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  Hope, Right

  05.07.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  By the end of the 7th inning, it was clear to everyone that Gavin Floyd was pitching a no-hitter. A no-hitter with a run, no less.

  At the top of the ninth, he took the mound to a standing ovation. And stood there, alone, throwing pitches.

  See, earlier that day, I had wanted to go to my […]

• not baseball

  Say Wha II

  09.29.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  About the departing Derbyshire batsman Hassan Adnan: “It’s never nice informing players they have to go, especially when it is such a loyal servant and great team man,” Derbyshire chief John Morris said.
  ‘A loyal Servant’ musta have different connotation in the UK sports arena … but I was kinda jarred on my first read.

• not baseball, noted

  Burdens of History

  09.25.07 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  “Athleticism has never been associated with Indian cricket, nor with Indians in general, and that has been a chip on the shoulder of Indian manhood.” Somini Sengupta, If It’s Hip, Fast and Furious, Is It Cricket?, 2007
  “Through the same passes from time immemorial warlike races had swept down on the sun-steeped plains of the Five […]

• not baseball, noted

  NO RLY?

  06.12.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Coach Woolmer not murdered (possibly not even dead but hiking with Elvis in Tashkent?). Now, I feel for poor Inzi.
  This does confirm that WC 2007 was the biggest cockup in history of World Cups.

• not baseball

  Cricket Woes

  03.23.07 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  Nothing lifts the spirits more in such desperate times than the memory of a young player gaining simple pleasure from one of his first tastes of cricketing success. India’s cricket commercialism was shaken to the core because last week a carefree 17-year-old Bangladeshi, Tamim Iqbal, smacked the bowlers to all parts. Yesterday, Sri Lanka also […]

• not baseball

  Luck O’ The Draw

  03.17.07 | Permalink | 12 Comments

  The World Cup of Cricket is currently underway. Those of you who care, already know this and I am informing the rest now. The concept is beguilingly similar to other ‘World Cup’s - a bunch of teams from across the world gather every 4 years and find out how bad they suck compared to Australia […]

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  Monsters of Midway

  01.21.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Alright! I gotta say that was an nicely intense game made all the more glorious by the constant Joe Kitnafication of Rex Grossman. We missed pdcs’ commentary and recall of stats for all players. But, I am sure he will land in Oakland soon to the good news that his Bears are going to Miami.

• better with tablas, not baseball

  Mein Hindustani Larki Hoon

  01.12.07 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  Brett Lee duets with Asha Bhosle in one of the more bizarre things I have seen in a while. I do commend Lee on his rolled R’s.

• homistan, not baseball

  Bats with God

  11.30.06 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  A little over an year ago, I wrote about Mohammad Yousuf ne√© Yousuf Youhana’s conversion to Islam. In the post, I was a bit ambivalent about the symbolic force of that personal decision. A few months later, by happenstance, I ended up chatting with Yousuf over IM. He seemed geniunely excited and happy. And said […]

• not baseball

  Reading Between the Wickets

  10.11.06 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  My friend Gerry emailed:
  “Every so often I like to read up on what’s happening in the world of cricket. And, every so often, I’m struck by how impenetrable cricket lingo is to the uninitiated.” He then linked to this news post at BBC: Windies Destroy Tigers to qualify, with a quote: “Marlon Samuels […]

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  Robot Cricket

  10.06.06 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  The word around the cricket ground was that Abdul Qadir did not have bones in his wrists - rather greased metal balls that allowed him 360Àöof motion. And then, the same is said of Shane Warne, whose Ball of the Century inspired Dr. Andy West [winner of the Stoner prize - heh heh] to create […]

• not baseball

  Zizou

  07.10.06 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  France was my pick for a while - for all the non-soccer reasons like diversity and for soccer reasons like Zidane. Pdcs penned a wonderful ballad to Zizou, even, to hype the finals.
  And then. Watch the beginning closely and Materazzi’s hand in particular.
  Well, I am staying with Zidane. And, if there is any […]

• not baseball

  World Cup

  06.07.06 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Tony Karon’s excellent post should get you started on your path to world cup madness. Next, bookmark Soccer Blog and NYT’s World Cup ‘06 blog or Guardian’s World Cup blog [what? no Weekly Standard World Cup blog?] and, via moacir, World Cup Blog - one for every team! Lastly, youtube has all the highlights you […]

• not baseball, optical character recognition

  Sunday Reading for Chasers

  03.12.06 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  That Australia hit 434 in a ODI is amazing in itself. That South Africa successfully chased it, is mind-bongling. I can remember the first time 275 was hit in a ODI, thinking, wow, some team will crack 300! And Jayasuriya happened and ODI totals started to go up and up. Yet, the real high ones, […]

• imperial watch, not baseball

  Sultan of Swing

  03.05.06 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  Seldom is it that my worlds collide so drastically. But, a simple one-line email frrom desiknitter pointing me towards the photo-essay of the Chosen One in Islamabad’s embassy row playing cricket with a bunch of kids while Inzammam and other looked on, did just that. No, it wasn’t just the sight of the Chosen One […]