Tag Archives: Brooklyn Dodgers

Great Stadiums (11): From Blueprints

Posted on March 27, 2020 by rightoffthebatbook

Credit Rod Kennedy Jr. for a keen perseverance. Pursuant to the story linked to his name, Kennedy unearthed (the right word) the blueprints for Ebbets Field. This is where Kennedy lives in his memories (as all us fans of baseball … Continue reading →

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Good-bye Vin Scully

Posted on October 1, 2016 by rightoffthebatbook

Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully, who works the radio side on his own, is retiring from 67 years’ painting the word picture. The Bronx native and Fordham Heights alum followed the Dodgers from Brooklyn to L.A. a mere 60 … Continue reading →

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Ed Reulbach: Pioneering Jewish Baseball Star (to which I, Evander, add a *)

Posted on January 23, 2016 by rightoffthebatbook

In the history of MLB, only one pitcher has thrown shutouts in both ends of a doubleheader. (For cricket fans and the many baseball fans too young to remember or know, the regularly scheduled doubleheader means two games in one … Continue reading →

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Dazzy Vance and W. C. Fields

Posted on December 21, 2015 by rightoffthebatbook

In 1926, W. C. Fields filmed It’s the Old Army Game. The silent movie has something to do with Florida real-estate scams. Perhaps it’s best remembered for showcasing the complex and alluring Midwesterner Louise Brooks before she left Hollywood pictures … Continue reading →

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Baseball and African-American Life

Posted on December 26, 2014 by rightoffthebatbook

Gerald Early’s meandering yet compellingly, beguilingly honest essay, “Baseball and African American Life”, asks, “Why have Negroes not truly accepted baseball?” The answers are complex and perhaps inconclusive. A first questioning is, “In what way?” Jackie Robinson opened a door … Continue reading →

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Pesky, Stanky, the Scooter

Posted on August 15, 2012 by rightoffthebatbook

The passing of Johnny Pesky (see yesterday’s blog) reminded me (Evander) of a third player of similar size and high skill from the same generation. Eddie Stanky played for Brooklyn and New York in the National League. He and The … Continue reading →

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The Pittsburgh Pirate and James Dean

Posted on July 1, 2012 by rightoffthebatbook

Sixty years ago as I (Evander) write, as it was 1952, the Pittsburgh Pirates completed one of the worst seasons in Major League Baseball history. The Buccaneers finished with 42 wins and 112 losses, to stagger in an astonishing 54.5 … Continue reading →

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Thank you, Jackie Robinson

Posted on April 15, 2012 by rightoffthebatbook

Major League Baseball reached a long-overdue milestone sixty-five years ago today when Jackie Robinson took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers. All major-league players wear JR’s number 42 this day to honor the individual who changed everything. I (Evander) can’t … Continue reading →

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Unusual Opening Day for Yankees and Movie with the Literal Hollywood Ending

Posted on April 7, 2012 by rightoffthebatbook

Yesterday, also Good Friday for the Western Church and the start of Passover at sundown for all Jews, happened to be Opening Day for the New York Yankees—first pitch after 3 p.m. It wound up the first Opening Day meltdown … Continue reading →

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Honoring Jackie Robinson

Posted on April 15, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

Today is Jackie Robinson Day. Every player in Major League Baseball wears his number, 42, which has been retired from all of baseball. (Only one ballplayer still puts on the number every day: Mariano Rivera.) It’s a day to reflect … Continue reading →

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