Tag Archives: Kansas City Royals

Home-run Boom in June

Posted on July 3, 2017 by rightoffthebatbook

What gives? Has it something to do with $$$? Yuh think? Elias Sports Bureau registers 1,101 home runs slugged in the two major leagues during June 2017. That tops the one-month record (May 2000) by thirty-two. We at Right off … Continue reading →

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My Second Love Affair: Baseball

Posted on October 24, 2015 by rightoffthebatbook

Last night, I (Parth) watched my first baseball game from start to finish. It was the ALCS game six between, and if I may use the term, “my” Toronto Blue Jays and the Kansas City Royals. I knew the basic … Continue reading →

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The United States of Jeter

Posted on November 8, 2014 by rightoffthebatbook

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 →

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2014 Major League Predictions

Posted on March 31, 2014 by rightoffthebatbook

In time-honored fashion, and this being the ROTB Project blog-number 499, here come my (Evander’s) guesses for the 2014 Major League Baseball season. (“Predictions” is such a silly word. Who could? Well, I! in this 2-year-old podcast.) American League East: … Continue reading →

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The New Breed Is Old Hat

Posted on December 8, 2013 by rightoffthebatbook

Robinson Cano could not leave $70 million on the table. That is roughly the difference between what the storied New York Yankees offered their star second baseman and what the Seattle Mariners are paying. The Mariners have set Cano for … Continue reading →

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Great Stadiums (6): Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium at 40

Posted on November 12, 2013 by rightoffthebatbook

It is now the sixth-oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball and will forever be one of the most graceful. I (Evander) have long had a rational fondness for Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. In recent times upgraded with all … Continue reading →

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Once round the Sun for Right Off the Bat

Posted on July 12, 2012 by rightoffthebatbook

Our blue sphere has made one revolution round the sun, and in the words of James Joyce, “by a commodious vicus of recirculation back to” today, July 12, 2012, Martin and I have thus officially completed one year in print—between … Continue reading →

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They’d Name a Candy Bar after Me

Posted on January 17, 2012 by rightoffthebatbook

When Reggie Jackson of the Baltimore Orioles boasted ca. 1976 that “They’d name a candy bar after me if I played in New York” he wasn’t kidding. I (Evander) remember a 1977 Yankee Stadium opening-day field littered with thousands of … Continue reading →

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Bobby Abreu: The Human Rolling Blackout

Posted on April 10, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

“News: Abreu went 5-for-5 with two walks in Sunday’s extra-innings loss to the Royals. (Sun Apr 3) “Spin: Despite the monster day at the plate, Abreu came away scoring just one run, on his own homer in the seventh inning, … Continue reading →

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