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The Problem with Flared Skirts
Auntie Beeb has interviewed veteran major-leaguer Mary Pratt of the Rockford Peaches. Never heard of ’em? Did you see A League of Their Own (1992)? The film is based on this all-women’s club from the 1940s, tho in real life … Continue reading
England Subside Again . . . and Again
It is a truth universally acknowledged that when England win a Test match against opposition against whom they are “meant” to have lost, there will be much talk of “new beginnings” and “resurgence.” What is less universally acknowledged is that, a few … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England, New Zealand, Test Cricket, West Indies
Tagged Literature, The Ashes
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Fun and Games at the IPL
The news that the owners of two Indian Premier League franchises—the Chennai Super Kings and the Rajasthan Royals—have been suspended for two years for betting has been greeted in my (Martin’s) neighborhood in Brooklyn with a shrug and a yawn. I’m blessed to encounter many … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, India, IPL
Tagged Chennai Super Kings, Chicago Black Sox scandal, Rajasthan Royals, World Cup
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The Big Mo
In 2012, British distance-runner Mo Farah captured not only the 5000- and 10,000-meter gold medals in the London Olympics but the hearts and minds of the British public. His excellence, exuberance, and unabashed commitment to the country to which members of his … Continue reading
The Broad Identity
Among the plaudits being offered following the England cricket team’s trouncing of Australia in the first Test match of the Ashes series, one man, in the humble opinion of this blog, is not getting his due. We agree that it is … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England
Tagged Alastair Cook, Ben Stokes, Gary Ballance, Ian Bell, Jimmy Anderson, Joe Root, Mark Wood, Michael Clarke, Mooen Ali, Stuart Broad, The Ashes
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Bully for Brendon
I (Martin) write this blog a day after England have beaten Australia in the first game of the 2015 Ashes competition. A few months ago, the sentence “England have beaten Australia in the first game of the 2015 Ashes competition,” although (almost) … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England, New Zealand
Tagged Ben Stokes, Brendon McCullum, Joe Root, Jos Buttler, Kevin Pietersen, The Ashes, Theodore Roosevelt
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Not Cricket: “Bat Form”
Front-office personnel of the venerable St. Louis Cardinals franchise have plenty of explaining to do as the FBI investigates their hacking of the Houston Astros’s databases. Besides the Times, Reuters has now weighed in to let the rest of the … Continue reading
Test Match Special—Voices of Summer
In the last ten years of my life, I (Parth) have been introduced to BBC Test Match Special. The month of May is the dawn of every English summer season. That means the voices of summer will describe the moments … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, England, Test Cricket
Tagged Cricket, England, Henry Blofeld, Test Match Special
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Baseball in Iran
A chance reading of The New Yorker gave pause when I (Evander) noted the growing popularity of baseball in Iran. Baseball has been an organized activity there since 1993. Reporter Jason Rezaian, a dual citizen of Iran working for the … Continue reading
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