Tag Archives: Buck O’Neil

Great Stadiums (6): Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium at 40

Posted on November 12, 2013 by rightoffthebatbook

It is now the sixth-oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball and will forever be one of the most graceful. I (Evander) have long had a rational fondness for Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. In recent times upgraded with all … Continue reading →

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Baseball and Jazz

Posted on March 28, 2012 by rightoffthebatbook

According to the Boston Globe, pitcher Ben Henderson may be the first individual to have used the word jazz. An April 2, 1912, headline says so. Different dictionaries, such as Webster’s Third and The Compact Oxford English Dictionary, furnish alternate … Continue reading →

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Five Things I Learned about Baseball from Ken Burns’s Baseball

Posted on December 10, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

I (Martin) just spent 18.5 hours watching Ken Burns’s epic 1994 PBS documentary Baseball—and then I watched the 2010 two-episode sequel. I was delighted to see that Evander and I got the basic information correct in Right Off the Bat. … Continue reading →

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