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Fifteen Years of Interleague Play and I’m Still Not Sure
In 1997, I attended the first so-called Subway Series of the regular season between the Yankees and the Mets. It was at Yankee Stadium, and the Mets humiliated the Bronx Bombers by a score of 6-0. Pitcher Dave Mlicki handcuffed … Continue reading
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Tagged American League, Babe Ruth, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies, Daniel Murphy, Dave Mlicki, Fenway Park, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Los Angeles Dodgers, National League, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, Subway Series, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, World Series, Wrigley Field
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Right Off the Bat Podcast: 02
RIGHT OFF THE BAT PODCAST: 02 * * * Listen here * * * Martin: Hello again. My name is Martin Rowe, and this week we’re celebrating the 70th anniversary of a special event in baseball and doing a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, England, Right Off the Bat Podcasts, Right Off the Bat Website, Sri Lanka, Yankees
Tagged Andre Ethier, Babe Ruth, Bob Costas, Buster Posey, Herath Herath, Hettige Thirimanne, Joe DiMaggio, Jonathan Trott, Kate Middleton, Literature, Mickey Mantle, Prince Philip, Prince William, Sri Lanka, Ted Williams, Uda Welegedara
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Right Off the Bat Podcast: 01
RIGHT OFF THE BAT PODCAST: 01 * * * Listen here * * * Martin: Welcome to the very first Right Off the Bat podcast—your must-listen station for news and views about the weird and wonderful worlds of cricket and baseball—or … Continue reading
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Farewell, Harmon Killebrew
Harmon Killebrew died today. He died much too soon. He was the premier slugger of my tweens. He came close to hitting 50 home runs in a season several times. When Killebrew launched the ball, he launched it: so-called tape-measure … Continue reading
Jorge Posada Non-Incident Story Gains Non-Momentum
When captain (cricket followers: the designation of “captain” on a baseball team is not part of the structure of the sport, it is a symbolic overture) Derek Jeter publicly stated he could understand where long-time teammate and “brother” Jorge Posada … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Yankees
Tagged Derek Jeter, Hal Steinbrenner, Jorge Posada, Randy Levine
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Sale-ing up the Amazon
A few days ago, Right Off the Bat was sitting marooned on a sandbank in the Amazon delta at 4,998,000-odd in terms of its rankings. We check in today, and lo and behold, a stiff breeze has filled its sales … Continue reading
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The Jorge Posada Non-Incident
“The person said the Yankees had been in contact with the commissioner’s office about a possible penalty. The Yankees could have fined Posada one day’s pay—that would be $71,978 on his $13.1 million salary.” Say, that’s a nice piece of … Continue reading
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Tagged David Ortiz, Don Baylor, Hank Steinbrenner, Joe Girardi, Jorge Posada, New York Yankees, Randy Levine
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The Jorge Posada Incident
There is a picaresque aspect to baseball. It is played every day and the drama and plot lines of a season build from the long schedule. Tonight the Yankees, a team mired in a slump, were to play an unusually … Continue reading
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Tagged Joe Girardi, Jorge Posada, Luis Tiant, Mickey Mantle, New York Yankees, Ron Blomberg
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And Now It’s Here
Yes, the book’s arrived, and we couldn’t be happier than a brace of clowns who’d just won the lottery and had ingested an Ecstasy pill on nitrous oxide and were attending a comedy club. To celebrate, we’ve launched our very … Continue reading
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It’s Almost Here
The first copies of Right Off the Bat have rolled off the presses and are winging their way to our office at this very moment. To celebrate their imminent arrival, we’ve set up a new section—News and Events—which will cover … Continue reading
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