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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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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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Maintaining Calm at World Cup 2011
It’s not looking too great for “the home team”. (In baseball, the home team is the one you root for no matter which home they are visiting.) England has been playing nonstop since October, and the fatigue is showing. The … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, England, India
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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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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
Why Irish Eyes Are Smiling
The Irish cricket team have just pulled off the unthinkable. Not only have they beaten England—generally fancied as the much better team—but they’ve done so in style, and staging the largest ever run chase in World Cup history: 328. They … Continue reading
Shut me up, fellas.
Every cricket World Cup, a number of Associate Member (a.k.a. second tier) cricket teams (a.k.a. “minnows”) get to swim with the big fish. This time around, Canada, The Netherlands, Kenya, and Ireland will be duking it out with Australia, India, … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, England, One-Day Cricket
Tagged Bangladesh, Ireland, Kenya, The Netherlands, World Cup
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