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Bridging the Two-Way Gap

George Van Haltren with the New York Giants
Bridging the Two-Way Gap

Bridging the Two-Way Gap: George Van Haltren

George Van Haltren had a very long and very successful big league career. He spent most of those years playing in the National League, with brief stops in the American Association and Players League,  and a few of those years as a two-way player. He would eventually transition into a position player only and for […]

Posted on April 10, 2020April 10, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Bob Caruthers taking a team photo with the Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Bridging the Two-Way Gap

Bridging the Two-Way Gap: Bob Caruthers

In the earlier days of baseball two-way play was fairly common. The mound being closer, batters being able to call out the pitches they wanted, and more made it an era where players could pitch and be a position player more frequently. These circumstances are what gave us a player like Bob Caruthers. Good old […]

Posted on April 3, 2020March 26, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Tommy Byrne on the mound for the New York Yankees
Bridging the Two-Way Gap

Bridging the Two-Way Gap: Tommy Byrne

Tommy Byrne was 13 seasons into his professional baseball career when he made the switch from a pitcher who pinch-hit from time to time to a full-fledged two-way player. It makes perfect sense that he would adopt two-way play in 1954 in the Pacific Coast League. At the time the PCL was an independent league […]

Posted on February 7, 2020January 30, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Wes Ferrell with Cleveland
Bridging the Two-Way Gap

Bridging the Two-Way Gap: Wes Ferrell

As far as my research can glean Wes Ferrell only had one legitimate two-way season. He did a lot of pinch-hitting throughout his career, but only one season where he was a bonafide pitcher and position player. He may have also been a two-way player in a 1928 season in the minors, but there aren’t […]

Posted on January 24, 2020January 13, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Granny Hamner with the Philadelphia Phillies
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Bridging the Two-Way Gap: Granny Hamner

Granny Hamner already had a long and successful Major League Baseball career before he ever tried his hand at two-way play. There was really no reason for Hamner to play two ways. Yet in his age 33 season he found himself pitching and for the final two years of his career he played enough on […]

Posted on December 27, 2019December 19, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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January 23, 2021

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January 23, 2021

This is really, really bad. @TheAthletic and @Ken_Rosenthal have a lot of explaining to do, but they won't. The entire purpose of the article was to wash Bauer clean, truth be damned.

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January 23, 2021

MASN fired Gary Thorne, that feels, not right.

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