander, Kansas City Royals, Literature, Major League Baseball, Melky Cabrera, National League, New York Yankees, Robinson Cano, Ron Washington, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers
Leave a comment
Right Off the Bat 