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Moneyball Opens in a Theater Near You
The much-anticipated baseball film Moneyball about the Oakland Athletics and super-baseball-brain Billy Beane opens today to advance raves. Let’s demand similar insider films for cricket fans!
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It is difficult to believe we are well into the second-half of the baseball season. Some of my (Evander’s) earlier predictions look OK. Others look pretty bad. Of course, we have a lot more season to go. Remember: When the … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Website
Tagged Catfish Hunter, Literature, Oakland Athletics, Reggie Jackson, Sal Bando
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Fifteen Years of Interleague Play and I’m Still Not Sure
In 1997, I attended the first so-called Subway Series of the regular season between the Yankees and the Mets. It was at Yankee Stadium, and the Mets humiliated the Bronx Bombers by a score of 6-0. Pitcher Dave Mlicki handcuffed … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Yankees
Tagged American League, Babe Ruth, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Colorado Rockies, Daniel Murphy, Dave Mlicki, Fenway Park, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Los Angeles Dodgers, National League, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, Subway Series, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, World Series, Wrigley Field
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Tigers Not in Rajasthan but in Detroit
Like the big cat I am, I’m going way out on a limb and picking the Detroit Tigers as the American League Wild Card team of 2011. (Cricket fans: The Wild Card is the team with the second-best record in … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Cricket, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
Tagged American League, Austin Jackson, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Comerica Park, Detroit Tigers, Jhonny Peralta, Jim Leyland, Joaquin Benoit, Joel Zumaya, Justin Verlander, Magglio Ordonez, Max Scherzer, Miguel Cabrera, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Victor Martinez
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It’s the Athletics in the American League West
I (Evander) have gone on the record regarding the Cleveland Indians. The Oakland Athletics are my second “surprise pick” for 2011. Why? The Athletics play in the most unusual stadium in Major League Baseball. It has tremendous foul territory (almost … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Right Off the Bat Website, Yankees
Tagged Billy Beane, Brett Anderson, Cleveland Indians, Cliff Lee, Coco Crisp, Dallas Braden, Gio Gonzalez, Hideki Matsui, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Moneyball, National Baseball Hall of Fame, New York Yankees, Nolan Ryan, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Trevor Cahill, Vladimir Guerrero
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Predicting Other than the World Cup
Ladies and Gentlemen, and All Ships at Sea. (And hold your breath all fans of Right Off the Bat.) I just sent Tipsy in Toluca Lake my 2011 predictions. Of course, “predicting” is ridiculous. Some highly touted free agent in … Continue reading
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