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When Basbeall Leaves You Feeling Numb

Back on Friday, June 13th, the Los Angeles Dodgers held their annual Pride Night event. To get the cat out of the bag, I’m not the biggest fan of corporate Pride events. More often than not, they are pinkwashing affairs, meant to distract from actions that the corporation in question hopes you will forget about. […]

Posted on August 12, 2025August 11, 2025 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Cover for Peter M. Rutkoff's Shadow Ball: A Novel of Baseball and Chicago.
A Trip to the Library

A Trip to the Library: Shadow Ball: A Novel of Baseball and Chicago

Baseball as fiction is always, in my opinion, hard for an author to pull off. The main reason for this is that the author doesn’t let baseball tell the story. Instead, they feel the need to insert some sort of extraneous element that isn’t really necessary to the story. Shadow Ball: A Novel of Baseball […]

Posted on August 6, 2025July 25, 2025 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Cover art for Sol White's Official Base Ball Guide
A Trip to the Library

A Trip to the Library: Sol White’s Official Base Ball Guide

It’s not often that one gets to read something that is a verifiable piece of history. Such is the case with Sol White’s Official Base Ball Guide. I had this one on my list of baseball books I wanted to get to for some time. Luckily, Summer Game Books republished the book in recent years, […]

Posted on July 25, 2025July 25, 2025 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Starling Marte scores on a wild pitch.
Three Batter Minimum

Three Batter Minimum: A Wild Ending

Baseball is a game of simple joys. It can be grandiose at times and I love those moments as well. But, especially when it comes to attending a live game I have found that it is the little moments that really make for the true baseball-watching experience. Sitting down with a brat and explaining to […]

Posted on June 10, 2025June 9, 2025 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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A Trip to the Library

A Trip to the Library: Past Time: Baseball as History

On the whole, I really enjoyed Jules Tygiel’s effort. The concept is one that is right up my alley, and for the most part, it had me hooked from the get-go. There are times when it faltered and when Tygiel succumbed to classical tropes instead of actual investigations of history. Those moments were decidedly in […]

Posted on May 20, 2025May 19, 2025 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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