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The Great Bronx Willie Mayonnaise
My (Evander’s) neighborhood in Fort Apache the Bronx, is not the best in the world or the worst. But it has its interesting aspects, as all New York neighborhoods do. Maybe it was in 2003, I ran into a school-friend … Continue reading
Predicting Other than the World Cup
Ladies and Gentlemen, and All Ships at Sea. (And hold your breath all fans of Right Off the Bat.) I just sent Tipsy in Toluca Lake my 2011 predictions. Of course, “predicting” is ridiculous. Some highly touted free agent in … Continue reading
The World Cup So Far
So, we’re just over half way through the global one-day cricket shindig known as the World Cup, and there have been few surprises. The Associate Member nations—the second-tier cricketing teams that once every four years get to play with the … Continue reading
What Could Be Less Complex than Baseball?
Baseball complex? Some endeavors among the sporting world are easier to comprehend than others. Kick the Can, a great New York street game, may be the ultimate easy-to-follow, easy-to-play sport. I may have invented an even easier one in 1962. … Continue reading
Right Off the Bat URL
Notice anything about our URL? Yes, it just got a whole lot easier to remember. Instead of http://www.rightoffthebatbook.wordpress.com., all you have to do is type in rightoffthebatbook.com and you’re there. We make it so easy for you, it would be … Continue reading
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The Hat Trick
It’s no big deal for a pitcher to strike out three batters in succession in baseball. However, to get three batsmen out in three successive deliveries in cricket is, and it’s called a hat trick. It occurs about as often … Continue reading
First Pass Proofs Arrived
Well, we’re pretty darn excited. We just saw the first pass proofs of Right Off the Bat—i.e. the first time we’ve seen the book typeset and laid out all pretty—and it looks very handsome. The illustrations came out just dandy. … Continue reading
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The Color of Cricket and Baseball
As we argue in Right Off the Bat, the image of cricket as an English game or of baseball as an American pastime is deeply inaccurate. Both are global sports, attracting people from all corners of the world, whether to … Continue reading
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Tagged Devon Malcolm, Gladstone Small, Mark Butcher, Michael Carberry, Phil DeFreitas
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Who Is Doris from Rego Park? What Is She that All Our Fans Commend Her?
The New York Times has a wonderful tribute to Doris Bauer. Who she? For the rest who don’t follow New York City-sports call-in radio, Doris from Rego Park, who died in 2003 (Could it be that long?), was the staunchest … Continue reading
The Japanese Jackie Robinson
Who has heard of Kaname (Wally) Yonamine? He is the surprising Jackie Robinson of Japanese baseball.
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