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Fifteen Years of Interleague Play and I’m Still Not Sure
In 1997, I attended the first so-called Subway Series of the regular season between the Yankees and the Mets. It was at Yankee Stadium, and the Mets humiliated the Bronx Bombers by a score of 6-0. Pitcher Dave Mlicki handcuffed … Continue reading
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Tagged American League, Babe Ruth, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies, Daniel Murphy, Dave Mlicki, Fenway Park, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Los Angeles Dodgers, National League, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, Subway Series, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, World Series, Wrigley Field
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Baseball Fans, Welcome to May
May Day. Unions in France. Rockets in Red Square. Maypole dancing in England. The solemnity of Memorial Day. May! In exactly two weeks, it is the date, seventy years ago, on which Joe DiMaggio unknowingly began to make history. Nine … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Podcasts, Yankees
Tagged Boston Red Sox, Joe DiMaggio, Literature, New York Yankees
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I Sit in One of the Dives on 52nd Street Rooting for My Team
Even at this joyous time of year, I (Evander) cannot help remembering the terrible-Yankees years: the tsunami of 1965 (25 games out of first place); 1966 (26.5 games out and in the cellar! just below the Red Sox); 1967 (20 … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobby Cox, Boston Red Sox, Chris Young, E. Michael Burke, Horace Clarke, Jason Bay, Literature, Mickey Mantle, New York Mets, New York Yankees
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The “I Can’t Believe It” Department
A writer friend points out that Carl Crawford has made more in salary with the Boston Red Sox, thro a mere 12 games in 2011, than Ted Williams pulled down over an entire career. Cricket followers: Ted Williams may be … Continue reading
A Word about Jim Thorpe
One of the greatest Americans played Major League Baseball for the New York Giants, the Cincinnati Reds, and (ironically) for the Boston Braves. I’m speaking of Jim Thorpe. Of mixed race (as are today’s Jacoby Ellsbury of the Boston Red … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Braves, Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jim Thorpe, Joba Chamberlain, New York Giants, New York Yankees
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Whoever Said April Is the Cruelest Month
OK literary mavens, you all know it was Possum himself who contradicted Jeff Chaucer by declaring April the cruelest month. So far, for the Boston Red Sox, it has been. But as anticipated in my previous blog, the Swawx didn’t … Continue reading
An Ordinary Evening in Boston
Cricket fans ought to realize the greatest rivalry outside England versus Australia is the Boston Red Sox versus the New York Yankees. The Sox have their home opener tomorrow, Friday, April 8. They are hoping for sunny skies in New … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Baseball, Cricket, England, Yankees
Tagged Boston Red Sox, Literature, New York Yankees
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Tigers Not in Rajasthan but in Detroit
Like the big cat I am, I’m going way out on a limb and picking the Detroit Tigers as the American League Wild Card team of 2011. (Cricket fans: The Wild Card is the team with the second-best record in … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
Tagged American League, Austin Jackson, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Comerica Park, Detroit Tigers, Jhonny Peralta, Jim Leyland, Joaquin Benoit, Joel Zumaya, Justin Verlander, Magglio Ordonez, Max Scherzer, Miguel Cabrera, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Victor Martinez
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Red Sox Rule
Mark Twain more or less said while history may not repeat, it rhymes. Will the 2011 Boston Red Sox season rhyme with 1918, 2004, and 2007? I think so. The 2011 club is not perfect. But let’s take a look … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Gonzalez, American League, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Clay Buccholz, Daisuke, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, J. D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Literature, Marco Scutaro, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Terry Francona
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Predicting Other than the World Cup
Ladies and Gentlemen, and All Ships at Sea. (And hold your breath all fans of Right Off the Bat.) I just sent Tipsy in Toluca Lake my 2011 predictions. Of course, “predicting” is ridiculous. Some highly touted free agent in … Continue reading
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