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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)
A Brooklyn Cyclones game at MCU Park.
This Week in Baseball

This Week in Baseball: 09-02-2019

Rustin Dodd – The Athletic ($): One of the joys of baseball is that it is urban, rural, in remote fields, and in cities that are packed to the gills. Each experience is unique, and the players find things to love about playing in every locale. Playing games with, and against, the Brooklyn Cyclones is […]

Posted on September 2, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Earl Naylor in an unknown scenario
Bridging the Two-Way Gap

Bridging the Two-Way Gap: Earl Naylor

The history of Earl Naylor as a two-way player is neither long or impressive. He qualified in one season as a two-way player and spent the rest of his career mainly serving as a positional player with the occasional minor league appearance as a pitcher. Based upon how hs lone two-way effort went it’s not […]

Posted on August 30, 2019December 6, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)
Kris Bryant at-bat during the 2018 season
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The Clutchness of Kris Bryant

Being a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan and living in Illinois for most of my life until my recent move to Milwaukee I tend to be privy to more Cubs stuff than any other team. That means that even though I’ve written a bunch about the Cubs lately I’m about to write about them one more […]

Posted on August 29, 2019August 27, 2019 Author Bill Thompson Comment(0)

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