Tag Archives: Frank Worrell

Erin Go Bragh

Posted on February 16, 2015 by rightoffthebatbook

The easy victory that the Ireland cricket team achieved today over the West Indies in the 2015 World Cup would, only a few years ago, have been greeted with gasps of astonishment from Ireland fans and lamentation from those of the West Indies. However, … Continue reading →

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Barbados Bound

Posted on February 8, 2015 by rightoffthebatbook

ROTB co-author, Martin Rowe writes: No trip to Barbados would be complete for the cricket-lover without due homage being made at the storied Kensington Oval in Bridgetown to the great Sir Garfield Sobers, surely the greatest all-round cricketer that the … Continue reading →

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Frank Worrell: Cricket’s Jackie Robinson

Posted on June 22, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

Every baseball fan knows the Legend of Jackie Robinson: how he was the first man to integrate baseball; how he was vilified and slandered, and yet maintained his discipline and strength and classiness to the end; and how his story … Continue reading →

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