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Wladimir Balentien at Yokohama Stadium.
This Week in Baseball

This Week in Baseball: 09-09-2019

Jim Allen – Kyodo News: I’ve written about this in the past, but a baseball life is not linear. The idea that there is an easily definable beginning, middle, and end to a baseball career is erroneous at best and harmful at worst. Kyuki Fujikawa still trucking along at the age of 39 and taking […]

Posted on September 9, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Tris Speaker in uniform sometime in the early 1900s.
Bridging the Two-Way Gap

Bridging the Two-Way Gap: Tris Speaker

Tris Speaker was once one of the best baseball players in the world. From 1909 until 1927 he was possibly the best player in baseball, and at the very least belongs in the same conversation with Babe Ruth, Joe Rogan, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Oscar Charleston, etc. The memory of Speaker’s place in the game […]

Posted on September 6, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Luke Wilkins pitching for the Chicago Dogs against the Cleburne Railroaders 07-28-2019
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The Current Baseball Talent Level

As a season ticket holder with the Milwaukee Milkmen I watch a lot of American Association baseball. Outside of Major League Baseball, it’s probably the league I watch the most baseball from these days. I’m a regular viewer of American Association TV and in general, find the league to be both a lot of fun […]

Posted on September 5, 2019August 27, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
A player at-bat for Curaçao Neptunus.
Who to Follow

Who to Follow: Europe

It’s time to continue my journey through the people to follow when seeking out unaffiliated baseball coverage. This time out the area of play in question is Europe. There are a lot of baseball happenings throughout Europe. Baseball has become a sport on the rise in the majority of European countries. Being on the rise […]

Posted on September 4, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Cover of the book Baseball Gods in Scandal by Ian S. Kahanowitz.
A Trip to the Library

A Trip to the Library: Baseball Gods in Scandal

Something I never expected when I started my own website was for people to approach me to review their book. Call me naive, but I still am a little floored whenever anyone clicks on an article let alone offers feedback or contacts me about anything related to the site. Needless to say, I was pretty […]

Posted on September 3, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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