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Peng Cheng-min slugging a home run during the 2016 Taiwan Series
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Baseball Beyond MLB: Peng Cheng-min

‌We’re almost deep enough into the latest Chinese Professional Baseball League season for there to have been enough games played to actually write meaningfully about the season. We’re not quite there yet though and I figured what way to scratch that always-present CPBL itch than with an article about an all-time CPBL great. Not just […]

Posted on April 6, 2021April 5, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
David Espinosa playing the field during a 2012 game with the Lincoln Saltdogs
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Baseball Beyond MLB: David Espinosa

So far I have used this column to highlight all-time great careers that were worthy of more notoriety. People who excelled outside of Major League Baseball at such a high level that not only should their careers be well remembered but they should be considered among baseball’s elite. There are plenty more players like that […]

Posted on March 9, 2021March 7, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Juan Pizarro on the mound for Cangrejeros de Santurce
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Baseball Beyond MLB: Juan Pizarro

I’m not going to try and lie and act like I was acutely aware of who Juan Pizarro was prior to his passing a couple of weeks back. In all my various baseball research I had never stumbled across his name as more than a passing oddity. Even then I can’t say with one hundred […]

Posted on March 2, 2021March 2, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Nelson Figueroa on the mound for the Uni-President Lions during game four of the 2007 Taiwan Series
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Baseball Beyond MLB: Nelson Figueroa

Nelson Figueroa’s Major League Baseball career was long, but not exactly noteworthy. He spent nine seasons in MLB and by the time he was finished had amassed a career 92 ERA+ and 2.7 rWAR. Like I said, not exactly noteworthy, but Figueroa’s professional baseball career did not begin in 2000 and it did not end […]

Posted on February 12, 2021February 1, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Jigger Statz at-bat with the Chicago Cubs
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Baseball Beyond MLB: Jigger Statz

If someone approached you with a stat line that read, “.285/.337/.373 with 737 hits, a career 87 OPS+ and 4.6 rWAR” you probably wouldn’t think much of the guy in question. That’s the reaction I would expect from most folks if they were told Jigger Statz’s Major League Baseball stats line. It’s both unimpressive and […]

Posted on January 29, 2021January 22, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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BillCubbieBlueBill Thompson@BillCubbieBlue·
April 20, 2021

For @OTB_Baseball, baseball is fun, that's important to keep in mind. Instead of focusing on baseball's many issues, let's talk a bit about what it is doing right and why the professional game is still fun in most places,

https://www.offthebenchbaseball.com/2021/04/19/baseball-is-fun/

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April 20, 2021

Working on a monthly contract, Jake Brigham did exactly what he needed to do in the CPBL; dominate. Now he's headed back to the KBO where the Kiwoom Heroes are hoping he can help a rotation that could use said help,

https://wordsabovereplacement.com/transaction-analysis-brigham-to-the-heroes-again/

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BillCubbieBlueBill Thompson@BillCubbieBlue·
April 20, 2021

Ugh, this is a huge blow to the Guardians. Loree, Sosa, Ramírez is damn hard to beat in a playoff series. Loree, Ramírez, Bañuelos is a lot easier.

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