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Ruth and Gehrig Photo Sells for 33 Grand
The discovery of footage of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, and the recent sale of a still photograph of the period for a fortune, call to mind the equally valuable photograph we have in Right Off the Bat of Dr. … Continue reading
Erin Go Bragh
It’s the second full day of spring and it snowed in the Bronx yesterday, huge flakes. The good news is it didn’t snow down here at World Cricket Central in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, which is obviously south of the snow … Continue reading
Baby, You’re the Greatest!
The New York Times reports that Mariano Rivera made his first spring-training appearance. Twelve pitches. Nine strikes. Three out. Next! Rivera has been doing this for sixteen seasons. I cannot remember any player, at any position, so dominating the baseball … Continue reading
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Tagged Mariano Rivera, New York Times, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, TV Shows
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The Cleveland Kafkaesque Indians
Franz Kafka‘s poor, more-acted-upon-than-acting, Gregor Samsa woke up one morning after a night of bad dreams to find he had been been turned into a giant crawling insect. I know how he feels. I woke up this morning to find … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Belle, Bob Feller, Boston Red Sox, Carlos Santana, CC Sabathia, Chris Perez, Cleveland Indians, Cliff Lee, Fausto Carmona, Grady Sizemore, Herb Score, Jim Thome, Justin Masterson, Luis Valbuena, Manny Acta, Manny Ramirez, New York Yankees, Omar Vizquel, Philadelphia Phillies, Roberto Alomar, Rocky Colavito, Satchel Paige, World Series, Writers
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“Willie, Mickey, and the Duke” (and Probably in that Order)
The New York Times obituary portrays a self-lacerating Duke Snider. I had no idea. Snider’s career (1947–64) overlapped my early following baseball only on the late side. I therefore had a slight connection to this member of the New York City … Continue reading
Hope Springs Anew…We Hope
This has been one of those old-fashioned New York City winters, the bleeding kind that Paul Simon wrote about in “The Boxer,” which seem to have departed with the 1970s. Those were winters before el Niño and la Niña, when … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Book, Yankees
Tagged Alex Rodriguez, Cecil "Big Daddy" Fielder, David Cone, Derek Jeter, Edgar Martinez, George Steinbrenner, Hal Steinbrenner, Hank Steinbrenner, Jay Buhner, Jimmy Key, Ken Griffey, Luis Sojo, New York Yankees, Randy Johnson, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers, Tim Raines, Tino Martinez, Tony Fernandez, Wade Boggs
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