Category Archives: Cricket

Annus Mirabilis 1869: Year of the Rain Out

Posted on April 2, 2016 by rightoffthebatbook

On July 23, 1866, the Cincinnati Red Stockings were organized, and from 1867 to 1870 their record was 175 wins, 15 losses, 1 draw. Base-ball, to that time, had been “a Gentleman’s game”: even if the Reds beat everyone’s brains … Continue reading →

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Getting All Political, but Not What You May Think

Posted on March 20, 2016 by rightoffthebatbook

For several dozen reasons, President Obama’s historic visit to Cuba on the first day of spring 2016 is historic. We at Right off the Bat have covered everything from baseball in Iran to (probably somewhere in this blog, certainly in … Continue reading →

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Great Stadiums (9): PPC Newlands

Posted on December 26, 2015 by rightoffthebatbook

I (Evander) suspect—tho my suspicions may be nugatory—that readers of this blog will be hearing more about this one, in Cape Town, before we’re very far into the new year 2016. I was once again blown away by a cricket … Continue reading →

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Cricket Comes to Citi Field Revisited

Posted on November 14, 2015 by rightoffthebatbook

Early November settles in Citi Field. The World Series is over, tho there are still faded signs stenciled outside the first-and-third-base lines proclaiming it. The mound has been flattened and covered, and there is a mostly dirt pitch carved in … Continue reading →

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The Meaning of Rabada

Posted on November 11, 2015 by rightoffthebatbook

The history of cricket, like that of baseball, is marbled by the legacy of racism and national identity. The case of Kagiso Rabada, the young South African fast bowler, illustrates that the issue has not gone away, as this article from … Continue reading →

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Cricket Comes to Citi Field

Posted on November 10, 2015 by rightoffthebatbook

Evander and I (Martin) witnessed history on Saturday when we attended the first Cricket All-Stars T20 smackdown in Citi Field, home of the Mets baseball team, in Flushing, New York. The Cricket All-Stars featured a “who’s who” of the world’s … Continue reading →

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My Second Love Affair: Baseball

Posted on October 24, 2015 by rightoffthebatbook

Last night, I (Parth) watched my first baseball game from start to finish. It was the ALCS game six between, and if I may use the term, “my” Toronto Blue Jays and the Kansas City Royals. I knew the basic … Continue reading →

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Kumar—Cricket’s Great Hope

Posted on September 5, 2015 by rightoffthebatbook

Cricket may be losing a player of a generation, but it could be gaining one of its great administrators. Numbers do not lie. He was right up there with all the plaudits, marching proudly with the greats of any era. … Continue reading →

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Peter Siddle: Australian Vegan

Posted on August 28, 2015 by rightoffthebatbook

The news that the Australian medium-fast bowler Peter Siddle is a vegan was music to the ears of this particular blog. Evander is the editor of the famous feminist bible of veganism, The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol J. Adams, a … Continue reading →

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A Singed Phoenix

Posted on August 28, 2015 by rightoffthebatbook

To England fans of many years (such as Martin), the team’s 3–2 victory over the Australians in the 2015 Ashes bears all the hallmarks of a very English success story—partial, inconsistent, worryingly incomplete: the eggiest of curate’s eggs. All the narratives proclaiming a resurgence … Continue reading →

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