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Sadaharu Oh likely about to launch a baseball very far.
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Baseball Beyond MLB: Sadaharu Oh

When people hear 868 home runs they know that the subject at hand is Sadaharu Oh and his all-time professional home run record. It’s always struck me as a bit sad that we limit Oh to only 868 home runs, he did after all hit many more home runs in the Central League playoffs and […]

Posted on January 5, 2021January 3, 2021 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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Baseball Beyond MLB: Buzz Arlett

In baseball, we tend to focus on the major leagues. The vast majority of baseball fans care about the major leagues and major leagues only. The recent announcement by Major League Baseball that they were granting major league status to the Negro Leagues greatly affects the stats and history of the game for those whose […]

Posted on December 28, 2020December 21, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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BillCubbieBlueBill Thompson@BillCubbieBlue·
January 26, 2021

The players are, but you'd have to climb out from the buckets of water you're buried under to see that.

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BillCubbieBlueBill Thompson@BillCubbieBlue·
January 26, 2021

A lot of people, especially the type who like to do the "check out who had the most home runs each year since xyz" breakdowns are going to face a reckoning with being forced to include the shorter Negro Leagues seasons in major league stats. The majority aren't prepared.

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BillCubbieBlueBill Thompson@BillCubbieBlue·
January 26, 2021

For @BtBScore, the Nationals have built an amazing rotation, for 2017. Unfortunately for them it's 2021 and that leaves a rotation with plenty to prove this season,

https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2021/1/25/22246764/mlb-washington-nationals-stephen-strasburg-max-scherzer-patrick-corbin-jon-lester-2021-rotation

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