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Jackie Robinson to Be Played by Chadwick Boseman
The film 42 will star up-and-coming Chadwick Boseman in the role of Jackie Robinson. Robinson plays himself opposite Ruby Dee in The Jackie Robinson Story, along with the flamboyant Joel Fluellen. (Dee also stars in the World War II-set The … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Yankees
Tagged Jackie Robinson, Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees, Robinson Cano, Willie Mays
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A Little More on Albert Pujols
Sentimentality aside, one has to ask why the St. Louis Cardinals, whose owners control most of the beer that flows thro the veins of all sports in the United States, would not match the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim offer … Continue reading
Five Things I Learned about Baseball from Ken Burns’s Baseball
I (Martin) just spent 18.5 hours watching Ken Burns’s epic 1994 PBS documentary Baseball—and then I watched the 2010 two-episode sequel. I was delighted to see that Evander and I got the basic information correct in Right Off the Bat. … Continue reading
Albert Pujols Does What He Has to Do
I (Evander) am no apologist for big-salaried baseball players. I have good friends in St. Louis, and in fact, uncharacteristically, pulled for this National League team during the 2011 World Series. So, I feel your pain Cardinals fans. But Albert … Continue reading
Derek Jeter Plays Winter Ball in Panama
There is, or more accurately was, a long-standing tradition of major-league talent playing winter ball throughout Latin America. But with salaries what they are and more-sophisticated training year round, the practice, I (Evander) thought, was less prevalent: certainly among the … Continue reading
The Greatest Relief Pitcher in Baseball History Has Throat Surgery
We are glad Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees had
December 1, 2011, Is Valentine’s Day
Former major-league player (whose potentially brilliant career was cut short by injury), manager of the Texas Rangers and New York Mets, Japanese-championship manager (and speaker of that difficult language to a considerable extent), restaurateur, as well as, most recently at … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, Right Off the Bat Book
Tagged Bobby Valentine, Boston Red Sox, Japanese baseball, Literature, New York Mets, Texas Rangers
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The Little Master Almost Makes It: West Indies v. India—Part I
This time he reached 94 before he edged a lifting delivery to second slip and was compelled to walk in near total silence back to the pavilion. For the length of his innings, it seemed as though, finally, Sachin Tendulkar, … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Baseball, Cricket, India, Test Cricket
Tagged Sachin Tendulkar, Steve Waugh
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More on the Five-year Labor Deal of Major League Baseball
Daily News columnist Bill Madden points out some of the subterranean and darker (or illumining really) aspects of the recent deal between Major League Baseball (management) and the Players Association, which guarantees uninterrupted baseball thro 2016. These aspects have to … Continue reading
Peace in Our Time
Major League Baseball has a new labor agreement thro December 2016. As part of the deal, players will be tested for Human Growth Hormone and the minimum salary will approach half-a-million dollars a year. There will be no NBA-style season-disruptions … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Website
Tagged American League, Houston Astros, Wild Card
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