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Annus Mirabilis 1869: Year of the Rain Out
On July 23, 1866, the Cincinnati Red Stockings were organized, and from 1867 to 1870 their record was 175 wins, 15 losses, 1 draw. Base-ball, to that time, had been “a Gentleman’s game”: even if the Reds beat everyone’s brains … Continue reading
Getting All Political, but Not What You May Think
For several dozen reasons, President Obama’s historic visit to Cuba on the first day of spring 2016 is historic. We at Right off the Bat have covered everything from baseball in Iran to (probably somewhere in this blog, certainly in … Continue reading
Ed Reulbach: Pioneering Jewish Baseball Star (to which I, Evander, add a *)
In the history of MLB, only one pitcher has thrown shutouts in both ends of a doubleheader. (For cricket fans and the many baseball fans too young to remember or know, the regularly scheduled doubleheader means two games in one … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Website
Tagged Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn Superbas, Chicago Cubs, doubleheader, Edward Reulbach, Federal League, Frank Chance, Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, Literature, Major League Baseball, Mordecai (Three Fingers) Brown, National Baseball Hall of Fame, National League, National League pennant winners, Sandy Koufax, St. Louis Cardinals, Twi-night Doubleheader, World Series
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Great Stadiums (9): PPC Newlands
I (Evander) suspect—tho my suspicions may be nugatory—that readers of this blog will be hearing more about this one, in Cape Town, before we’re very far into the new year 2016. I was once again blown away by a cricket … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, England, Right Off the Bat Website, South Africa, Yankees
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Dazzy Vance and W. C. Fields
In 1926 W. C. Fields filmed It’s the Old Army Game. The silent—minus shell-game patter (if only via intertitles)—movie has something to do with Florida real-estate scams, including elements Fields would re-create in his masterful It’s a Gift. But Army … Continue reading
Spring Hopes Eternal
The New York Yankees have announced highlights of their spring 2016 schedule, including sixteen games at the pictured venue in Tampa, Florida. As of this writing, we are 96 days from the first reporting by pitchers and catchers, and something … Continue reading
Cricket Comes to Citi Field Revisited
Early November settles in Citi Field. The World Series is over, tho there are still faded signs stenciled outside the first-and-third-base lines proclaiming it. The mound has been flattened and covered, and there is a mostly dirt pitch carved in … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England, India, Pakistan, Right Off the Bat Book, Right Off the Bat Website, South Africa, Sri Lanka, T20 Cricket, West Indies
Tagged Babe Ruth, Citi Field, Gil Hodges, Literature, Lou Gehrig, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ricky Ponting, rounders, Sachin Tendulkar, Shaun Pollock, sir curtly ambrose, Tom Seaver, World Series
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The Meaning of Rabada
The history of cricket, like that of baseball, is marbled by the legacy of racism and national identity. The case of Kagiso Rabada, the young South African fast bowler, illustrates that the issue has not gone away, as this article from … Continue reading
Cricket Comes to Citi Field
Evander and I (Martin) witnessed history on Saturday when we attended the first Cricket All-Stars T20 smackdown in Citi Field, home of the Mets baseball team, in Flushing, New York. The Cricket All-Stars featured a “who’s who” of the world’s … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, Stadiums, T20 Cricket
Tagged Albert Goodwill Spalding, Allan Donald, Citifield, Courtney Walsh, Curtley Ambrose, Jacques Kallis, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, New York Mets, Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Warne, Shaun Pollock, Shoaib Akhtar, Virender Sehwag
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My Second Love Affair: Baseball
Last night, I (Parth) watched my first baseball game from start to finish. It was the ALCS game six between, and if I may use the term, “my” Toronto Blue Jays and the Kansas City Royals. I knew the basic … Continue reading
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