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Ruth and Gehrig Photo Sells for 33 Grand
The discovery of footage of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, and the recent sale of a still photograph of the period for a fortune, call to mind the equally valuable photograph we have in Right Off the Bat of Dr. … Continue reading
Ally Pally and the Bobby Thomson Word Picture
Martin’s back! I think I drove him nuts making all those fine-tunings in Right Off the Bat second proof. No extra trees will die as a result of these alterations. But the blood pressure may creep up with the (tree) … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, England, Right Off the Bat Book
Tagged Bobby Thomson, Film Stars, Films, Howie Rose, New York Mets, Oliver Trager, Popular Music, Ralph Kiner, Scotland
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Erin Go Bragh
It’s the second full day of spring and it snowed in the Bronx yesterday, huge flakes. The good news is it didn’t snow down here at World Cricket Central in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, which is obviously south of the snow … Continue reading
Pinch Hitting at the World Cup
In baseball parlance, pinch hitting is when a fresh batter (also known as the hitter) replaces another, always from the reserves on the bench, for the purpose of increasing offense. I have been pinch hitting with one huge difference: I … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, England
Tagged Graeme Swann, New York, Popular Music, Scotland
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Russell Crowe m.i.a. in Cricket Town USA
Writing par’ner Martin hit me with a new concept: maiden. I had foolishly asked him what “m” stood for in what us baseball fans call “the box score.” “I don’t remember this in our book….” “Evander, we just could not … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, England, Right Off the Bat Book, Right Off the Bat Website
Tagged Canada, Lord's, MCC, Scotland
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Beibu Rusu! Our Hearts Go out to Japan
Beibu Rusu is the Japanese form of “Babe Ruth”. The Japanese also have the sports-word pepitone. It’s a noun meaning “goof-off,” and this beau mot comes from The Chrysanthemum and the Bat by Robert Whiting. We’ve had a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Yankees
Tagged Babe Ruth, Japan, Joe Pepitone, Literature, New York, New York Mets, Robert Whiting
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Wordsworth and Baseball
I’m going nuts. No real baseball yet. Only puny spring-training exhibition games. Players I never heard of going at it in Grapefruit League or Cactus League cities I’ve never been to. Along with William Wordsworth (in “Tintern Abbey”) let me … Continue reading
Baby, You’re the Greatest!
The New York Times reports that Mariano Rivera made his first spring-training appearance. Twelve pitches. Nine strikes. Three out. Next! Rivera has been doing this for sixteen seasons. I cannot remember any player, at any position, so dominating the baseball … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball
Tagged Mariano Rivera, New York Times, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, TV Shows
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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
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