Tag Archives: Tony Kubek

Great Stadiums (cont’d)

Posted on April 26, 2013 by rightoffthebatbook

Dharamshala this ain’t. (That blog was posted not only on Shakespeare’s birth and death day, it was posted on the 90th anniversary of the opening of Yankee Stadium.) But the original Yankee Stadium was (James Hilton’s) Shangri-La to baseball-crazed fans … Continue reading →

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Farewell, Moose Skowron

Posted on April 28, 2012 by rightoffthebatbook

The baseball firmament lost one of its all-time World Series stars. Bill “Moose” Skowron, a fixture at Yankees Oldtimers’ Day for decades following his career, died of congestive heart failure and cancer. Although he made the final out in the … Continue reading →

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Evander (Not Holyfield) Meets and Greets Baseball Players and Cricket Fans

Posted on January 29, 2012 by rightoffthebatbook

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 →

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