Tag Archives: World Baseball Classic

2020 Foresight

Posted on August 3, 2016 by rightoffthebatbook

Baseball and softball return to the Summer Olympics in 2020. From the standpoint of the Right off the Bat Project, irony of ironies, these sports had been voted out of the 2012 London Olympics. In our book, Martin and I … Continue reading →

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The Motherland of Baseball

Posted on April 11, 2015 by rightoffthebatbook

In Right off the Bat, Martin and I trace the contours of international-baseball competition. Such count the Olympics (including Hitler’s infamous 1936 Games), the World Baseball Classic, and the far older European Baseball Championship. Some of the all-time largest crowds, … Continue reading →

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Baseball Meets Smectymnus

Posted on January 21, 2013 by rightoffthebatbook

As the Hot Stove League season kicks into high gear, with the advent of some old-style winter weather thro much of North America, all coinciding with the Presidential Inauguration and the federal holiday commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I … Continue reading →

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