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Happy Second Anniversary to Us!
Today Right Off the Bat celebrates its Second Anniversary. In the course of two years, we’ve managed to post 417 blogs (including this one), received 281 comments, and had 12,699 bits of spam intercepted by the good people and even … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket
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Putting Downton Abbey to the Sward
Eager fans of Downton Abbey will have noted that the most recent episode (at least in the United States) featured a cricket match, and eager fans of Right Off the Bat are no doubt waiting for this site’s expert analysis … Continue reading
One Ball Remaining . . . .
Consider this scenario. Bottom of the ninth; two batters out; one run down. And you’re the Chicago Cubs playing the Yankees. And it’s Game One of the World Series. That’s the baseball equivalent of what just happened in the Women’s … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, England, One-Day Cricket, Sri Lanka
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February Frolics
While I (Martin) may have been quiet the last few months on Right Off the Bat, the world of cricket continues to make some noise. Currently going on in India is the Women’s World Cup, which is being televised by … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Baseball, Cricket, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa
Tagged Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Curt Flood, Dale Steyn, Kerry Packer, Tony Greig
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The Wit & Wisdom of Cricket
Much recommended by the Right Off the Bat Project is The Wit and Wisdom of Cricket, 2012, anonymously compiled, and published by Prion/Carlton: A collection of some of the best quotes from players, pundits and avid followers past and present. … Continue reading
Right Off the Bat, Sir! Right Off the Bat!
One of Alfred Hitchcock’s great films of the 1930s, The Lady Vanishes, significantly involves cricket. Before this year similarly vanishes—along with The Lady—we call your attention to a super deal. “While supplies last,” as the pitchmen (not pitchers) say, our … Continue reading
The Winter of Our (English) Content
For the first time in 28 years, England has managed to win a Test cricket series in India, a task that has eluded many great sides over the years, and which nobody gave this one a prayer of doing when … Continue reading
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
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Punter’s Last Pull
Former Australian captain and all-time great Ricky Ponting, a.k.a. “Punter,” has announced his retirement from international cricket, having amassed nearly 27,500 runs and 71 centuries at a very, very healthy average. Ponting was a hard man to warm to: he … Continue reading
Welcome Back, West Indies!
You’d have had to be particularly partisan not to rejoice in the West Indies’ cricket team’s unlikely and much-celebrated victory at this year’s World T20 championship. In the last 25 years of the twentieth century, the West Indies produced some … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, West Indies
Tagged Chris Gayle, Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Tino Best
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