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Never Ask Why You’ve Been Fired Because if You Do, They’re Liable to Tell You
Broadcasting legend and American-war hero Jerry Coleman has died after a fall. He was eighty-nine. I (Evander) had the good fortune to meet Coleman two years ago. My feeling then was that he was the most sturdy, strongest man his … Continue reading
Always Wanted to Do This
I (Evander) always fantasized broadcasting a major-league baseball game—or at least one inning. But either at the stadium or in front of the boob tube with the sound turned off, I have found the task requires enormous skill. Time was … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Website
Tagged Baltimore Orioles, Bob Murphy, Chicago Cubs, Dizzy Dean, Harry Caray, Jerry Coleman, Joe Morgan, John Sterling, Lindsey Nelson, Mel Allen, New York Giants, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Ralph Kiner, Ronald Reagan, Suzyn Waldman, Tim McCarver, Vin Scully, Waite Hoyt
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Great Stadiums (cont’d)
Dharamshala this ain’t. (That blog was posted not only on Shakespeare’s birth and death day, it was posted on the 90th anniversary of the opening of Yankee Stadium.) But the original Yankee Stadium was (James Hilton’s) Shangri-La to baseball-crazed fans … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, India, Right Off the Bat Website, Stadiums, Yankees
Tagged AT&T Park, Bobby Richardson, Camden Yards, Dodger Stadium, Fenway Park, Jerry Coleman, Jim Bouton, Joe Pepitone, Literature, Mickey Mantle, Municipal Stadium Kansas City, Oracle Park, Ron Blomberg, Tony Kubek, Whitey Ford, Wrigley Field, Yankee Stadium, Yogi Berra
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Baseball Nostalgia
If ever there were a sport to indulge a sense of nostalgia, baseball is it. (Cricket fans: I, Evander, can hear you: What about us? It’s the same impulse of course.) I happen to have a seat bottom from the … Continue reading
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