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Right Off the Bat Is Available from Amazon in Three Days
Amazon will (finally) begin filling orders for Right Off the Bat on June 26! (Who said “Never on Sunday”?) We thank all readers of this blog and our other fans for your support. Soon, you will see what all the … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, Right Off the Bat Book
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Frank Worrell: Cricket’s Jackie Robinson
Every baseball fan knows the Legend of Jackie Robinson: how he was the first man to integrate baseball; how he was vilified and slandered, and yet maintained his discipline and strength and classiness to the end; and how his story … Continue reading
The Politics of Cricket Continue
It is one of the contentions of our book Right Off the Bat that cricket and baseball have long had similar histories of political interference—usually around race and ethnicity—and have both been the focal points of conflict and the means … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, England, Sri Lanka
Tagged Jackie Robinson, Kumar Sangakkara, Politics, Sanath Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka
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Sterling and Suzyn at Wrigley
At first it was just another lead-in to a Yankee broadcast on WCBS–but when I, Bill, heard “Yankees versus Chicago Cubs” I did a double-take. Don’t think I ever heard a game like this before. Memories of long-ago broadcasts, TV … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago Cubs, Jack Brickhouse, John Sterling, Lou Boudreau, New York Yankees, Suzyn Waldman, Vince Lloyd, Wrigley Field
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Broken Bat
There once was a TV show called Broken Arrow, and I believe it was on the ABC network (when stuff like The Big Three Networks mattered to the Mad Men of the Nielsen ratings). Today, players and even fans need … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Yankees
Tagged Mike Piazza, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Roger Clemens
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The Self-Evident Sexiness of Cricket
According to the actor Hugh Grant in the Financial Times, “Women do love a cricketer. It’s one of those things. It’s like Aston Martins.” As the article writer, George Parker, notes, the idea might strike some as absurd—even though Martin’s … Continue reading
Fan Clubs, Eastern and Western
Right now, if you live in India or the West Indies, you can share the joy and passion of Cricket by joining TheCricFanClub. On their website, you can even relive the T20 World Cup 2010 or replay England versus Zimbabwe, … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, Sri Lanka
Tagged Cal Koonce, Dick Ellsworth, Sri Lanka, World Cup
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Talk and Book Signing 7/7 @ 7, BookCourt in Brooklyn
Martin and I will be discussing the great national (and international!) pastimes of cricket and baseball on 7/7 @7 (in ’11!) and signing copies of Right Off the Bat at BookCourt, 163 Court Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201-6263, in beautiful … Continue reading
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That’s Entertainment?
Let’s be honest: cricket and baseball are, in the end, about entertainment—about showing the paying customers a good time. A recent book (The House That Ruth Built: A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923 by Robert … Continue reading
Joplin
Mickey Mantle famously played shortstop for the Joplin Miners in the minor leagues. We are horrified and saddened by the devastation in this historic town, which is also associated with Route 66 as well as Bonnie and Clyde.
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