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Great Stadiums (9): Daphne du Maurier Stadium (SF)
Daphne du Maurier wrote “The Birds,” a short story expanded upon by Alfred Hitchcock to a film of eco-psychology that features his greatest special effects, glamorous skulduggery on Mount Rushmore notwithstanding. Oracle Park—Pacific Bell, then SBC; after those corporate-naming auspices … Continue reading
Tab, Joe, Joe, and Joe
The synchronicity of nostalgia. Events that rhyme in time. A circling of the sun. The revolution of the cold-blooded moon. Fantasy and fact orbit one another! It is 60 years ago today, July 21, 2018, that “Joe Boyd, a middle-aged real estate salesman, … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Yankees
Tagged 56 game hitting streak, American League, Damn Yankees, Joe DiMaggio, Literature, Mickey Mantle, Mike Trout, Milwaukee Braves, New York Yankees, The Natural, The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, Washington Nationals, Washington Senators, World Series
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A Memoir of Teenage Obsession and Terrible Cricket
A mere 48 hours away at this writing is the 75th anniversary of the start of Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak. How the Yankee Clipper came to accomplish it puzzles the will. I have no intention of soliloquizing: What more … Continue reading
Priceless
As the 2015 baseball season winds down, with many of the final-season playoff spots secured or all but, the North American Baseball World gathered yesterday in New Jersey to bid farewell to Yogi Berra. They were all there, the ones … Continue reading
Hat Size: $303K
It was 80 years ago today that MLB taught Japan to play. Well, not exactly. But the 1934 barnstorming tour including the likes of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Jimmie Foxx, did begin a process of popularizing baseball in the … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball
Tagged Babe Ruth, Bob Feller, Eiji Sawamura, Japan, Jimmie Foxx, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Major League Baseball, Ted Williams, Ty Cobb
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The United States of Jeter
A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps. And then the lighting of the lamps. As summer unofficially ends, the 2014 MLB season concluded with a terrific run of postseason playoff games, it seemed the majority of them decided by a run … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
Tagged American League, Bruce Bochy, Dave Righetti, Derek Jeter, Joe DiMaggio, Kansas City Royals, Literature, Madison Bumgarner, National League, New York Yankees, Pablo Sandoval, San Francisco Giants, Wild Card, World Series, Yankee Stadium
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Reflecting on Derek Jeter
With Derek Jeter’s pre-Valentine’s Day bombshell, that he will not be returning to Major League Baseball after 2014, please permit me (Evander) to reflect a few moments on aspects of his remarkable career. I have come to realize that Jeter … Continue reading
