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Three Batter Minimum

Three Batter Minimum: The Cost of Entertainment

Lately, I find myself thinking about the idea of entertainment a fair amount. It was inevitable given the current worldwide climate and the way my mind works. Entertainment is, after all, an escape, but what good is the entertainment if it doesn’t offer any sort of escape after all? That’s where I find myself with […]

Posted on August 14, 2020August 12, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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When Being Great Isn’t Good Enough

I’ve often wanted to write about Dennis Sarfate, but the time has never been quite right. I wasn’t writing about baseball during his affiliated years, nor had I switched to mainly covering unaffiliated baseball when he finally found success in Nippon Professional Baseball. Once I realized that players like Sarfate were the ones I wanted […]

Posted on August 13, 2020August 12, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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Three Batter Minimum

Three Batter Minimum: The Dread of Watching

In the back of my head, there is one nagging thought that I can’t move past. This thought permeates all my discussions of baseball. There’s no way I can escape this thought, no matter of baseball in which I don’t feel it is prescient. I’ve tried, but no matter how I approach it or how […]

Posted on July 31, 2020August 1, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Alonzo Harris with Mayos de Navojoa
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Transaction Analysis: A Star Trade

Yaquis de Obregón traded 1B/RF-R Xavier Scruggs to Mayos de Navojoa for CF/LF-R Alonzo Harris For Obregón this move is simple on the surface but more complicated the deeper you dig. It’s a flashy move if the entirety of Harris’ career is taken into account, but far less so when only his Liga Mexicana del […]

Posted on July 30, 2020July 29, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
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Three Batter Minimum

Three Batter Minimum: Cardboard Fans

Major League Baseball is set to return. Let those words sink in for a moment and then throw out any idea you have of what this season may look like. Everything about the season, if there even is a season, will be different. Of all the possible changes the biggest one will be the lack […]

Posted on July 17, 2020July 14, 2020 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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