Tag Archives: Pete Rose

Bonds on Bonds

Posted on December 17, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

Everyone now knows that Barry Bonds has escaped prison time. He will be under some form of house arrest (in his large house) for a little longer than a month, do community service, and pay a whopping $4,000 fine. Of … Continue reading →

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Wood toward the Spherical Object

Posted on August 12, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

In considering the superiority of the baseball bat over its cricket counterpart as a means to quell civil unrest (an oxymoron), Exhibit A might be the August 22, 1965, incident involving Hall of Fame San Francisco Giants pitcher Juan Marichal … Continue reading →

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Alex Rodriguez, “You Done It Again!”

Posted on August 3, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

The Los Angeles Times and other sources report that Yankees superstar-slugger Alex Rodriguez is implicated in high-stakes poker games. In other words: Gamblers. Gambling is the one unforgivable sin in Major League Baseball. Pete Rose has been banned for life … Continue reading →

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Players and Officials We’d Like to See in the Hall of Fame

Posted on July 30, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

Here comes a bakers-dozen-plus-one list (additionally, two not quite on the shortlist, but who ought to be considered) of figures I (Evander) would like to see in The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Let the barroom brawl begin. … Continue reading →

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The Body Politic

Posted on July 6, 2011 by rightoffthebatbook

Our book, Right Off the Bat, spends quite a bit of time exploring the less salubrious sides of cricket and baseball, including the corruption that has accompanied the games almost from their beginnings. Although one might wish that double-dealing and … Continue reading →

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