Tag Archives: Ichiro Suzuki

Congratulations to Ichiro

Posted on August 23, 2013 by rightoffthebatbook

The Right Off the Bat team joins the rest of the baseball world in hailing Ichiro Suzuki. Who would’ve thought in a New York Yankees uniform no less the great hitter would join the ranks of Ty Cobb and Pete … Continue reading →

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The Suzuki Steal

Posted on July 24, 2012 by rightoffthebatbook

Wait . . . hold on . . . what the hell just happened? How on earth did Mr. Seattle say sayonara to the Mariners and arrive at the New York Yankees on Monday and play a game (and win) … Continue reading →

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Congratulations to Mariano Rivera

Posted on September 14, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

Under a Yeatsean full moon, beneath the Rabbit On The Moon (as I have been taught), in Seattle, a franchise against which he first revealed his greatness on a post-Yom Kippur night in October 1995, Mariano Rivera scored the six-hundredth … Continue reading →

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Pushing Forty

Posted on August 9, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

Ichiro Suzuki has been in a season-long slump. Certainly so by his Olympian standard. His current .269 batting average is something like 60 points below his career in North America. He is somewhere around 38. I have little doubt, Ichiro … Continue reading →

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Today Is Pitching

Posted on May 8, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

Random Notes: Click on this from AARP, even for those of us (who’s “us”?) under 50. It’s a hoot. The quiz asks comedy fans to remember the name of Abbott and Costello’s third baseman. (The Subject line of this blog … Continue reading →

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