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Great Stadiums (cont’d)
Dharamshala this ain’t. (That blog was posted not only on Shakespeare’s birth and death day, it was posted on the 90th anniversary of the opening of Yankee Stadium.) But the original Yankee Stadium was (James Hilton’s) Shangri-La to baseball-crazed fans … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, India, Right Off the Bat Website, Stadiums, Yankees
Tagged AT&T Park, Bobby Richardson, Camden Yards, Dodger Stadium, Fenway Park, Jerry Coleman, Jim Bouton, Joe Pepitone, Literature, Mickey Mantle, Municipal Stadium Kansas City, Oracle Park, Ron Blomberg, Tony Kubek, Whitey Ford, Wrigley Field, Yankee Stadium, Yogi Berra
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Albert Pujols Cements His Reputation
The number-one slugger of the 21st century added three World Series home runs and six runs batted in (RBI) to his astonishing career stats. Only Babe Ruth (two times) and Mr. October. Reggie Jackson, had ever accomplished the feat before. … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Yankees
Tagged Albert Pujols, Babe Ruth, Bobby Richardson, Hideki Matsui, Reggie Jackson, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers
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Baseball Nostalgia
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