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The Urn Returns Down Under
It was, perhaps, only a matter of time. In 2013, the England cricket team flattered to deceive: barely holding on to draw the series with New Zealand in New Zealand; beating the Kiwis soundly—but without much conviction—when they came to England; and then … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England
Tagged Graeme Swann, Jonathan Trott, Mitchell Johnson, The Ashes
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Masahiro Tanaka in the New Year
The major-leagues’ sweepstakes for twenty-five-year-old Masahiro Tanaka, who had an incredible 24-0 record for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the 2007 Japan Pacific League in 2013, is on. Teams figuring to bid high (a lot of money) and far … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
Tagged 2007 Japan Pacific League, Albert Pujols, Arizona Diamondbacks, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Clayton Kershaw, Japanese baseball, Josh Hamilton, Literature, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Masahiro Tanaka, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Robinson Cano, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
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The New Breed Is Old Hat
Robinson Cano could not leave $70 million on the table. That is roughly the difference between what the storied New York Yankees offered their star second baseman and what the Seattle Mariners are paying. The Mariners have set Cano for … Continue reading
Trott Walks
When the South African–born batsman Jonathan Trott joined the England cricket team in 2009, commentators noted how in taking his guard at the start of his inning Trott went through a routine of scratching at the pitch that could only … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England
Tagged Jonathan Trott, Marcus Trescothick, Michael Yardy, The Ashes
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Ashes Time Again
The Ashes is upon us again. “Wait,” we hear you cry. “Didn’t Australia and England just play a tournament this summer, and isn’t this contest meant to occur in the respective countries once every two years?” The answer is “yes” … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England
Tagged Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Broad, The Ashes
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Farewell, Sachin
Regular Right Off the Bat readers (we few, we happy few) will have noticed that the cricket half of this blog has fallen silent for the last few weeks. Life has taken your cricket correspondent away from the blog for … Continue reading
Ain’t No Mariano in Cricket
The retirement of Yankees closer Mariano Rivera brings to an end an era in that storied franchise, as it does for yours truly (Martin). Mariano had only been playing for a year in the Major Leagues when I went to … Continue reading
Tigers Need Scherzer(y)
At 19-1, Max Scherzer of the Detroit Tigers is compiling one of the all-time Major League Baseball records in 2013. (For cricket followers: The record indicates this pitcher is credited with nineteen wins against one loss.) If the trend continues, … Continue reading
England Win the Ashes!
England has beaten Australia at cricket! In recent years, this formulation—once so rare a sentence that it could be considered a typographical error—has become common, even a commonplace. Australia’s cricket team is simply not as good as England’s, even though … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, England
Tagged Chris Rogers, David Warner, Ian Bell, Jimmy Anderson, Michael Clarke, Peter Siddle, Ryan Harris, Stuart Broad, The Ashes
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Reverse: the Curse
It’s now time to talk about reverse swing. No, it’s not the latest dance craze from California. It’s a relatively new phenomenon in cricket that entails the ball doing funky things previous unknown in the laws of physics. Unlike in … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, Pakistan, South Africa
Tagged Dale Steyn, Waqar Younis, Wasim Akram
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