Sorry nothing has been posted here for the last several weeks. I’ve been unwell and hope to get back to this as soon as possible with the rest of the baseball regular season, reviews and other things
The Yankees in July – Part Two – On the Mound
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Well, the home run and the relief pitching have been the heart of the Yankees’ successful season so far and July wasn’t much different. We have coped with the loss of Alex Rodriguez and Mariano Rivera and maintained a lead at the head of the division. Who were the contributors in that surprising situation?
The Yankees in July – Part One- At the Plate
July was an unusual month for the Yankees. They surprised the pundits by bringing in Ichiro Suzuki who looked likely to spend the whole of his American Major League career with Seattle and designated Dewayne Wise, who had become a fan favourite following a remarkable June. They persisted with Russell Martin and saw Alex Rodriguez head for the disabled list. But who were the solid bats behind a creditable month. Let’s see:
Clothes to raise the dead
Most of the clothes in my wardrobe are made by the loving care of the fine people at Rivendell Studios.
Remixed Shakespeare for the hip-hop generation
Or postmodern Shakespeare layered deep in irony. Or some such.
What: Troilus and Cressida
Where: The Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
When: 9th August 2012
Natural Progressions Update
There hasn’t been an issue of Natural Progressions, our Eagles magazine, for the better of part of two years.
There has been a whole range of reasons for this and the future of the whole publication is under review.
In the meantime, here is an update about what is happening in the world of the Eagles:
Thou shall not choose but go
When: 26th July 2012
Where: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
What: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
When considering the RSC’s current production of “Twelfth Night”, it is helpful to separate out the plays two strands: the humorous and the romantic.
Dylan’s Tempest
Bob Dylan has a new album on September 10th called “Tempest”. I’ll be writing a review of it which will appear here and on http://www.crossrhythms.com and probably in some other printed media.
The Yankees in June – Part Two – On the Mound
The Yankees’ pitching in June was phenomenal. Even leaving the amusing story of Dewayne Wise aside, the very fact that they had 11 pitchers who achieved individual ERAs of less than 3.00 on the month shows that it was the pitching staff who earn the lion’s share of the credit for the 20 wins -7 losses record that they put together in June. Let’s see who did what:
The Yankees in June – Part One – At the Plate
A quick look over the Yankees statistics for the month of June 2012 sends one of the bench players to the centre of attention in a most novel way. Dewayne Wise not only led the team in batting average but he pitched in a game and came out of it with a 0.00 ERA and “caught” a flyball in the stands and was awarded an out even though somebody else was holding the ball at the time. But as well as that amazing month for Dewayne, what else went well and what else went badly? Well, let’s start by surveying the guys who swing the lumber…….
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