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Evander (Not Holyfield) Meets and Greets Baseball Players and Cricket Fans
The scene today was Fairfield, New Jersey, the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Route 46 East. I arrived with my pre-1974 Yankee Stadium seat to add some autographs and to promote Right Off the Bat. The Crowne Plaza was hosting a … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, England, Right Off the Bat Book, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
Tagged Al Kaline, Bill Mazeroski, Bob Turley, Casey Stengel, Darryl Strawberry, Evander Holyfield, Game of the Week, Hector Lopez, Jim Bouton, Jim Leyrtiz, John Wettland, Ken Griffey Sr., Literature, Los Angeles Dodgers, Luis Arroyo, National Baseball Hall of Fame, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Ralph Terry, Reggie Jackson, Rocky Colavito, Tony Kubek, Whitey Ford, Yankee Stadium
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Good-bye Jorge Posada
Yankees catcher of seventeen seasons, Jorge Posada, hung up his professional-baseball shoes yesterday, a month after Christmas Eve. I (Evander) had mixed feelings about him. I admired his strength in dealing with his son’s cranial development and the boy’s many … Continue reading
Ron Santo Makes the Hall
Several weeks ago the Veterans Committee of the National Baseball Hall of Fame announced that Ron Santo, the click-of-the-heels, laser-throwing, and clutch-hitting third baseman for the vintage Chicago Cubs (1960–70) had been inducted. This announcement came nearly a year to … Continue reading
Henry Chadwick and Cricket; “Moneyball” and Baseball
National Baseball Hall of Fame writer (and one of the true architects of baseball as we know it) Henry Chadwick began covering New York area cricket games for Long Island newspapers when he was a mere seventeen-years old–before the start … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket
Tagged Henry Chadwick, Moneyball, National Baseball Hall of Fame, Sabermetrics
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Had em All the Way
Congratulations to future Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa for guiding the St. Louis Cardinals to his personal third world championship and to the eleventh in the Cardinals storied history. La Russa’s success, coming from far back in 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
Meeting Denny McLain
There were four postseason baseball games on yesterday. But what did I (Evander) do? I shook Denny McLain’s hand. He’s really huge now, and I would not otherwise recognize him. Like all former baseball players, he has an iron grip. … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Website
Tagged Denny McLain, National Baseball Hall of Fame
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House Committee Approves Hall of Fame Coin Bill in Tough Economic Times
Legislation seeking 2015 commemorative coins honoring the National Baseball Hall of Fame was approved by voice vote recently in the House Financial Services Committee. So writes Beth Deisher in the August 15, 2011, edition of Coin World. The bill suggests … Continue reading
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