-
Recent Posts
Archives
Baseball
Cricket
Category Archives: Yankees
News for the Delphic Oracle and the Baseball Writers
We might add another Yeats line to our title: Speech after long silence. There has not been much action in this lackluster Hot-stove League Season—unless you are a follower of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, signers of troubled superstar … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
Tagged Babe Ruth, Bill Mazeroski, Colonel Jacob Ruppert, Craig Biggio, George Steinbrenner, Gil Hodges, Jack Morris, Josh Hamilton, Literature, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Major League Baseball, Martin Miller, Mike Piazza, National Baseball Hall of Fame, Pete Rose, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa, Thurman Munson, Tom Seaver, Ty Cobb, Veterans Committee
1 Comment
Not So Super Superstars
They’re overpaid, over the hill, prone to injuries, and move about the infield and outfield with all the grace and speed of arthritic tortoises. They make elementary errors and they’re just not hitting the ball cleanly and racking up the … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, India, Test Cricket, Yankees
Tagged Alex Rodriguez, Sachin Tendulkar
Leave a comment
Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived
I (Evander) find myself addicted to old television programs, like the whimsical yet sophisticated “What’s My Line,” which, in the “Mystery Challenger” portions can be found on YouTube by calling up almost any famous person, especially from the entertainment world, … Continue reading
Yankees Say YES to Rupert Murdoch
News Corp. is taking a 49-percent-equity share in the Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES) Network. To say this is a significant development would be an understatement. It is impossible to know if the Steinbrenner family is in the process of … Continue reading
Kung Fu Panda Mauls Tigers
Two big pieces of news come out of last night’s Game 1 of the World Series. First, the Giants’s Pablo Sandoval joins immortals Babe Ruth and Reggie Jackson, and eventual immortal Albert Pujols, as a member of the three-home-run club … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
Tagged Albert Pujols, Alex Avila, Alex Rodriguez, All-Star Game, Babe Ruth, Detroit Tigers, Justin Verlander, Major League Baseball, Miguel Cabrera, Pablo Sandoval, Reggie Jackson, San Francisco Giants, Triple Crown, World Series
Leave a comment
How Sweet It Is
The Detroit Tigers demolished the New York Yankees to win the American League pennant for the eleventh time in their (the Tigers’s) storied history: the team of Ty Cobb and Hank Greenberg and Al Kaline among many other greats. The … Continue reading
Tyger! Tyger!
I (Evander) continue this amorphous series of postseason blogs where I left off the other day: Expect the unexpected. As James Joyce might have said, yes, rain is general all over the Midwest. The Detroit Tigers, who lead the New … Continue reading
Playoffs So Far: It Gets Weirder
This is truly one of the most bizarre postseasons I (Evander) have seen since playoffs-baseball was introduced in the major leagues in 1969. The idea was formulated after the so-called Year of the Pitcher in 1968, when interest due to … Continue reading
Playoffs So Far: More Unpredictability
The 2012 playoffs have so far featured a botched infield fly rule call against the hard-luck Atlanta Braves and a number of other surprises. The biggest has to be the first postseason game since 1933 in Washington, D.C. The Nats … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Book, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
Tagged Aroldis Chapman, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, Coco Crisp, Detroit Tigers, Dusty Baker, Hiroshima Toyo Carp, Major League Baseball, Mexican League, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Prince Fielder, Scott Rolen, St. Louis Cardinals, Stephen Strasburg, Washington Nationals
Leave a comment
Right Off the Bat 