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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
Coming up Sixes
Today, August 23, 2014, marks the 66th birthday of DH (that’s also Designated Hebrew) Ron Blomberg. Happy Birthday, Ron! This is also the day Joe Torre’s (right: here pictured closer to 1966) number 6 was retired by the New York … Continue reading
The Next Commissioner of Baseball
Bud Selig, a most mediocre commissioner—doubling for a spell as an owner—of Major League Baseball (MLB), will step down in early 2015. By meting out a devastating if circumscribed series of suspensions for PED use, especially to Alex Rodriguez (August … Continue reading
Baseball Meets Smectymnus
As the Hot Stove League season kicks into high gear, with the advent of some old-style winter weather thro much of North America, all coinciding with the Presidential Inauguration and the federal holiday commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Book, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
Tagged Alex Rodriguez, Andy Pettitte, Detroit Tigers, International Baseball Federation, J. J. Putz, Joe Torre, Justin Verlander, Literature, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Major League Baseball, Mariano Rivera, Mark Teixeira, Mike Trout, New York Yankees, Robinson Cano, Warren Spahn, World Baseball Classic, World Baseball Cup, Yankee Stadium
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The Unhappy Recap, Part 3
This is part 3 on “The Mets Dark Years” by former National Baseball Hall of Fame researcher and librarian Russell Wolinsky. The Management Following the death of team owner Joan Payson in 1975, Mets management slipped into an era of … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Website
Tagged Baltimore Orioles, Bob Gibson, Charles Shipman Payson, Cincinnati Reds, Claudell Washington, Darryl Strawberry, Dave Kingman, Davey Johnson, Dick Young, Earl Weaver, Ed Kranepool, Ellis Valentine, Frank Cashen, Frank Robinson, Fred Wilpon, George Bamberger, George Foster, Jerry Koosman, Jesse Orosco, Joan Payson, Joe Torre, John O. Pickett Jr., Keith Hernandez, Lorinda de Roulet, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, M. Donald Grant, Mike Scott, Mookie Wilson, National Baseball Hall of Fame, Neil Allen, Nelson Briles, Nelson Doubleday Jr., New York Mets, Pete Falcone, Shea Stadium, St. Louis Cardinals, Tom Seaver
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The Unhappy Recap, Part 2
The Players Tom Seaver’s June 15, 1977, exile to Cincinnati represented the apex (or nadir) of the dismantling of the great and beloved Mets teams of 1969 and 1973. Cleon Jones, Tommie Agee, Ron Swoboda, Nolan Ryan, Rusty Staub, and … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
Tagged Bill Buckner, Bud Harrelson, Busch Stadium, Chicago Cubs, Cleon Jones, Craig Swan, Cy Young Award, Dave Kingman, Dock Ellis, Doug Sisk, Duke Snider, Ed Kranepool, Ed Ott, Elliott Maddox, Felix Millan, Frank Cashen, Frank Howard, George Bamberger, George Foster, George Steinbrenner, Japan Central League, Jerry Grote, Jerry Koosman, Jesse Orosco, Joe DiMaggio, Joe Torre, Joel Youngblood, John Milner, John Stearns, Jon Matlack, Lee Mazzilli, Lenny Randle, M. Donald Grant, Mickey Mantle, Mike Scott, Minnesota Twins, Mookie Wilson, National Baseball Hall of Fame, National League, Neil Allen, Nelson Doubleday Jr., New York Mets, Nolan Ryan, Pat Zachry, Pete Rose, Pittsburgh Pirates, Randy Jones, Richie Hebner, Roger Craig, Ron Darling, Ron Hodges, Ron Swoboda, Rusty Staub, Shea Stadium, Sparky Anderson, Steve Henderson, Thurman Munson, Tom Seaver, Tommie Agee, Tug McGraw, Walt Terrell, Willie Mays, Willie Montanez, Yokohama Taiyo Whales
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The Unhappy Recap, Part 1
Former Baseball Hall of Fame librarian and researcher Russell Wolinsky is our guest blogger for a special three-part series on “The Dark Years: The Demise of the New York Mets—June 15, 1977, to June 15, 1983.” Please welcome Russell, and … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
Tagged American League, Bob Gibson, Bob Murphy, Bowie Kuhn, Bucky Dent, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Comisky Park, Dave Kingman, Ed Kranepool, Frank Taveras, George Foster, George Steinbrenner, Jane Javvis, Joe Torre, Keith Hernandez, Lee Mazzelli, M. Donald Grant, National Baseball Hall of Fame, National League, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Nolan Ryan, Pete Rose, Philadephia Philies, Ralph Kiner, Reggie Jackson, San Diego Padres, Shea Stadium, St. Louis Cardinals, Steve Carlton, Tom Seaver
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Singing Like Caruso (or Torre)
Joe Torre is either going to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers, not buy the Los Angeles Dodgers; act as a front man for a Caruso (not Enrico), or yield to an hidalgo named Cuba. The names are merely a sidelight. … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Yankees
Tagged Boston Red Sox, Dodger Stadium, Joe Torre, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees
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The All-important Game 3
I (Evander) have been watching this World Series at a bit of a distance and disadvantage. For Game 2, I was at the year-end (fiscal year begins November 1) board meeting of the foundation I direct when I am not … Continue reading
Clayton Kershaw
Evander doesn’t get much news from The Coast: It rarely filters in to Right Off the Bat HQ. But I have been clued in to Dodgers phenom Clayton Kershaw. He has won twenty games in his first year: Doc Gooden-like. … Continue reading
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Tagged Clayton Kershaw, Doc Gooden, Joe Torre, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, Sandy Koufax, Tim Lincecum
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