-
Recent Posts
Archives
Baseball
Cricket
Tag Archives: Bob Feller
Joe DiMaggio’s Second-longest Hitting Streak at 70 Years*
As I (Evander) write this on July 16, 2020, it is 79 years since Joe DiMaggio’s hitting streak reached its 56th and final game. In the twilight of his proud career the Clipper would enjoy his second-longest consecutive-game batting streak: … Continue reading
Baseball and Pythagoras; or, Finger Painting the Word Picture by Numbers
The Right off the Bat (ROTB) project was angled toward the hallowed halls of Cooperstown this week. Since we have rescheduled for 2019 or probably into the 2020s, permit me (Evander), in this our 601st blog and with little else … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, Right Off the Bat Website, T20 Cricket, Test Cricket
Tagged analytics, BABIP, Baseball Prospectus, Beadle's Dime Base-ball Player, Bill James, Bob Feller, Boston Red Sox, CBA, Chicago Black Sox scandal, contact rate, DraftKing, Driveline Baseball, DRS, ERA+, EVA, exit velocity, FB%, FIELDf/x, gambling, Henry Chadwick, Hot Stove League, ICC, ISO, JAWS, Joe Nuxhall, launch angle, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, Major League Baseball Players Association, National Baseball Hall of Fame, PECOTA projections, pitch tunneling, Reaction Analysis, Sabermetrics, Scoring Efficiency (SE), Scoring Load (SC%), secondary average, spin rate (SR), Statcast, Steve Pearce, UZR, wins above replacement, World Series
Leave a comment
Little Red Scooter
To Martin’s Broad Agonistes, I note two Major League Baseball parallels: and our Right off the Bat is thus chockablock, many being downright spooky. On the night of May 7, 1957, left-handed ace Herb Score—called by Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Book, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
Tagged American League, Bob Feller, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Gil McDougald, Herb Score, Jack Hamilton, Major League Baseball, Mickey Mantle, National League, New York Mets, Tony Conigliaro, Yogi Berra
Leave a comment
Hat Size: $303K
It was 80 years ago today that MLB taught Japan to play. Well, not exactly. But the 1934 barnstorming tour including the likes of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Jimmie Foxx, did begin a process of popularizing baseball in the … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball
Tagged Babe Ruth, Bob Feller, Eiji Sawamura, Japan, Jimmie Foxx, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Major League Baseball, Ted Williams, Ty Cobb
Leave a comment
Smoky Joe Wood, Mort Cooper, Dick Wakefield, and Other Random Notes on Players at the Winter Solstice
As 2013 comes to a finish and activity at ROTB HQ reaches a fevered pitch (poor pun intended), I (Evander) would like “to close” (not Mariano-style) the year with Random Notes on fine, even great, baseball players who are by … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Website
Tagged Al Kaline, American League, Arky Vaughan, Bob Feller, Bobby Shantz, Cal Ripkin, Cleveland Indians, Cy Williams, Dave Winfield, Dean Chance, Derek Jeter, Detroit Tigers, Dick Wakefield, Doc Gooden, Gil McDougald, Herb Score, Jack Hamilton, Joe Medwick, Joe Sewell, Johnny Allen, Johnny Vander Meer, Literature, Luke Appling, Major League Baseball, Mariano Rivera, Mort Cooper, Most Valuable Player Award, National Baseball Hall of Fame, National League, New York Yankees, Sandy Koufax, Smoky Joe Wood, Spud Chandler, Tony Conigliaro, Travis Jackson, Vida Blue, World Series
Leave a comment
A Half-century Later: Sandy Koufax versus the Chicago Cubs
I (guest-blogger Bill Van Ornum) just finished reading Jane Leavy’s bio of Sandy Koufax. He had initially told her that he didn’t like the idea of the book, and wouldn’t be interviewed; but all along the way, he helped by … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Yankees
Tagged American League, Bob Feller, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Sandy Koufax, World Series, Wrigley Field
Leave a comment
All Across the Telegraph His Name It Did Resound
Mariano Rivera mowed down the Minnesota Twins in the ninth inning of a close game, during the heat of a pennant race, thereby becoming the all-time leader in saves in baseball history. He did it at Yankee Stadium and made … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
Tagged Arizona Diamondbacks, Bob Feller, Boston Red Sox, Jackie Robinson, John Wettland, Literature, Marco Scutaro, Mariano Rivera, Mark McGwire, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Pedro Martinez, Sachin Tendulkar, Sandy Koufax, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays, Ted Williams
2 Comments
The Cleveland Kafkaesque Indians
Franz Kafka‘s poor, more-acted-upon-than-acting, Gregor Samsa woke up one morning after a night of bad dreams to find he had been been turned into a giant crawling insect. I know how he feels. I woke up this morning to find … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball
Tagged Albert Belle, Bob Feller, Boston Red Sox, Carlos Santana, CC Sabathia, Chris Perez, Cleveland Indians, Cliff Lee, Fausto Carmona, Grady Sizemore, Herb Score, Jim Thome, Justin Masterson, Luis Valbuena, Manny Acta, Manny Ramirez, New York Yankees, Omar Vizquel, Philadelphia Phillies, Roberto Alomar, Rocky Colavito, Satchel Paige, World Series, Writers
Leave a comment
Right Off the Bat 