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Mike Night for the Ultimate Dodger Dog
L.A. Dodgers-broadcasting legend Vin Scully plans on returning to the mike in 2015. This would be his sixty-sixth straight season with the Dodgers. Robust at eighty-six, Bronx native Scully does things the traditional way—as could only be expected. He solos … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
Tagged Al Downing, Babe Ruth, Chavez Ravine, Clayton Kershaw, designated hitter, Don Larsen, Ebbets Field, Fernando Valenzuela, Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson, Kirk Gibson, Literature, Orel Hershiser, Sandy Kourax, Vin Scully, World Series
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Biopic of Hank Aaron
The Hollywood Reporter announces a film on Hank Aaron. It will be made by the director of The Natural. As he approached and surpassed Babe Ruth’s sacrosanct lifetime home-run record, Aaron—who was playing in Atlanta at the time—was subject to … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Book
Tagged Atlanta Braves, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson
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The Man
I want to thank my writing partner Martin for his dispatch from Finland. I was wondering if he’d give us a Wilsonian allusion: Edmund that is. And he did! . . . Although Martin is The Man, I want to … Continue reading
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Tagged Hank Aaron, Joe DiMaggio, Literature, Mickey Mantle, St. Louis Cardinals, Stan Musial, Ted Williams, Willie Mays
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You Can’t Count on Anything
Something new always happens in baseball. I (Evander) don’t know if this is a first, but I cannot remember it happening. (I do remember this oddity: One of former lifetime home-run champion Hank Aaron’s round-trippers [cricket fans: baseballspeak for “home … Continue reading
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Tagged Cameron Maybin, Cleveland Indians, Eric Wedge, Hank Aaron, Literature, Phil Cuzzi, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners
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Let’s Not Forget April 23
April 23, 1952, Hall of Fame knuckleball relief specialist Hoyt Wilhelm hit a home run in his very first time at bat in the big leagues. Even though he played in 1,069 more games, it would be his only home … Continue reading
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Tagged Hank Aaron, Hoyt Wilhelm, Literature, National Baseball Hall of Fame
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Honoring Jackie Robinson
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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Tagged Brooklyn Dodgers, Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson, Mariano Rivera, New York Mets
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