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Clemens: He’s Not the Pope but He’s Innocent
Ecclesiastical jokes aside, as if to prove our point that one of the greater glories of cricket and baseball is that they’re three parts purity to one part sleaze (or should that be three parts sleaze to one part purity?), … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, IPL
Tagged Allen Stanford, Clemens non Papa, Roger Clemens
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The Marks of Cain
The last couple of days have displayed—in extremis—why we at Right Off the Bat love cricket and baseball so much, and why they will never stop pitching us curveballs or bowling balls that rear up from a good length. On … Continue reading
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the IPL—Part Three
In Part I and Part II of this blog, I (Martin) painted a pretty picture of the recently concluded Indian Premier League 5 as a festival of entertainment, which it is. But the IPL is much more than that: it’s an event … Continue reading
Judy Johnson and Ghost Marcelle
In Right Off the Bat, Martin and I delve into the thorny subjects of empire and race as related to cricket and baseball. Two perhaps lesser-written-about Negro Leagues players, with a couple of the most unforgettable monikers ever, are Judy … Continue reading
The Yankees-Mets Subway Series at 50
The Mets not only took the first regular-season Subway Series game from the Yankees in 1997 (I, Evander, was there), a 6-0 spanking, they won the very first meeting in a 1962 spring-training game. The event was fraught with tension. … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Yankees
Tagged Babe Ruth, Bill Stafford, Casey Stengel, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Roger Maris, Rogers Hornsby, Subway Series, World Series
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the IPL—Part Two
In Part One of this blog I (Martin) mentioned the skills that the Twenty20 form of the game of cricket had developed. Many of these skills involve new and daring shots that, although they may not have been necessarily invented … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, IPL, T20 Cricket
Tagged Kevin Pietersen, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Tillakaratne Dilshan
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The Home-run Hitter and the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
From the headline of this blog, it would be reasonable to think, Again on Joe and Marilyn, Marilyn and Joe? But there was another slugger, with the second-highest home-run percentage (next to Babe Ruth) in Major League Baseball history, who … Continue reading
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Tagged Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Major League Baseball, Pittsburgh Pirates, Ralph Kiner
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Johan Santana Throws First No-hitter for Mets in Their 8,020th Game
Congratulations from the Right Off the Bat project to Johan Santana, the first Mets pitcher to twirl a no-hitter. Philip Gregory Humber and David Cone had pitched perfect games for other teams. Former Mets stars Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, and … Continue reading
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the IPL—Part One
It’s been less than a decade since Twenty20 (T20), the shortest form of the game of cricket, was created, and it’s spread like wildfire. At about three-and-a-half hours, T20 is the perfect length for those who can’t afford to take … Continue reading
Humidity Don’t Mean a Thing to Make the Ball Swing
It’s long been assumed that humidity in the atmosphere causes the cricket ball to swing through the air when it leaves the bowler’s hand. Well, apparently that’s wrong. According to an article on the BBC website today, scientists have put … Continue reading
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