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Sinko day mayo 1956

Posted on May 6, 2013 by rightoffthebatbook

I (Evander) have waxed perhaps not-so-poetic(ly) on May 22 as the upcoming jubilee of the home run Mickey Mantle nearly launched out of old Yankee Stadium. Some estimates have the ball traveling something like 730 feet. More realistically its distance, … Continue reading →

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Evander (Not Holyfield) Meets and Greets Baseball Players and Cricket Fans

Posted on January 29, 2012 by rightoffthebatbook

The scene today was Fairfield, New Jersey, the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Route 46 East. I arrived with my pre-1974 Yankee Stadium seat to add some autographs and to promote Right Off the Bat. The Crowne Plaza was hosting a … Continue reading →

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Congratulations Ryan Braun and Justin Verlander

Posted on November 24, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers and Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers won the MVP in their respective leagues. Braun beat out Matt Kemp (not to be confused with Shakespearean jig-dancer Will Kempe, who once Boogalooed all the way … Continue reading →

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Baseball Nostalgia

Posted on September 17, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

If ever there were a sport to indulge a sense of nostalgia, baseball is it. (Cricket fans: I, Evander, can hear you: What about us? It’s the same impulse of course.) I happen to have a seat bottom from the … Continue reading →

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