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All Hail Sri Lanka!
Sri Lanka has had a bad 2011. How bad? Well, as a commentator on espncricinfo.com puts it: Sri Lanka have hurtled from one low to another after a sizzling run to the World Cup final. Their board ran into losses, … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Test Cricket
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What Do I Put on the Kindle I Got for Christmas?
It’s a question we know you’re asking. Well, the book on which this site is premised, Right Off the Bat, is available in a Kindle as well as print edition, with over two hundred and fifty hyperlinks that will take … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Right Off the Bat Book, West Indies
Tagged Literature, Michael Holding
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Hemispheric Pressure
While our baseball friends in the U.S. huddle around their stoves and await the first sprigs of spring training to appear in February, cricket lovers are enjoying a sun-drenched, beer-fueled banquet of competition in the southern hemisphere. After an inconclusive … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Test Cricket
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Say What?
Rightoffthebatbook.com’s friend Ron Kaplan has wondered whether cricket, like baseball, has coined expressions that have become commonplaces in non-sporting contexts. The answer is, “Of course!” Protestations to the contrary made by fans of either game, baseball and cricket aren’t unique—let … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket
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A Different Ball Game
You’d think baseball players and their cricketing brethren would make good politicians: after all, baseball’s lingo suggests bravado and success (“stepping up to the plate,” “hitting a home run,” “knocking it out of the park”) and cricket’s patois offers intimations … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket
Tagged Desmond Haynes, Imran Khan, Jim Bunning, Learie Constantine, Roy Fredericks, Sanath, Wes Hall
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Support Wanderers United
I (Evander) stumbled into Wanderers United, a terrific-looking 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization devoted to all things cricket. Games are played in Marine Park and elsewhere in South Brooklyn. By the way, Wanderers United is on the lookout for new cricketers!
Fire in Babylon
I (Martin) finally got to see Fire in Babylon, the 2010 documentary on the evolution and triumph of the great West Indies sides that dominated world cricket from 1980 to 1995. The documentary affirms what Evander and I wrote about … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, West Indies
Tagged Andy Roberts, Bob Marley, Colin Croft, Dennis Lillee, Jeff Thomson, Joel Garner, Malcolm Marshall, Michael Clarke, Wayne Daniel
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Ron Santo Makes the Hall
Several weeks ago the Veterans Committee of the National Baseball Hall of Fame announced that Ron Santo, the click-of-the-heels, laser-throwing, and clutch-hitting third baseman for the vintage Chicago Cubs (1960–70) had been inducted. This announcement came nearly a year to … Continue reading
Me and Yu and a Dog Named Boo
Turns out Japanese pitching sensation Yu Darvish will probably be signing with Nolan Ryan and his Rangers. Earlier reports of the Toronto Blue Jays winning rights to and even signing Yu were, in the words of Mark Twain, greatly exaggerated. … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Website
Tagged Literature, Nolan Ryan, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Yu Darvish
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