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Franchising: the Glamour
Time was when baseball owners had color and character: Ted Turner of the Atlanta Braves and his then-wife Jane Fonda, and of course George Steinbrenner had plenty of both. But that was then and this is now, and aside from … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, IPL, T20 Cricket
Tagged Atlanta Braves, George Steinbrenner, Jane Fonda, Juhi Chawla, Nolan Ryan, Preity Zinta, Shahrukh Khan, Shilpa Shetty, Ted Turner, Texas Rangers
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The Mumbai Indians: The Yankees of the IPL
Chock full of very well-paid if superannuated superstars—Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga—the Mumbai Indians are the New York Yankees of the IPL. Deep pockets and the biggest media market in India can’t buy you success, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, IPL, T20 Cricket, Yankees
Tagged Adam Gilchrist, Brad Hodge, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga, Mumbai Indians, Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar
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Sunrisers Hyderabad: A New Dawn
Being a new franchise and possessing a batting line-up short of destructive power (apart from the always-classy Kumar Sangakkara and Australian Cameron White) hasn’t stopped the much-unfancied Sunrisers Hyderabad from being the Little Engine that Could of the Indian Premier … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, IPL, T20 Cricket
Tagged Amit Mishra, Cameron White, Dale Steyn, Ishant Sharma, Kumar Sangakkara, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Tom Moody
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Reaping the Gayle Storm
Here at Right Off the Bat we’ve had occasion in the past to wax lyrical about Chris Gayle, the West Indian opening batsman and destroyer of bowling attacks, but today’s destruction requires a special mention. In the course of only … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, IPL, T20 Cricket
Tagged Chris Gayle, Pune Warriors, Royal Challengers Bangalore
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The Curious Simplicity of Cricket and Baseball
As I (Martin) watched Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants plying his trade against the Los Angeles Dodgers the other night, one thought kept running through my mind: baseball is such a simple game. A ball, a bat, and some … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, IPL
Tagged Dale Steyn, Literature, Los Angeles Dodgers, Pune Warriors, San Francisco Giants, Sunrisers Hyderabad, T. S. Eliot, Tim Lincecum
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Clemens: He’s Not the Pope but He’s Innocent
Ecclesiastical jokes aside, as if to prove our point that one of the greater glories of cricket and baseball is that they’re three parts purity to one part sleaze (or should that be three parts sleaze to one part purity?), … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, IPL
Tagged Allen Stanford, Clemens non Papa, Roger Clemens
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The Marks of Cain
The last couple of days have displayed—in extremis—why we at Right Off the Bat love cricket and baseball so much, and why they will never stop pitching us curveballs or bowling balls that rear up from a good length. On … Continue reading
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the IPL—Part Three
In Part I and Part II of this blog, I (Martin) painted a pretty picture of the recently concluded Indian Premier League 5 as a festival of entertainment, which it is. But the IPL is much more than that: it’s an event … Continue reading
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the IPL—Part Two
In Part One of this blog I (Martin) mentioned the skills that the Twenty20 form of the game of cricket had developed. Many of these skills involve new and daring shots that, although they may not have been necessarily invented … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, IPL, T20 Cricket
Tagged Kevin Pietersen, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Tillakaratne Dilshan
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the IPL—Part One
It’s been less than a decade since Twenty20 (T20), the shortest form of the game of cricket, was created, and it’s spread like wildfire. At about three-and-a-half hours, T20 is the perfect length for those who can’t afford to take … Continue reading
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