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Smoky Joe Wood, Mort Cooper, Dick Wakefield, and Other Random Notes on Players at the Winter Solstice

Posted on December 26, 2013 by rightoffthebatbook

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 →

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Ron Santo Makes the Hall

Posted on December 21, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

Several weeks ago the Veterans Committee of the National Baseball Hall of Fame announced that Ron Santo, the click-of-the-heels, laser-throwing, and clutch-hitting third baseman for the vintage Chicago Cubs (1960–70) had been inducted. This announcement came nearly a year to … 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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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 →

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