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Predicting the 2013 Baseball Season
The 2013 baseball season, which opens on April Fools’ Day, promises to make a fool of all prognosticators. Nothing new in this. How could one imagine the Fall Classic when spring has barely sprung? To make things even a little … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Book, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
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Earl Weaver, Dead at 82, R.I.P.
Though a great strategist in and of what today is called small ball, his favorite play bluntly remained “the three-run home run.” His all-time winning percentage is .583. He led the Baltimore Orioles to three American League championships in his … Continue reading
The Unhappy Recap, Part 3
This is part 3 on “The Mets Dark Years” by former National Baseball Hall of Fame researcher and librarian Russell Wolinsky. The Management Following the death of team owner Joan Payson in 1975, Mets management slipped into an era of … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Website
Tagged Baltimore Orioles, Bob Gibson, Charles Shipman Payson, Cincinnati Reds, Claudell Washington, Darryl Strawberry, Dave Kingman, Davey Johnson, Dick Young, Earl Weaver, Ed Kranepool, Ellis Valentine, Frank Cashen, Frank Robinson, Fred Wilpon, George Bamberger, George Foster, Jerry Koosman, Jesse Orosco, Joan Payson, Joe Torre, John O. Pickett Jr., Keith Hernandez, Lorinda de Roulet, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, M. Donald Grant, Mike Scott, Mookie Wilson, National Baseball Hall of Fame, Neil Allen, Nelson Briles, Nelson Doubleday Jr., New York Mets, Pete Falcone, Shea Stadium, St. Louis Cardinals, Tom Seaver
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