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What the Hell Just Happened in Cape Town?
Just when you think the world of cricket couldn’t get any weirder or upside down, a Test match comes along that defies all expectations. Such an event occurred yesterday. The Australian cricket team is visiting South Africa for two Test … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Cricket, South Africa, Test Cricket
Tagged Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, Literature, Michael Clarke
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A Penny for the Old Guy
On this Guy Fawkes Day, I (Evander) ask the timely question of questions: Did the ringleader of the Gunpowder Plot play or watch cricket? According to our book, the earliest confirmed reference to cricket dates to 1598. This is the … Continue reading
Nogoodnik Howie Spira Speaks
A name from the dim past of the 1980s has resurfaced. Selected by the late George Steinbrenner to dig up dirt on his high-paid star, Dave Winfield, Spira now bares all in an interview with New York radio station WINS. … Continue reading
Chris Carpenter: Formidable St. Louis Starter
If the Texas Rangers are to seize the upper hand of this World Series, now deadlocked, they must solve Chris Carpenter. The right-handed ace of the St. Louis Cardinals defeated Doc Halliday 1-0 to get his (Carpenter’s) team where they … Continue reading
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
Counterintuitive Ball
Both series come down to one-of or-two-of-two. The St. Louis Cardinals win one game, on the road in Milwaukee, and they are in the World Series. The Texas Rangers win one game, at home, and they are in the Series. … Continue reading
The Semiotics of Baseball
The game-within-the-game dictates the passing of signs from the dugout to the field, and sometimes from dugout to dugout. This game of chess is covered in Right Off the Bat, and is a factor in the ongoing NLCS between the … Continue reading
Yankees Chewed up and Spit out by the Detroit Tigers
Ultimately, Papa Hemingway was right: I (Evander) fear the Tigers of Detroit. In spite of my various conniptions and positions on the sofa last night, radio on and off, TV sound off and on, doing anything short of standing on … Continue reading
Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees: Will 2011 Replay 2006 at Crunch Time?
“I fear both the Tigers of Detroit and the Indians of Cleveland.” The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
All Across the Telegraph His Name It Did Resound
Mariano Rivera mowed down the Minnesota Twins in the ninth inning of a close game, during the heat of a pennant race, thereby becoming the all-time leader in saves in baseball history. He did it at Yankee Stadium and made … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
Tagged Arizona Diamondbacks, Bob Feller, Boston Red Sox, Jackie Robinson, John Wettland, Literature, Marco Scutaro, Mariano Rivera, Mark McGwire, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Pedro Martinez, Sachin Tendulkar, Sandy Koufax, Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays, Ted Williams
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