Tag Archives: Bobby Richardson

Oldtimers’ Day 2013

Posted on June 27, 2013 by rightoffthebatbook

Following the whole media-and-financial brouhaha between Brian Cashman and Alex Rodriguez, it has taken me (Evander) a few extra days to digest all the doings of the New York Yankees sixty-seventh Oldtimers’ Day. Unofficially, this treasured event has its origins … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Baseball, Cricket, Pakistan, Right Off the Bat Book, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees | Tagged Alex Rodriguez, Andy Pettitte, Australia Baseball League, Babe Ruth, Bernie Williams, Bobby Richardson, Brian Cashman, Bucky Dent, Dizzy Dean, Don Larsen, Dr. Bobby Brown, Goose Gossage, Graeme Lloyd, Heinie Manush, Imran Khan, Jerry Coleman, Jesse Barfield, Joe DiMaggio, Joe Pepitone, Joe Sewell, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle, National Baseball Hall of Fame, Pat Kelly, Perth Heat, Phil Rizzuto, Ralph Houk, Reggie Jackson, Roger Maris, Rom Blomberg, Roy White, Sterling Hitchcock, Steve Balboni, Steven Fish, Ted Williams, Whitey Ford, Willie Randolph, Yogi Berra | Leave a comment

Great Stadiums (cont’d)

Posted on April 26, 2013 by rightoffthebatbook

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 | Leave a comment

Albert Pujols Cements His Reputation

Posted on October 23, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

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 | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Baseball, Yankees | Tagged Bob Turley, Bobby Richardson, Bobby Shantz, Detroit Tigers, Jerry Coleman, Literature, New York Yankees, Rollie Sheldon, Ron Blomberg, Yankee Stadium, Yogi Berra | 1 Comment

Collecta-Bull

Posted on February 26, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

Maybe you are like me. (Accusative? Like I? Nah.) Every year, gotta have it. Went out and bought Sporting News Baseball 2011, which for decades was known as Street and Smith’s Baseball Yearbook, along with Who’s Who in Baseball 2011. My Who’s Who’s go … Continue reading →

Posted in Baseball | Tagged Andy Etchebarren, Bobby Richardson, Bobby Shantz, Goose Gossage, Jerry Coleman, Ken Boyer, Yankee Stadium, Yogi Berra | Leave a comment

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