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St. Louis Cardinals Making Noise
The Cardinals have tied the Milwaukee Brewers at one game apiece and are heading home to St. Louis. These are tough birds indeed. The probability of being in this position was slim. Although the Cardinals are the hardest-hitting team in … Continue reading
Trial and (Deliberate) Error
The trial of the men allegedly behind the match- and spot-fixing scandal that threatened to derail the Test and one-day series between England and Pakistan in 2010 has finally come to pass, and seedy revelation is being piled on seedy … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England, Pakistan
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The Semiotics of Baseball
The game-within-the-game dictates the passing of signs from the dugout to the field, and sometimes from dugout to dugout. This game of chess is covered in Right Off the Bat, and is a factor in the ongoing NLCS between the … Continue reading
Ron Washington, Interesting Manager of the Texas Rangers
Ron Washington has had an interesting career. He and I (Evander) are less than a year apart. There are few African American managers in the history of Major League Baseball, and their successes, for a variety of factors, are spotty. … Continue reading
An Unusual Rematch
I (Evander) had not immediately thought of this, but the NLCS pitting the Milwaukee Brewers against the St. Louis Cardinals is a rematch of the 1982 World Series. How? The Brewers were then in the American League. In fact, championship-starved … Continue reading
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Tagged American League, Milwaukee Brewers, National League, NLCS, St. Louis Cardinals
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Remembering Hideki Irabu
The American Mental Health Foundation offers a retrospective look at the suicide of Hideki Irabu.
Yankees Chewed up and Spit out by the Detroit Tigers
Ultimately, Papa Hemingway was right: I (Evander) fear the Tigers of Detroit. In spite of my various conniptions and positions on the sofa last night, radio on and off, TV sound off and on, doing anything short of standing on … Continue reading
Passage to India
While the baseball post-season continues, the world of cricket is quiescent. Only the utterly meaningless Twenty20 competition between the best Twenty20 domestic teams in the world provides any form of interest to those into big-league cricket. By “domestic” I mean … Continue reading
Yankees and Tigers Take a Day Off
The New York City weather forecast is positive for tomorrow night as the Yankees and Tigers square off, winner-take-all….At this writing, congratulations go to Nolan Ryan and the Texas Rangers for once again crushing the Tampa Bay Rays. The wily … Continue reading
A. J. Burnett Tries to Save Yankees Season
I (Evander) hope the message tonight from Detroit is not “Yanqui Go Home!” The Yankees’s season rests on the shoulders and strong right arm of A. J. Burnett. The offense has sputtered. Those home runs the Yankees hit at their … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Yankees
Tagged A. J. Burnett, Alex Rodriguez, Allie Reynolds, Andy Pettitte, Catfish Hunter, Comerica Park, David Wells, Detroit Tigers, Ed Figueora, Eddie Lopat, El Duque, Joe DiMaggio, Mark Teixeira, Mike Torrez, New York Yankees, Roger Clemens, Ron Guidry, Vic Raschi, Whitey Ford, Yankee Stadium
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